Winslow School Board ponders athletic competition with teams in ‘yellow’ counties
The girls ice hockey team would see their schedule go from 12 games to two.
The Winslow School Board meets virtually Monday.
WINSLOW When the Winslow Public Schools School Board unanimously approved a plan for winter sports in November, the agreement was to only compete against schools in counties labeled “green” in the state’s COVID-19 re-opening advisory system.
But the The Maine Principals’ Association recently reverse course to allow schools in yellow counties to play and practice brought up a discussion of whether Winslow would play teams in “yellow” counties during a regular meeting held virtually Monday night.
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The Winthrop High School girls basketball team runs drills during a Jan. 7 practice at Winthrop High School.
Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
The coronavirus pandemic forced changes to how basketball games will look this winter. It’s also forced schools to take a look at who will be allowed at those games.
With a focus on safety and an enforced limit on the amount of people who can gather in a room, schools have had to trim the list of people who would attend the games, with players, coaches and game officials taking up most of the spots.