Have you ever wondered how the athletes at MHS study and play at the same time? When you think about it, it does seem difficult. Many of them experience the same issues, like keeping up with homework and getting to practice on time.

Junior football player Durhan Chavez said, “Sometimes I get too lazy to do my homework when I get home from practice.” Freshman cheerleader Sharon Castellanos said, “When I get home too late, I don’t get enough time to do it.”

Athletes’ daily routines can be boring or entertaining depending on what they do. Soccer player Onalis Garcia said, “At 2:30 p.m. I go to practice. Then I get out at 5 p.m. and go to another practice at the park. I have my snacks there, then leave at 8, get home around 8:30 p.m., do my homework, walk my dog for 20 minutes, eat dinner, and shower.”

Baseball player Jack Morales said, “Right after school is over we have practice. Then I get home and do my homework. After I’m done with that, I eat, shower, and get caked up on Face Time till I fall asleep.”

Depending on their sport Miami High athletes do different things at practice. Soccer player Karla Sierra said, “We run, we do ball control, scrimmage, and practice our forms.” Cheerleader Johanna Lopez said, “We go over all the cheers and then we learn new routines for upcoming events.”

Having good grades and maintaining them is very important, but sometimes athletes at Miami High let their grades get affected by their sport. Soccer player Gabriel Gama said, “I miss classes sometimes for games.”

Wrestler Guervens Jean says that his grades get affected sometimes when he gets home around 6 p.m. and doesn’t feel like doing homework. “You just got to push through it and do what you got to do,” he said.

When playing sports, injuries can always happen. Football player Mark Hunter said, “I broke 3 fingers when I tried to make a tackle and my own team’s defense came across. It affected me because I couldn’t play my last 2 games.” Another football player Kenny Banks said, “My finger nail fell off because someone hit me with their football helmet, and I couldn’t play the last game of the season.”

Time can only be split in a few ways. Family matters a lot so with the sport and school, there may be family time lost. Football player Derek Burgos said, “I spend more time here in school and practice than I do at home. Sometimes that leaves the time me and my family have to spend limited.”

Football player Cristian Santos said, “I’m always in practice even in the summer so it does affect me a lot. I barely spend time with my family.”