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KEIZERTIMES.COM It’s offi cial: No youth baseball this summer But in the end, the board ul- BY MATT RAWLINGS timately concluded that the Of the Keizertimes They held out for as long logistics of trying to run a as possible, but last week, baseball and softball season were too dif- both McNary fi cult to strat- Youth Base- egize. ball (MYB) “Right now, kids “It was su- and Keizer can’t even share per tough to Little League make the de- (KLL) made a baseball to- cision. But the decision gether. We felt with all the re- to cancel strictions and their respec- like we couldn’t of fi eld tive programs keep asking our lack space, accom- for the sum- panied by the mer due to families to wait.” fact that tons COVID-19. — Bo Lane, of other pro- MYB of- MYB President grams were fi cially made pulling out the decision left and right, to cancel on Wednesday, May 27, while we felt like this was our best KLL followed suit on Sun- course of action,” Lane said. “Right now, kids can’t even day, May 30. The fi nal decision from share a baseball together. We the MYB board of directors felt like we couldn’t keep wasn’t unanimous according asking our families to wait.” However, due to the un- to MYB President Bo Lane. foreseen circumstances, MYB will be unable to offer full refunds to their families — in large part, due to their league change. “Because we joined Clackamas County this year, our season would have started three weeks earlier than normal. We had already purchased jerseys, hats and insurance in preparation for the season well before things closed down. Families will be refunded as much as possible,” Lane said. Lane says that MYB still wants to put together some scrimmages and/or clinics if Gov. Kate Brown eases up on the restrictions in Marion County. Even though they aren’t able to play games, MYB has organized a four-week batting practice at the Salem- Please see YOUTH, Page A11 File Josh Grossman rounds the bag after a base hit in a McNary Youth Baseball game last season. Facility access still restricted for prep athletes BY MATT RAWLINGS Of the Keizertimes Last month, the OSAA, in conjunction with the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), released guidance to all member schools on a summer reopening plan that could potentially take place in some areas of the state within the next week. However, Salem-Keizer schools likely won’t begin that process until July. “It’s still such a fl uid situ- ation. We’re hoping to being able to open facilities back up by July. But it’s tenta- tive at this point,” said Lar- ry Ramirez, the director of high school education of Sa- lem-Keizer Public Schools. Back in April, Gov. Kate Brown had ordered school facilities to close down until June 30 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, OSAA received clarifi cation from the Ore- gon Department of Educa- tion that the date was set to align with districts that are the latest to fi nish the school year and that districts can re- open their facilities the day after their school year ends. “We obviously don’t want to have a large opening. We just want to give the kids a chance to get re-acclimated,” said OSAA executive direc- tor Peter Weber. The last offi cial day of school in the Salem-Keiz- er School District is June 10, meaning that facilities could hypothetically reopen on June 11. But according to McNary athletic direc- tor Scott Gragg, the district won’t be reopening facilities until after June 30. “We will be guided by how our district reopens up. That is how we will be able to move forward with athlet- ics,” Gragg said. When Salem-Keizer stu- dent-athletes are able to re- turn to their school facilities, they will likely have to do so with substantial restrictions. Phase one of the OSAA reopening process states that no more than 25 people will be allowed at a gather- ing and that team workouts should be conducted in pods of 5-10 people — all while maintaining social distancing guidelines of staying six feet apart. Weight room equip- ment should be cleaned thoroughly after use. Each OSAA sport was separated into three different categories, which signifi ed the individual sport’s infec- tion risk. Cross country, track & fi eld, swimming, golf and tennis were considered low- risk activities. The moderate risk activ- ities were volleyball, soccer, baseball, softball and basket- ball, while the high-risk ac- tivities were football, wres- and coaches and athletes are “strongly encouraged” to tling, cheer and dance/drill. Outside of conditioning, wear masks. “These there is not a guidelines are lot of leeway not require- with each “ When we feel ments, but it sport in phase is important one as shar- like it’s safe for for athletic di- ing personal kids to re-en- rectors to put equipment thought and is discour- gage, then plan into what aged. In some we’re going to they chose to of the team do,” Weber sports, players do that. We said. are allowed know that peo- OSAA is to work on planning on i n d i v i d u a l ple are chomp- sharing addi- ball-handling tional guid- skills in vol- ing at the bit. leyball, bas- — Larry Ramirez ance later this month. ketball, and Director of SKPS High “When we tee-work is School Education feel like it’s allowed for safe for kids to baseball or softball players, but players re-engage, then we’re going should not share or come in to do that. We know peo- contact with one single ball. ple are chomping at the bit,” Personal contact is not Ramirez said. allowed in any of the sports File Julie Dieker takes on a defender in a McNary soccer game last fall. Keizertimes Wheatland Publishing Corp. 142 Chemawa Road N. • Keizer, Oregon 97303 Phone: 503.390.1051 • www.keizertimes.com MANAGING EDITOR SUBSCRIPTIONS Eric A. 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