Bad weather affects GHS students

Spring weather is never predictable, but this year has been the worst due to the cold, rain, and snow.

This past week it snowed several inches, causing the roads to be very slippery, making it difficult to drive.  

“My friend Ariel and I went to go pick our friends up. As we were driving, an ambulance came so we had to pull over, which ultimately caused us to get stuck,” junior Tess Schaefer said.”The cops had to come help get us out. Once we were out, the car hydroplaned twice and we spun to the side but luckily the cars behind us stopped.”

Senior Emma Jachowicz had to drive, and although she didn’t get in an accident, she did run into troubles like Schaefer did.

“I had to drive to and from work and the drive wasn’t horrible, but I definitely had to drive slow,” she said.

Some students have the benefit of being in a sport that is indoors but there is still a struggle for them with driving.

“Even though the weather doesn’t affect when I practice or compete because I am a swimmer, it has been a struggle to get to and from the pool because of how bad the roads have been,” junior Natalie Norton said.

The bad weather has also made it super hard for the students to actually practice and enjoy their spring sports.

“I am on a select team for softball and we play year round so the weather has made it much harder to prepare for the summer season because we haven’t been able to practice outside and I don’t think we will be able to any time soon,” Jachowicz said.

This weather has not only affected the students and their sports, but it has also affected umpires. Paul Feldhausen, an umpire and the commissioner of the Woodland Conference was interviewed for an article on jsonline about the weather.

“I was supposed to work a (baseball) game yesterday, and I’m out in my driveway with a snowblower,” he said. “I go, what the hell am I doing?”

“This weather is not fun at all and I just want it to be spring so I enjoy the warm weather,” junior Carley Rudd said.