Senior Sally Kardos juggles a soccer ball with her right foot which she injured during basketball season. Photo by Diana Gutierrez.

On December 2^nd, Varsity girls’ played their first basketball game of the season. During the game, senior, starter Sally Kardos broke her fibula after a player from the opposing team tripped and fell on her leg. Her injury took her out for the rest of her senior basketball season and the beginning on her soccer season as well

“I have been going to the RMH Wellness Center to do rehab with my dad who’s a physical therapist,” Kardos said, “We have worked on strength and conditioning to try to get my ankle prepared for playing.”

Kardos spent weeks on crutches but now she has been practicing soccer techniques in her backyard. The process to getting better has gone by quicker that her doctors or dad have expected.

“It took mental toughness, determination and hard work to get to where I am today,” Kardos said.

After three months of being out, Kardos is going to soccer practice today for her first time as a senior. The most difficult thing, now, is playing without having her injured ankle out of her mind.

“I’m excited about district games, trying to win [the Massanutten] districts and looking forward to states’ play,” Kardos said.