High schools grapple with decision to allow media into indoor athletic events Many schools — including Cony, Skowhegan and Winthrop, among others — are allowing media into games while others such as Winslow and Waterville are restricting access altogether. Share The Winthrop High School girls basketball team runs drills during a Jan. 7 practice at Winthrop High School. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal The coronavirus pandemic forced changes to how basketball games will look this winter. It’s also forced schools to take a look at who will be allowed at those games. With a focus on safety and an enforced limit on the amount of people who can gather in a room, schools have had to trim the list of people who would attend the games, with players, coaches and game officials taking up most of the spots.