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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS More Challenging Than Usual This Season
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ractice and contests against other teams are challenging and fun for student athletes, trainers and coaches. According to Dan Jones, Athletic Director for Hinsdale Central High School, this winter and spring offers more of a challenge than usual. And that is an understatement. First of all, like schools all over the
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state, District 86 has started Basketball, Football, Boys Soccer and Girls Volleyball later than normal. They started this spring on top of all the traditional spring sports and they will finish later this spring. Secondly, everything possible is being done to make sure practices and games are as safe as possible. Covid-19 protocols for testing and tracing, mask
wearing and social distancing for each practice and contest are being followed. Thirdly, compress the seasons for as many as 25 sports teams to include 7 practices before teams can play other teams in shortened seasons. This year teams compete only with others in the same conference because the health protocols are the same. Also, this year, state level competition will occur for
