In a major shift, schools in ‘yellow’ counties get go-ahead for practices and games
The Maine Principals Association and state agencies reverse course, allowing teams in yellow counties to start practices and eventually play games.
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Members of the Portland/Deering girls’ hockey team run drills at Troubh Ice Arena in Portland on Dec. 10. By late December, Cumberland County had been designated “yellow,” forcing high school teams halt all in-person activities.
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The Maine Principals’ Association on Wednesday gave the go-ahead to schools located in “yellow” counties to begin practicing immediately with games to follow, making the decision a local matter and prompting celebration – and even some tears – among high school athletes and coaches.
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Members of the Portland/Deering girls’ hockey team run drills at Troubh Ice Arena in Portland on Dec. 10. By late December, Cumberland County had been designated “yellow,” forcing high school teams halt all in-person activities.
Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
The Maine Principals’ Association on Wednesday gave the go-ahead to schools located in “yellow” counties to begin practicing immediately with games to follow, making the decision a local matter and prompting celebration – and even some tears – among high school athletes and coaches.
“Oh my God. You made my day,” Danny Tocci, a Portland High senior ice hockey player, said when he was told the news. “Just to have some sense of normalcy back is going to be good for my teammates to see each other on a daily basis.”
Rec departments get creative to offer programs during pandemic
From ice skating and snowshoeing to virtual webinars and esports, recreation departments continue to reach out to their communities.
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Caitlin Fields 13, in front, and Annalyse Saindon 13, slide down a hill together on Wednesday at Brunswick Landing as part of the Winter Explorers Club offered by Brunswick Parks & Recreation. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
Change, adapt and then change again.
That seems to be the motto of parks and recreation departments across the state as they attempt to provide activities for not only children but adults as well during the winter of the coronavirus pandemic.
Winter high school season delayed again in four counties
Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford and York counties are still designated as ‘yellow,’ which means teams in those counties can t begin practices on Monday.
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High school teams in southern Maine, including at Gray-New Gloucester and Brunswick, will be unable to start practice Monday on the delayed opening day of the winter sports season for teams in other parts of the state because their counties are still designated as “yellow” under the Maine Department of Education’s color-coded coronavirus guidelines.
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High school athletics will remain on hold in the four southern Maine counties of Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford and York until after the rest of the state can begin playing competitive games.
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