Blooming Prairie Overcomes COVID, Wins Opener
The Blooming Prairie girls basketball team was not able to have any full five-on-five drills before opening their season Saturday against Bethlehem Academy due to coronavirus. The Awesome Blossoms still prevailed 46-28. Coach John Bruns was proud of the effort, writing in an email, We were able to win our first game of the season tonight (Saturday) is spit of having our first two weeks interrupted with COVID concerns.I was very happy with a lot of things about tonight, but the best thing was that the girls finally got a chance to get back out of the court.
How Can You Wrestle During a Pandemic?
Coaches, student-athletes, parents and fans (media members too) are getting excited about the start of in-person practice on January 4, 2021. The Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) announced this week that events and games can start as early as January 14. All sports/activities will certainly have a different look and feel.
Wrestling faces some unique challenges. From multi-team events, to enormous individual tournaments, and hundreds of grapplers packed together for post-season sections, the sport faces some additional questions.
Some states started their season with outdoor meets. Other states are limiting the number of teams at events and the travel distance of opponents. The website Track Wrestling recently reported how some states are handling the season. At least of couple of states are planning to require wrestlers to wear masks. Owatonna High School coach Adam Woitalla questioned how viable that would be during a recent interv