How Can You Wrestle During a Pandemic?
Coaches, student-athletes, parents and fans (media members too) are getting excited about the start of in-person practice on January 4, 2021. The Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) announced this week that events and games can start as early as January 14. All sports/activities will certainly have a different look and feel.
Wrestling faces some unique challenges. From multi-team events, to enormous individual tournaments, and hundreds of grapplers packed together for post-season sections, the sport faces some additional questions.
Some states started their season with outdoor meets. Other states are limiting the number of teams at events and the travel distance of opponents. The website Track Wrestling recently reported how some states are handling the season. At least of couple of states are planning to require wrestlers to wear masks. Owatonna High School coach Adam Woitalla questioned how viable that would be during a recent interv
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varsity hockey (5 seasons, All Conference three times, captain for three seasons)
varsity track and field (4 seasons)
Lane Versteeg activities and athletics:
choir (4 years)
orchestra (4 years, section leader)
varsity soccer (3 seasons, two-time captain, twice All-Conference, All-State as senior)
varsity football (2 seasons, state tournament participant)
varsity basketball (2 seasons)
The news release says, Established in 1988, the Triple A Award acknowledges a male and female high school senior with a 3.0 or higher GPA who participates in league-sponsored athletic programs and fine arts activities such as theater, speech and music. The MSHSL s Administrative Regions will review the Triple-A nominees from its member schools.The top male and female students is the state, as determined by a points system, will be announced by the MSHSL officials this coming spring.