Cancellation!

The first cancellation of the season hit early this year. The Garrett Girls vs Prairie Heights Basketball game scheduled for tonight has been postponed to tomorrow night, Wednesday. The game will start with a JV Tip-off at 6pm.  The High School teams practiced right after school and should be sent home shortly after 5pm.

Let's hope this doesn't get to be a habit!

More cancellations! Rescheduling Nightmares!

I wake up in the middle of the night from nightmares about rescheduling spring events. I don't have nightmares about scary movies. I have nightmares about rescheduling Spring Athletic Contests. The last two days has been crazy with spring cancellations. We have cancelled 8 High School events the last two days. My biggest problem is trying to get them rescheduled. It seems like it should be so easy to reschedule games, but it's not. I spent extended time on the phone the last two days with my fellow athletic directors to try to find dates to reschedule these 8 events. So far, no luck.  I just checked and we have only 4 open dates to re-schedule our baseball games. We can't use Fridays because those are reserved for conference games. We have senior night on one of our open dates and the IHSAA limits the number of games we can play during the week. With all that information and our opponents having the same information, it's not surprising we could not come up with dates that would work. So today I sent out an email to area schools to see if we could add one of them to the schedule to get our teams some more games. So far no response. Softball has the same issues. Both Baseball and softball have some low numbers this year and jv games have also been an issue. Both of those teams are playing on a day-by-day basis. Tonight's track meet and Golf Match also has some issues. Now we have to coordinate the schedules for 3 schools instead of just two. It has  been really wild and their is no end in sight!

Even if I get lucky enough to reschedule a game, I have to find new umpires and workers to actually play the game. I think I'm getting a headache!

We will do what we can to get contests for our student-athletes. It's not always easy. But it's worth it!

Go Railroaders!

More Cancellations!

The Garrett at Columbia City Wrestling match has been postponed to tomorrow night. The match will begin at 6:30pm but will be a VARSITY ONLY match. (Keep your fingers crossed the weather cooperates!)

All Practices and Events have been cancelled for today. The main roads are better than this morning, but the school parking lot is a skating rink. If we had a Hockey team they would be practicing on it!

So, stay home. Enjoy the day off!

Third Times a Charm -- Cancellations!

Both the Boys and Girls C-Team games at Fremont scheduled for tonight have been cancelled and will be rescheduled at a later date. We will look for a date sometime in January -- Third Times a Charm!

The VARSITY Wrestlers will practice this afternoon from 1pm-3pm.

The VARSITY Girls Basketball Team will practice this afternoon from 3pm-5pm.

The Boys Basketball teams were not scheduled to practice today.

All other Athletic Practices have been cancelled for today.

HAVE A GREAT CHRISTMAS BREAK. Enjoy the time you have with your families and try to have some fun!

Merry Christmas and remember the Reason for the Season!

Practices and Cancellations

Snow will be redeveloping in the area later this afternoon and tonight. The winds will continue to be a problem through this evening.

The C-Team Boys Basketball game at Southern Wells has been postponed to Monday, January 31st at Southern Wells.

The JV Wrestling 4 way tournament at Northrop has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled.


Wrestling, Girls Basketball, and Boys Basketball practices will be permitted ONLY between 1pm-3pm today.  These practices are for VARSITY teams only.  Coaches will be initiating their "phone trees" to share this information.  Practices during these conditions ARE NOT mandatory. IF a parent or student does not feel they can travel to practice safely, they should remain at home.  There will be no consequences for not attending. As usual, the safety of our kids is #1!

Cancellations!

I hope this is not an early trend. But, Winter is here!

The C-Team Boys and Girls Basketball games at Fremont are cancelled and will not be rescheduled at this time.

Also, all practices are cancelled today. This includes Wrestling, Boys Basketball and Girls Basketball.

The weather conditions are  not expected to improve until tomorrow. Although main roads are in decent shape, the side roads and country roads are snow covered and slick. The winds are supposed to continue to increase throughout the day.

Just as a note of information, Decisions about games and practices will be made by Noon if possible. Practice and Game cancellations will be decided based on existing and expected weather conditions. IF practices or games are held on School Cancellation Days and parents feel their son or daughter can not get to  practice or the game safely, they are excused and NO consequences will be issued. Safety of our Student Athletes is the most important factor.