DALLAS — We don't get to relive anything because time moves forward for all of us. 

It may not be a real second chance, but some incoming high school sophomores say they feel like they're starting freshmen year all over again. The last time many soon-to-be 10th graders were in the classroom full-time was two years ago, when they were in the eighth grade. 

The loss of time is why a team full of almost 10th graders from Creekview High in Carrollton run games of pick-up against their dads. It's always sons versus dads. 

"I'm really glad we did that. It really built up our chemistry. We are doing a lot better as a team," Maurice Harris said. 

During his 9th grade year at school, Harris said the players were robbed of a season as freshmen because of canceled games and having to occasionally quarantine. 

"We had to quarantine so many times. It was like we were starting over every time. We quarantined about four or five times. Some of the other teams had COVID, and some of our coaches had COVID," Harris explained.  

It's not just on the basketball court where Harris still feels the newness of high school. 

"It's going to feel like an actual school year. I don't think anyone is staying at home either," he added. 

In-person learning will be back at 100% for all of his classmates. The other reason Harris said the feeling of being a freshman is sticking with him is because, after a year of doing some online learning, there are some teachers and schoolmates he hasn't seen or met yet. 

"Those freshmen jitters that they would have had, they get to experience those as 10th graders," Amber Gibson said. 

Gibson has a Ph.D. and is licensed as a specialist in school psychology. She said it will be important for parents and teachers to give grace and be aware of specific behaviors that some 10th graders may show. 

"A lot of kids who might be anxious, a lot of that can look like immaturity in behavior. It can look like problematic behavior in the classroom," Gibson explained. 

Harris said he doesn't have any nervous feelings, but there is some uncertainty. He doesn't know if COVID-19 will impact his basketball season for a second time because he's really hungry to get out there and play with the hopes of snatching up an athletic scholarship. 

"The pandemic has shifted a lot of things, so keep showing yourself grace," Gibson said as her advice to high schoolers. 

Control what you can control. Gibson's advice is also for parents to check in with their kids and see what thoughts and feelings they have so they can work through it together.