Thursday, March 28, 2024

Schools work on spring field conditions, sports schedules

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BRIDGEPORT – In the face of an all-day snow falling as of Tuesday afternoon, March 12, several schools in the Quad coverage area are still waiting for field conditions to clear enough to allow even minimal outdoor practice sessions. Athletic fields at Bridgeport, Pateros, and Waterville remain under substantial snow cover.

Brewster High School Athletic Director Greg Austin reports that the Bears’ fields have been cleared by snowblower but “we will need warm days to melt the lingering snow and to work the infield.”

Austin said his spring schedules are complete but added “there will be adjustments to them because of the weather.”

Waterville High School AD Kieth Finkbeiner said he is not prepared to even speculate when the Shockers will have access to their fields. In past years some early season spring team softball and baseball practices have been held at the Orondo diamond along the Columbia River. As the conditions go at Waterville, so goes the turnouts for Mansfield athletes who participate with the Shockers’ baseball, softball and track and field teams. Finkbeiner said he has Kernel athletes on all three teams this season.

Bridgeport fields are under snow and AD Scott Darwood said he is still revising some spring schedules that initially called for Bridgeport to host some early home games this season, the first set for mid-March. Recent advisories that Soap Lake in the Central Washington 2B league and Omak in the 1A Caribou Trail League will not field varsity baseball teams this season due to low turnout has also caused a last-minute scramble to fill vacant game slots.

With just one field, and that under snow, to handle three spring field sports, Pateros AD Marcus Stennes said boys’ soccer will host no home games because the Pateros field is cut for baseball and softball. Stennes said he does not expect to host a baseball or softball game until sometime in April.

The Quad will preview the first two of four spring sports seasons starting with the March 21 issue.

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