Friday night lights will have to wait.
The soccer pitch will be empty. So will the cross country trails.
The Wisconsin Heights school board voted Monday to push all fall sports to the spring due to concerns regarding COVID-19.
In a normal year, Wisconsin Heights football coach Trevor Steiner and his Vanguards would have three weeks of practice under their collective belts by now.
Heights would have already played its first game. And the Vanguards would be in the midst of a fall certain to create a lifetime of memories.
Andy Sherman was experiencing a bevy of emotions Monday morning.
Sauk Prairie’s boys and girls cross country coach was thrilled that a new season was starting. The beginning of fall sports marked the first WIAA event since winter sports were halted on March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
More anything?
More everything!
The great Jerry Seinfeld once uttered that famous line while flying first class and sitting next to a super model. Nearly three decades later, that mantra was still applicable to high school sports in Wisconsin.
Reedsburg Area High School coaches, administrators and the activities director are doing the best they can at this point to organize a fall sports calendar.
Still, COVID-19 is making it difficult to say anything with certainty.
