Athletes at PVHS need practice to improve and learn together as a team before the season.
However, many athletes have raised concerns about a lack of space for everyone to practice in one gym.
For instance, boys basketball, girls basketball and volleyball all share the gym, causing a loss of valuable practice time for both sports teams.
“Every year girls and boys basketball have to share the same gym during the season, but since our girls team is highly successful they lead into a long playoff season. With a secondary gym, all three programs would be able to use the gym in a timely manner,” said Daniel Rho, girls basketball coach.
“Since the opening of PV High it’s always been an ongoing issue, and we’ve pursued designs to see where and how it could fit on campus and it all comes down to cost and having enough space available.”
For senior Madeline Gregory, this problem has been a difficulty for her years at PV.
“For my team the major problem is practice times and a lot of the teams want the gym at the same time,” Gregory said, “so sometimes have to go at odd hours.”
Odd hours for practices include before school on Wednesdays.
“When we went to other schools we saw that they would have a practice gym and a main gym for all their sports,” Gregory explained. “Whereas, we only have one gym and sometimes have to practice at the court outside.”
Other sports teams like the volleyball team are also in need of another gym.
“For preseason we can’t practice in the gym, we have to practice on the beach courts,” varsity volleyball player Sami Saab said, “which isn’t helping us with preparation for the season.”
Luckily, a chance at acquiring a new gym arose.
“Hopefully we will have an opportunity to find a solution with the election coming up with SOS that can help with the facilities as soon as we fix the catastrophic failures and updates,” Rho said.
“If that’s possible we can be an awesome high school in the future.”
PVHS athletes believe another gym will solve their problems and sports teams can practice without fighting for space. With the upcoming SOS election, athletes hope they can fix this problem and give athletes the space they need.