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NE2B pushes fall sports back to Feb. 15

Feb. 15 is hard date, with game cancellations coming after if needed

DAVENPORT--Northeast 2B athletic directors elected today to push back the start of most fall sports to Feb. 15, a two-week delay from the previously planned Feb.1, after COVID-19 numbers in the East region failed to indicate that the region would be in "Phase 2" of Gov. Jay Inslee's state re-opening plan.

Football will "hopefully" start five days earlier, on Feb. 10, Reardan co-athletic director Eric Nikkola said, as 10 football practices must occur before games can begin. Other league fall sports are cross country, volleyball and girl's soccer.

The Feb. 15 date is a "hard start date," he adde...

 

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