Tooele missing 10 because of COVID-19 ♦
When the news came down late Monday night that 10 Tooele boys basketball players would be unavailable for Tuesday’s road game against Morgan because of COVID-19 exposure protocols, Tooele coach Jed Thomas had to scramble.
That meant calling large chunks of the junior varsity, sophomore and freshman squads up to the varsity level. Because there weren’t enough varsity jerseys to go around, it even meant finding junior-varsity jerseys for the remaining varsity players to wear, because the varsity road jerseys are purple and the JV team wears black.
With a new-look team that hadn’t had so much as a single practice together, it came as no surprise that the Buffs struggled early in a 76-63 loss to the Trojans, falling behind 20-4 in the opening minutes. However, they bounced back and trailed by just four points in the third quarter, putting a scare into an experienced Morgan team.