Preps in a Pandemic

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PREPS IN A PANDEMIC

BY CORY WOODROOF

While as of press time sporting events are happening across the county, it almost wasn’t to be.

The journey to a fall season for Williamson County sports like football and girls soccer has been paved with uncertainty due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Tennessee Secondary Scholastic Athletic Association went back and forth over the summer on the right option for the state’s prep athletes in contact sports. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee gave contact sports the green light in early August, paving the way for the TSSAA’s official go-ahead for its schools to compete.

The spring season was tough on many, with the pandemic’s opening months forcing baseball, softball, boys soccer, track and field and more to the sidelines permanently for that season. Fall sports seem to have avoided that fate for now, with capacity restrictions and mask and distancing mandates in place for those who wish to attend.

Already, we’ve seen the Brentwood and Brentwood Academy football teams clash for the first time in 18 years and Ravenwood football schedule the top-ranked IMG Academy. Some teams are taking advantage of the bizarre times we’re in, while others maintain they’re just happy to be playing altogether.

It could be different. Metro Nashville Public Schools is on an indefinite delay from starting its athletic seasons, and the threat of an inter-team breakout is always a lingering possibility until we have a readily distributable vaccine. Uncertainty is the name of the game right now for the area’s athletes, and many of them have maintained early into the season that they’re taking it a game at a time.

They won’t know if their fates will be like their spring sports colleagues, or if full seasons are in view. The one thing that you can count on: None of the county’s athletes are taking any of this for granted.

Cindy Wallace

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Cindy Wallace is a real estate licensee affiliated with Compass RE, a licensed real estate broker and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity laws.