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8A — THE OBSERVER SCHOOLS Continued from Page 7A we’re not making,” he said. “They’re within the state level.” California already moved its fall schedule to the beginning of 2021, and Washington has moved a portion of its schedule — including football — to the spring. Weber said he has been on constant conference calls with other directors across the west to get a taste for how other states are han- dling the pandemic as it relates to high school sports. The board also has taken input from contingencies of athletic directors and coaches from the across the state, and everyone has the same goal in mind: “Anything to have the kids get involved and have that contact (on the fi eld), that is what we keep hearing from them,” Weber said. Season with playoffs possible Having a full season for the fall now is off the table with the late start, but a shortened season with a postseason is still in play. Elgin athletic director Jeff Rysdam is among those onboard with any option that gets ath- letes playing — even if it came down to, at the worst, having teams play just local teams without a postseason. It’s a model he knows, as Elgin for about fi ve years played an independent schedule for football with a full regular season schedule but no postseason option. “I’d like to see them do something where each league decides how the sea- sons go,” he said. “(Even) if it means giving up a post- season and playing an inde- pendent schedule — as long as the kids are playing.” One of the concerns for Rysdam, who also is the EHS football coach, is what would happen if a delay or move of the fall to winter or spring leads to a major overlap in sports. “I don’t see how it could work in a small school like Elgin, Imbler or (North) Powder,” he said. “Our foot- ball team is usually on the basketball team, basketball team is on the track team. Are kids going to have to pick and choose? Unless they’ve got something up their sleeve how (could) they overlap it and main- tain it?” A decision of that level, though, is still a ways down the road, and for the time being, a start date for the other fall sports does bring some normalness and hope. “I am glad there can be a sense of normalcy. Talking to one of our senior cross-country runners and she was worried about her season,” he said. “Now she has something to look for- ward to.” SATURDAY, JULY 25, 2020 SPORTS pick between sports as La Grande also has a plethora of multi-sport athletes. “I honestly would like to see us start later and shorten seasons, but get all three seasons in,” he said. “I think we legitimately could start winter sports on time by then, then fi t spring and fall in there. “A school like La Grande where we depend on kids to play two or three sports, you can’t expect a kid to play football and baseball at the same time.” Weber said ideally, if OSAA has its input from the state by its August meetings with regard to schools and other policies, the board could make a decision that week on what the season looks like. OSAA also hasn’t named a “drop-dead” date on when it has to make a decision on whether to play the season or not, Weber said. And while the delay granted the entity addi- tional time, that deadline is approaching. “We’ve been hesitant to say we are going to decide by this point,” Weber said. “We know that day is coming upon us soon.” More news at lagrandeobserver.com CARDIOLOGY CLINIC Join us in welcoming nurse practitioner Lauren Dillman to our team of Cardiology clinicians! Lauren is a graduate of Frontier Nursing University in Kentucky, and has spent the past two years providing primary, chronic, and urgent care in Canyon City and Denver, Colorado. She has particular interests in general cardiology, health promotion, and disease prevention. When Lauren is not caring for patients, she enjoys hiking, weightlifting, rock climbing, camping, traveling, and spending time with her family. 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