I mean, that was probably the time you were the closest (both in terms of time spend as well as knowing them personally) to females in their prime years, so it's understandable. I sometimes think back to my highschool crush, many incels freeze in development in that age range anyways, how can you develope much further when the next step in life is out of reach for you (possbily forever).
You might focus on your carrier, but in the social department I was never again as successful as I was as a child and just before puberty.