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SERIES: Summer conditioning in high school sports gave athletes sense of normalcy after months of enduring coronavirus lockdowns
Cherokee Bluff
Football players do weight lifting on the football field at Cherokee Bluff High on June 8, 2020. It was the first day of offseason conditioning allowed since the coronavirus lockdown on March 13, 2020. Photo courtesy Tommy Jones
Kids were cooped up indoors and forced to deal with myriad issues related to isolation and anxiety, dating back to schools closing for in-person learning and sports being stripped away for the remainder of the spring seasons on March 13, 2020.
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