Summit High School three-sport athlete Emily Koetteritz is having a senior year to remember. Koetteritz led the Tigers volleyball team, was monumental for the Tigers girls basketball team and is now preparing for the prospect.
Dr. Gretchen Norton administers the COVID-19 vaccine to Summit High School girls basketball coach Kayle Walker-Burns on Feb. 13 at the bus depot in Frisco.
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Summit County reported 19 new cases of COVID-19 over the week, according to the county’s coronavirus webpage the lowest number of new cases since the week of Sept. 6, when three new cases were reported.
The total number of cases among residents stands at 3,690. No new hospitalizations among residents were reported over the week, keeping the total at 136 since March 5, 2020.
, the county was reporting 64.6 new cases per 100,000 residents as of 4 p.m. Friday. That number is down 9.6 cases per 100,000 residents from last week.
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Thanks to a state variance, the official start of the winter sports season is less than a week away for Summit High School teams.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and other state officials granted a variance to the Colorado High School Activities Association that allows the governing body to provide statewide regulations for practices and competition despite differences in local health regulations.
Even coaches of indoor teams are much more optimistic that the season will happen than they were a month ago.
“I’m feeling better about it,” boys basketball head coach Jordan Buller said. “Just being in the gym last week with the guys is a big step forward for me in terms of a positive outlook on things. CHSAA has done a pretty good job for us to have a semblance of a season. The boys and those in the program, we have an awareness of what’s to come, to be safe and keep our social circles small. In these challenging times, if