Months of hope amid delay turned to despair on Friday as the Arizona Interscholastic Association announced the cancellation of all winter sports.
Student-athletes on Payson Highâs boys and girls basketball and wrestling teams patiently waited and adjusted as the AIA pushed the start of winter sports competition from early December to mid-January and cut their schedules.
COVID-19 minimization efforts spurred the moves that included elimination of regular-season wrestling tournaments and a limit of one match per day for wrestlers prior to the section tournament, limiting teams to 14 dual matches in the shortened season.
With only duals allowed during the regular season rather than the common four-team formate with two matches going simultaneously, Payson would have been able to hold all home matches under one of the few spotlights in the state, which opponents love to wrestle under.
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Lakers get championship rings with empty arena, full hearts
By GREG BEACHAMDecember 23, 2020 GMT
LOS ANGELES (AP) The Los Angeles Lakers received their NBA championship rings Tuesday night in an empty arena that still felt filled with warmth from their families, friends and millions of fans worldwide.
And while they put the blindingly brilliant jewelry on their fingers, the Lakers promised to hold a real party for their 17th championship as soon as everyone can attend.
“I’m going to take a second to speak directly to Lakers fans: We miss you so much,” Lakers owner Jeanie Buss said. “The team misses you, but someday soon, we’ll be together. And when we are together, we have something special to celebrate.”
Lakers honor Kobe Bryant with new championship rings worth over $150,000 each as the NBA opens new season just 72 days after LeBron James & Co. won the Finals in the bubble
The Los Angeles Lakers honored past team legends - including the late Kobe Bryant - with what are believed to be the most valuable NBA title rings ever
Just 72 days after their NBA Finals victory over the Heat at Disney World, LeBron James & Co. received their rings prior to their season-opening loss on Tuesday
The game was played at an empty Staples Center in Los Angeles after the league finished the 2019-20 season inside a coronavirus-resistant bubble in Florida
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