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'What I am Missing' High School Senior Ethan Guentensberger Reflects On A Lost Season

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Ethan Guentensberger looks out over the baseball field from the dugout.
Ethan Guentensberger

The pandemic has had an especially harsh impact on high school seniors in North Carolina. They've missed events they can't get back, like final performances, sports seasons, proms and graduations. Still, many have shown resilience and hopefulness.

The Orange High School Panthers only got to compete in four games before their season was cut short, but are keeping up through Zoom calls to stay close.
Credit Ethan Guentensberger

WUNC reporter Cole del Charco has been collecting some of their stories, and will share them on a regular basis over the next few weeks. This perspective comes from senior Ethan Guentensberger from Orange High School in Hillsborough.

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Cole del Charco is an audio producer and writer based in Durham. He's made stories for public radio's All Things Considered, Morning Edition and Marketplace. Before joining Due South, he spent time as a freelance journalist, an education and daily news reporter for WUNC, and a podcast producer for WFAE in Charlotte.
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