Listen to this episode of The Times: Apple | Spotify | Stitcher | GoogleCalifornia’s high school athletes were bona fide ballers during the pandemic. How these student athletes coped with this past COVID-19 year offers lessons in resilience and ingenuity for all of us. Today, we learn how the football team at Loyola High School in Los Angeles came together to help teammate Josh Morales and his family survive COVID-19. Then, we’ll chat with the L.A. Times’ longtime high school sports columnist Eric Sondheimer about the bigger challenges ahead for young athletes. AdvertisementHost: Gustavo ArellanoGuests: Josh Morales, a senior at Loyola High School; and L.A. Times high school athletics columnist Eric SondheimerFurther readingColumn: Football helped Loyola High senior survive as COVID ripped through his familyLost Year: A look at the high schools’ COVID-19 pandemic shutdown in tweets

Source: Los Angeles Times May 11, 2021 12:00 UTC