PHOTOS: Student Athletes Protest Postponement of Winter Sports
Student athletes, parents and coaches participate in the LetCOPlay protest at Creekside Park, across from the office of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, in Glendale, Colo., on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. The protest was in response to the CDPHE postponement of high school winter sports. The start of winter sports was previously scheduled to start on Jan. 4th. The decision was made by a result or rising COVID-19 cases in the state. CHSAA is proposing a Feb. 1 start date for Season B. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
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Briggsdale senior Shelby Hoffman and seventh-grader Morgen Nicklas embrace during the LetCOPlay protest Thursday at Creekside Park, across from the office of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, in Glendale. Students, parents and coaches participated in response to the postponement of high school winter sports.
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Briggsdale junior Malik Carlson wears his “COVID-19 Final Four” ring during the LetCOPlay protest at Creekside Park, across from the office of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, in Glendale, Colo., on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. The Briggsdale boy's basketball team made it to the state championships for the first time in school history. The team defeated the defending state champions in the first round, the De Beque Dragons. The remaining state basketball championship rounds were cancelled due to the rise of COVID-19. "That night as we were celebrating we got the news that our season ended and we ordered these rings," said Carlson. Students, parents and coaches participated in response to the CDPHE postponement of high school winter sports. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
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Briggsdale junior Kylie Krise listens to athletes speak about how the postponement of sports is affecting them during the LetCOPlay protest at Creekside Park, across from the office of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, in Glendale, Colo., on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. Students, parents and coaches participated in response to the CDPHE postponement of high school winter sports. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
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Colorado student athletes listen to students speak about how the postponement of sports is affecting them during the LetCOPlay protest at Creekside Park across from the office of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment in Glendale, Colo., on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. Over 50 people participated the protest in response to the CDPHE postponement of high school winter sports. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
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Students, parents and coaches walk to the office of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment during the LetCOPlay protest in Glendale, Colo., on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. Around 70 students, parents and coaches participated in response to the CDPHE postponement of high school winter sports. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
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Rocky Ford seniors Gracie Moreland and Lily Hancock gather with fellow student athletes outside the office of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment in Glendale, Colo., on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. Around 70 students, parents and coaches participated in response to the CDPHE postponement of high school winter sports. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
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Students gather Thursday outside the office of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment in Glendale. Around 70 students, parents and coaches participated in response to the postponement of high school winter sports.
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A sign reads "Suicide kills teens more than COVID," during the LetCOPlay protest Dec. 17 at Creekside Park, across from the office of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment in Glendale. About 70 students, parents and coaches participated in response to the postponement of high school winter sports.
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Briggsdale junior Kylie Krise listens to athletes speak about how the postponement of sports is affecting them during the LetCOPlay protest at Creekside Park, across from the office of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, in Glendale, Colo., on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. Around 70 students, parents and coaches participated in response to the CDPHE postponement of high school winter sports. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
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Around 70 students, parents and coaches participated in response to the CDPHE postponement of high school winter sports to January 25th due to rising COVID-19 cases in the state. Winter sports was previously scheduled to begin on Jan. 4, 2020. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
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Colorado student athletes listen to students speak about how the postponement of sports is affecting them during the LetCOPlay protest at Creekside Park, across from the office of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, in Glendale, Colo., on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. Students, parents and coaches participated in response to the CDPHE postponement of high school winter sports. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
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Akron athlete Sara Wylie during the LetCOPlay protest at Creekside Park, across from the office of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, in Glendale, Colo., on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. Students, parents and coaches participated in response to the CDPHE postponement of high school winter sports. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
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DENVER — Chants of “Let us play,” bounced off the tinted windows of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment on Thursday, as almost 70 people gathered to protest the state’s decision to postpone high school sports until the end of January.
