Area coaches react to return to play

HAMPTON – There may be a lot more than usual guidelines to follow, but following the governor’s proclamation on Wednesday, May 20 that summer sports practice could start on June 1, the governing bodies of the Iowa High School Athletic Association and Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union announced play could resume.

The IGHSAU and IHSAA met after the governor’s announcement and both groups voted to approve the 2020 summer seasons under Iowa Department of Education guidelines.

Practices begin June 1 and first competition will be June 15.

“If we can get back to having some sort of normalcy in our students/athletes lives then we should make every attempt to do that,” Bulldog baseball coach Matt Lokenvitz said, who is entering his ninth, albeit truncated, season. “The obstacle during this time will always be safety..."

The full story appears in the May 28 print editions of the Sheffield Press and Pioneer Press.