Liam HalawithMaroon Echoes Editor The Iowa Department of Education announced in late May that the Iowa high school summer sports season could start practices for summer sports on June 1st and begin playing games on June 15th. The department of education also released guidance for the school districts that want to participate in the 2020 summer sports season.
The guidance particularly explains how athletes are to maintain social distancing while playing softball and baseball. In accordance with this guidance, the Mount Pleasant Community School District wants to make sure that student-athletes are safe and comfortable. “We have taken the proper safety protocols put out by the CDC and IDPH. Our coaches have been trained as well as our administrators to make sure the guidelines are met and followed,” said Scot Lamm the activities director in a press release published last Friday afternoon. The school district asks that all parents, athletes, and fans help everyone stay safe and healthy by taking social distancing into account when they attend games. “Our goal is to provide a safe environment for our student-athletes to compete and showcase their talents. This is a tremendous opportunity for everyone, with all eyes on Iowa. We can take great pride in being the first to open up high school athletics and to do so in a safe manner,” said Mr. Lamm in the same press release. These guidelines went into effect after Governor Kim Reynolds announced that school activities could return on June 1st. The Iowa High School Sporting Association and the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union set out to determine what this would look like and the results were the guidelines that were released by the department of education. These guidelines make things a little more difficult but are designed to hopefully not hurt the competition. “The guidelines laid out by the Department of Education and the Department of Public Health will enable us to safely move forward with a softball season this summer," IGHSAU executive director Jean Berger said in a statement. "We are grateful for their leadership and support." “We know the games will have different circumstances and that we will all have to work together to keep everyone safe, but we are confident that we are up to this challenge.” The Mount Pleasant Panther’s first game of the season is scheduled to be a varsity doubleheader against the Fort Madison Bloodhounds on June 15th at Mapleleaf athletic complex. Listed below are the social distancing guidelines that have been put in place for practices starting June 1st:
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