February 4, 2021
Archbishop Wood s Kaitlyn Orihel (left) defends Neumann-Goretti s Jonelle Price during their PCL clash on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (Kev Hunter/MediaNews Group)
WARMINSTER A delayed start to the season along with cancelled practices due to a winter storm will make even the best teams appear as sluggish and sloppy as a snowdrift.
But Archbishop Wood began Thursday night’s second half the way it knows how.
“The first half wasn’t great so we came together and we made sure we shared the ball and knocked down open shots,” the Vikings’ Ryanne Allen said. “We just played as a team the way we know how to.”
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A senior member of the International Olympic Committee has said he “can’t be certain” the postponed Tokyo Olympics will open in just over six months because of the surging pandemic in Japan and elsewhere.
ANALYSIS: There’s just more than six months left to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. After being postponed last year amid the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic, the Games are still more up in the air than a 10-metre springboard diver. So let’s peer into the crystal shot put to see what may unfold.
This is Japan s second lockdown after the first emergency was declared in April last year.