{"id":130548,"date":"2020-04-21T03:48:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T08:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=130548"},"modified":"2020-04-21T03:48:38","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T08:48:38","slug":"random-thoughts-2020-spring-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/04\/21\/random-thoughts-2020-spring-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Thoughts: 2020 spring sports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent sports editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week\u2019s Random Thoughts center completely around the COVID-19 induced cancellation of OHSAA spring sports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schools<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Governor Mike DeWine made it official during Monday\u2019s press briefing \u2013 school buildings throughout Ohio will remain closed for the remainder of the academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The announcement was expected, especially given the fact that President Donald Trump said on Thursday that all schools that are closed should remain closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision means spring sports have been canceled. Ohio High School Athletic Association Executive Director Jerry Snodgrass is expected to issue an official statement sometime today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tough, but correct<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may or may not agree with the decision to close schools and cancel spring sports. Either way, it wasn\u2019t an easy decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given the circumstances, as painful as it is, it was probably the right decision. I know not everyone will agree with that and that\u2019s fine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jerry Snodgrass<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve said it before and I\u2019ll said it again \u2013 I wouldn\u2019t want to be in this guy\u2019s shoes right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Snodgrass has been forced to make some tough and unpopular decisions over the past five weeks and he\u2019s taken a lot of heat. I myself have questioned the timing of some of his decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s no way he or anyone else could have envisioned a scenario like this when he took over in 2018. No doubt it\u2019s been gut wrenching and emotional for him, perhaps more so for him than anyone else.
\nSeniors, student-athletes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, the decision is disappointing for student-athletes and especially seniors. It\u2019s a year of competition that has been taken away from them and quite honestly, it\u2019s not fair. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know some people have said this can be a teaching moment about life and while that may be true, it still doesn\u2019t make it any less painful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the coming days, we\u2019ll begin featuring senior spring sports athletes in a special way. It\u2019s the least we can do for them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fall sports<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s just hope fall sports aren\u2019t affected by COVID-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, as a precaution, schools and OHSAA are taking steps to plan ahead, just in case. Hopefully, those plans won\u2019t be necessary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summer<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Right now, it\u2019s hard to say exactly what this virus will do to summer activities, but it\u2019s probably safe to say it will affect them to some degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That includes volleyball, basketball and football passing camps and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ohio Legion baseball officials are planning to play this summer, but it remains to be seen when the season will start. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

ACME baseball officials are also planning on playing during the summer months, but the timeline is up in the air. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s hoping we can get back to some sense of normalcy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have thoughts on any of the above topics, feel free to email me at sports@thevwindependent.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor This week\u2019s Random Thoughts center completely around the COVID-19 induced cancellation of OHSAA spring sports. Schools Governor Mike DeWine made it official during Monday\u2019s press briefing \u2013 school buildings throughout Ohio will remain closed for the remainder of the academic year. The announcement was expected, especially given the fact that President […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 01:59:26","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130548\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}