92 NEW CASES THAT WERE REPORTED
TODAY.
THE TOTAL AT 10,600.
THE COUNTY IS ALSO REPORTING
FIVE NEW DEATHS.
THE VICTIMS WERE ALL CONNECTED
TO LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.
ONE LOCAL SCHOOLS THE
DISTRICT LOOK LIKE FALL SPORTS
WERE NOT AN OPTION.
THE UNIONTOWN AREA DISTRICT
INITIALLY CANCELED FOOTBALL AND
SOCCER.
BUT RECENTLY THEY CHANGE THEIR
MIND.
WE SPOKE WITH COACHES AND
ATHLETES UNIONTOWN ABOUT THE
SEASON IT ALMOST DIDN'T HAPPEN.
FOR SEVERAL WEEKS IT LOOK
LIKE THE LIGHTS AT THE STADIUM
ARE GOING TO BE OFF FOR THE
REST OF THE YEAR.
BUT RECENTLY THE UNIONTOWN
SCHOOL DISTRICT REEVALUATED THE
INITIAL DECISION TO CANCEL FALL
SPORTS.
NOW BOTH FOOTBALL AND SOCCER
FIELDS LOOK AS THEY SHOULD
FIRST SEPTEMBER AFTERNOON.
I'M BUMMED OUT THERE FOR MY
SENIOR YEAR I PLAYED HERE FOR
FIVE OR SIX YEARS AND I'M NOT
TO GET TO MY LAST YEAR?
THE SEASONS WERE OVER BEFORE
THE EVEN STARTED.
THIS IS MY SENIOR YEAR AND I
WANTED TO PLAY ONE LAST TIME.
IN EARLY AUGUST THE SCHOOL
BOARD VOTED TO CANCEL THE
FOOTBALL AND SOCCER SEASONS
FOLLOWING GOVERNOR WOLF'S
RECOMMENDATION THAT SCHOOLS
BEGIN THE YEAR ONLINE AND
SHOULD NOT HAVE FALL SPORTS.
CLASSES AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
ARE ONLINE FOR THE FIRST NINE
WEEKS.
FOR THE KIDS SAKE I WANTED
THEM TO PLAY.
BUT FROM THE DISTRICTS SAKE
THIS WAS THE WAY WE WERE GOING
AND I AGREED WITH IT.
THEY WERE ULTIMATELY THE
ONLY SCHOOL TO CANCEL SPORTS.
BUT LATE LAST WEEK THE SCHOOL
BOARD CHANGE THEIR MIND.
I WAS EXCITED.
I WAS READY TO PLAY.
I WAS JUMPING UP AND DOWN.
I WAS SO HAPPY.
IT WAS REALLY EXCITING.
DOCTOR CHARLES MITCH SQ
TELLS ME THAT KNOWING THEY
WOULD BE THE ONLY SCHOOL THAT
BACKED OUT THE SCHOOL BOARD
GAVE THE GREEN LIGHT FOR
FOOTBALL AND SOCCER.
THEY ALSO LOOKED AT LOCAL TEAMS
FOR REFERENCE WITH THOSE
WITHOUT COVID-19.
THAT PHYSICAL TRICYCLE STUDENTS
THE NEXT DAY AND TEAMS RETURNED
TO THE FIELD ON MONDAY.
A BIT MORE GRATEFUL FOR THE
CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO PLAY.
I'VE HAD A GREAT TIME EVERY
YEAR I'VE BEEN HERE.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS.
I'M EXCITED TO BE OUT HERE
WITH THE KIDS.
YOU MISSED THAT CAMARADERIE AND
THE TEAMWORK.
RECENTLY THE GOVERNOR
UPDATED THE GUIDANCE TO ALLOW
FANS AT SPORTING EVENTS AS LONG
AS THEY STAY WITHIN GATHERING
LIMITS.
THAT MEANS 250 PEOPLE AT
OUTDOOR GATHERINGS AND STILL
ONLY 25 PEOPLE AT INDOOR
GATHERINGS.
