Season Interrupted: Brentwood’s Charlie Ciaffa experiences twice the loss

Throughout the spring, The Times will interview high school seniors whose athletic careers were cut short by the coronavirus outbreak.

Name: Charlie Ciaffa

School: Brentwood

Sports: Baseball, basketball, track

Key stats: Dual threat was batting .511 for the baseball team, running for the 4 x 100 relay team in track

Fall plans: Undecided on college

On the shock of the early end to the baseball and track season:

“It was crazy. It went so fast. I knew the end of my sports career was coming but it sucks. I wanted to go away on a high note.�

On life with no sports, after playing three sports:

“It’s weird. A lot of times I’m going on bike rides. I talk to my friends on an app. I’ve been spending a lot more time with my family playing board games.�

On his senior project, participating in Meals on Wheels:

“Every Wednesday and Friday, they give you 15 packages of food and a route to drop off. These are people in need. It’s real enlightening. You can see these people are in real need. They’re so grateful.�

How the sports stoppage has changed him:

“I really wish I appreciated everything I went through for the first couple of years of high school. All I want to do is play again. It’s made me realize how fortunate I was to play three sports.�

What he’s been watching with his mother, actress Mimi Rogers:

“I’ve been watching some of her movies. I’m watching ‘Bosch,’ her most recent television show.�

See the video and interviews with other athletes at latimes.com/sports.