Chris shared that he was devastated when he found out he wouldn’t be able to wrestle for months, especially since he didn’t know when or if he’d get to finish out the season.

"I went through some rocky parts where I felt like I wasn't getting anywhere," Herring remembers. "But, I pushed through it, and I got through it.”

“People were saying I wasn't going to be the same after the injury.”

The pain I felt to be missing out on competition was worse than any pain from the physical injury itself.

After being tackled the wrong way, Fielden broke both his tibia and fibula in his right leg.

Boston was playing in a college combine soccer scrimmage when she was tackled to the ground fighting for a loose ball.

“You had to stay mentally strong to get through it,” he said of rehabbing from his injury.

“It was rough at the start, just mentally trying to get myself together.”

Thanks to Rasheed’s diligence, he was able to return to playing football just six months after surgery.

As Cailin was completing a flip, her feet landed but her body continued twisting. She fell to the ground and instantly knew something was wrong.

McMasters felt a pop in her left knee. The junior shot-putter at Homer High School tore her ACL during one of her last practices.

The comeback story wouldn’t play out on the basketball court, but instead the door opened for baseball, and that was all he needed to hear.

Paige found inspiration, hard work and mental fortitude both before and after reconstructive surgery.

Lexi suffered a season-ending injury.. Bound for Towson to play lacrosse, the three-sport athlete was forced to sit on the sidelines and rehab her knee for the remainder of the school year.

After sustaining an injury that initially forced him to retire from his lifelong passion of gymnastics, Cole Richey came back in 2021 and qualified for USA Gymnastics nationals.

Even his coach wasn’t ever sure if he’d see Hamilton on the field again following a lengthy battle with post-concussion symptoms.

After tearing her meniscus, ACL and MCL while playing indoor soccer, Simon shifted her full focus to the shot put and emerged as one of the best in all of New England.

“My life honestly revolved around soccer, and the thought of not being able to play it was like gut wrenching. My mental health was in slow decline.”

Not being able to compete was frustrating, Toran said, and he dealt with a lot of anger over that recovery year. Socially, he struggled, too.

Isabella believes she is more than just tennis and that really helped with her mental side of the game.