We know these trying times have given us plenty of opportunities to practice patience as information continues to change regarding the status of COVID-19 and the ever changing guidelines that come with it. The Warrior Little League & Town Teams board has appreciated your patience on the matter of Town Teams as well.
The board met Friday night to review information that each Town Team coach has gathered and reported.
Town Team Survey Results
First, Town Team coaches were to determine if they still had enough players interested in playing during the month of June. Most teams did, but not all.
Second, the coaches were to check with opposing teams on their schedule to see what their status was and if they even had enough games to still travel and compete. This also resulted in a few Warrior teams not able to compete.
However, we are glad to report that all teams still wanted to hold practices and in-house scrimmages if possible in order to help our kids maintain or acquire new skills necessary to compete for next year.
Given all of this information from our coaches, the board voted on the following…
Official Vote
Warrior Town Teams will be able to hold their regularly scheduled practices starting June 1st.
If a Town Team had a HOME game scheduled in Elkader, they can now turn that game time into a practice time.
Any Town Team wishing to still compete with another community can do so the week of June 29th - July 3rd.
This decision was to ensure the proper disinfecting practices were in place before competing.
This also allows teams to work on existing fundamental skills as well as new ones before competing leading to a higher sense of confidence for our athletes. Therefore they continue to compete again next year..
This also helps ensure kids are physically ready for competition (primarily arms) in order to reduce the risk of injuries.
Scheduling
Coaches: Your practice times and home game times can be found on the calendar on our website (bottom of the homepage). If you need to change any of these times, please reach out to Mark Wiley (319-360-4668).
Guidelines
Even if you are still holding practices starting June 1st, ALL Town Teams must abide by these guidelines, which were adopted by the IHSAA for the high school programs this summer. The board is working to provide the necessary disinfecting spray to help Town Teams follow these guidelines.
Uniforms/Apparel
Andy Loan will be working with coaches on getting apparel handed out next week.
We appreciate your volunteerism and desire to help these athletes continue with the sport while at the same time being as safe as we can.
If you have further questions, you may reach out to us at warriorlltt@gmail.com, or any one of the board members.
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The Little League/Town Team Board
Andy Loan - President
Bill Kuhse - Vice President
Mark Wiley - Secretary
Cody Dreyer - Treasurer
Kara Armstrong
Shelly Bushkofsky
Jarod Bormann
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