RE Log Spring 2021

SPRING 2021 Ransom Everglades LOG 47 FIRST TEAM Mia Balestra ’21, volleyball SECOND TEAM Mattie Barfield ’21, swimming Felipe de Cardenas ’22, cross country Sophie G ’22, swimming Lauren Heller ’22, swimming Alexa Hommen ’22 swimming Madison Munroe ’22, cross country Dani Ortiz ’21, volleyball Marella Rebessi ’23, swimming Carmen Sanchez-Tembleque ’23 , swimming Brooke Scott ’21, cross country Sabrina Shipley ’22, swimming Dylan Stone ’22, swimming Juliana Williamson ’22, volleyball HONORABLE MENTION Cami Lindsey ’21, volleyball Thomas Heisel ’21, football Nicholas Lampert ’21, football Kelli Miller ’21, volleyball Carmela Ribadeneira ’21, volleyball Thomas Schein ’21, football Walker White ’21, football Fall 2020 All-Dade Selections Student-athletes will never forget 2020-21, a school year in which athletic success was not defined so much by winning champion- ships as by having the opportunity to play. Ransom Everglades athletes in indoor sports wore masks during competition; those in outdoor sports wore masks except when on the field of play. On the sidelines, athletes sat in socially distanced chairs, masked. No one shook hands with opposing players. No one shared water bottles. At the start of the year in August, traditional practices were replaced by socially distant training sessions during which students were not allowed to share equipment. Swimmers could not share lanes; volleyball and football players could not even share balls with teammates. Coaches were forced to develop new teaching methods. “If you had asked me last August if we would be able to have seasons for all of our teams, I would have said, ‘no chance,’” said Corey Goff, RE Director of Athletics and Physical Education. “The fact that we have so far been able to offer our uber-resilient student athletes – all of them – meaningful oppor- tunities to participate in the sports they love during this challenging year is a huge victory and a great source of pride for the school.” RE’s spring sports – whose seasons were cancelled in 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic – had gotten underway as this issue went to press. Teams followed strict COVID-19 protocols. Seasons were delayed. Travel was limited. Games were limited. Fans were limited. Some teams’ seasons were interrupted by protective quarantines. Most of RE’s middle school teams did not compete against other schools. The school offered livestreams of varsity upper school home games to families, so they could follow their children’s progress, and invited parents to select competitions. The girls’ volleyball and boys’ soccer teams won district titles. Felipe de Cardenas ’22 won an individual district title in cross country. There were, of course, challenges. Two positive tests forced the boys’ and girls’ swim teams into 14- day quarantines. A week after their quarantines ended – with no further positives – both teams won district titles. The girls’ bas- ketball team was forced to quarantine twice – includ- ing just before the playoffs, bringing its season to an abrupt end. The boys’ varsity football team endured a signifi- cantly shortened season, starting more than a month later than usual, and played just five games. It won all of them. Winning Isn’t Everything Playing sports in 2020-21 required protocols, precautions and patience Mia Balestra ’21 Lucas Ortiz ’21