NYSPHSAA, which oversees sports for more than 500,000 student-athletes, is awaiting guidance from Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office for how to proceed this fall and beyond amid the pandemic.

All of that leaves local high school athletes and coaches holding onto hope that fall sports can be held.

“I’m hoping we get to play at some point,” said Koval, a senior lineman for the Schuylerville football team, which reached the Carrier Dome last season. “It sucks, but there’s nothing you can really do about it.”

“It’s definitely disappointing to not be able to have a full season my senior year,” said Walter, a captain on the South Glens Falls girls soccer team.

Coaches have also felt the twinge of disappointment and a void in their own summer routines. Coaches have not been allowed to do anything organized with their teams this summer.

“I’ve been waking up to volleyball practice since I was 14,” Lake George volleyball coach Brittany Jones said. “It feels like everything’s come to a halt, even in terms of scheduling. Everything’s just stopped.”

“We keep in touch through an app we have through school, we check in on them, see how they’re doing,” Queensbury boys soccer coach Pete Crotty said. “We encourage them to train on their own, so they’re somewhat fit when we do get going.”