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cardinalcowboy
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District games in trouble Sept 17, 2020 14:24:18 GMT -6

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The Grove-Oologah and Elk City-Elgin games next week have already been postponed.
As of now there is no forfeit, as all schools are quarantined it sounds like. Supposedly they are planning to somehow find a way to make it up.

This is where things are going to get tricky if we are going to have the postseason start on time

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District games in trouble Sept 17, 2020 17:09:18 GMT -6

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Sept 17, 2020 14:24:18 GMT -6 cardinalcowboy said:

The Grove-Oologah and Elk City-Elgin games next week have already been postponed.
As of now there is no forfeit, as all schools are quarantined it sounds like. Supposedly they are planning to somehow find a way to make it up.

This is where things are going to get tricky if we are going to have the postseason start on time

I don't understand how the bigger schools 4A and above have struggled to find games but 3A and below have barely had any cancellations and postponements

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District games in trouble Sept 18, 2020 3:32:45 GMT -6 via mobile huntersheppard likes this

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Sept 17, 2020 17:09:18 GMT -6 huntersheppard said:

Sept 17, 2020 14:24:18 GMT -6 cardinalcowboy said:

The Grove-Oologah and Elk City-Elgin games next week have already been postponed.
As of now there is no forfeit, as all schools are quarantined it sounds like. Supposedly they are planning to somehow find a way to make it up.

This is where things are going to get tricky if we are going to have the postseason start on time

I don't understand how the bigger schools 4A and above have struggled to find games but 3A and below have barely had any cancellations and postponements

My only guess is with bigger student enrollments they are hit harder by contact tracing? More students with less space to do the social distancing requirements. I know my local school district lost 41 students to 14 day quarantine one day this week due to a single positive test, the rest being tagged via contact tracing.
I thought schools were just being over cautious in the non-district just trying to make it to district play. But already seeing these games postponed is worrisome. I saw the OSSAA has a meeting scheduled today. Presumably to decide how postponed district contests will be handled

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District games in trouble Sept 18, 2020 7:59:31 GMT -6 via mobile

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Post by huntersheppard on Sept 18, 2020 7:59:31 GMT -6

Sept 18, 2020 3:32:45 GMT -6 cardinalcowboy said:

Sept 17, 2020 17:09:18 GMT -6 huntersheppard said:

I don't understand how the bigger schools 4A and above have struggled to find games but 3A and below have barely had any cancellations and postponements

My only guess is with bigger student enrollments they are hit harder by contact tracing? More students with less space to do the social distancing requirements. I know my local school district lost 41 students to 14 day quarantine one day this week due to a single positive test, the rest being tagged via contact tracing.
I thought schools were just being over cautious in the non-district just trying to make it to district play. But already seeing these games postponed is worrisome. I saw the OSSAA has a meeting scheduled today. Presumably to decide how postponed district contests will be handled

That's what I was thinking, It will be interesting to see what the bigger schools do going forward

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