The snow forced teams inside and onto parking lots, as coaches came up with new and different ways to evaluate their athletes.

Baseball and softball had the challenge of trying to play without a field. With both teams trying to find gym time between varsity and JV, the Varsity baseball team made daily trips to the Hitting Streak, located in Rockville, while JV practiced in the gym and bus parking lot. The Softball team resorted to using rubber mounds and batting cages. "It's not that hard," softball coach Patty Truitt says. "The only problem is, can freshmen, or anyone for that matter, field a ball while someone is running to second or third? Can they play in game situations? That is difficult, not knowing."

Lacrosse coaches also used innovative conditioning techniques. When not practicing in the parking lot, boys head coach Mike Kowalick had his team shovel the track. Girls lacrosse decided to practice in the gym and use the hallways to run.

The tennis team was briefly affected, as it had to shovel the tennis courts before it could begin playing.

The delays caused by the snow also caused a number of postponements in winter sports. This added to a year of difficulty to play games, as fall sports faced weeks of postponements and cancellations because of the sniper shootings.

However, with the snow melting, Truitt and the other coaches are confident that they can make up for the lost practice time. "Teams will not be as sharp, especially when it comes to timing and fielding," Truitt says. "[But] in the long run it won't [hurt us because] the season is a long way away."