{"id":808065,"date":"2020-06-03T17:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T23:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=384423"},"modified":"2020-06-03T17:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T23:45:00","slug":"summit-soccer-lacrosse-associations-wait-on-state-and-county-approval-to-reopen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/summit-soccer-lacrosse-associations-wait-on-state-and-county-approval-to-reopen\/","title":{"rendered":"Summit soccer, lacrosse associations wait on state and county approval to reopen"},"content":{"rendered":"

DILLON \u2014 Up in the mountains, it\u2019s a tale of two counties for youth sports association\u2019s like 10th Mountain Lacrosse and the High Country Soccer Association amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

Thanks to a state-approved variance, Eagle County\u2019s Vail Valley Soccer Club began youth programming Monday night. On Tuesday, June 9, 10th Mountain Lacrosse plans to begin its training for high school athletes, including upward of a dozen Summit High School Tigers, at Freedom Park in Edwards.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s foreign territory,\u201d Summit High boys lacrosse and 10th Mountain Lacrosse head coach Matty Marks said. \u201cIt\u2019s a Wild West for sure right now. It depends on who you talk to. You can talk to an optimistic county commissioner who\u2019s hopeful and gives positive feedback, and you can speak to a more negative county commissioner, and it seems like the world is going to end.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite Eagle County\u2019s progress, High Country Soccer remains in a wait-and-see approach in Summit County, which has yet to enter phase two of its COVID-19 Roadmap to Recovery<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At the state level, the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment will finalize and implement Thursday updated guidance for organized recreational sports after publishing a draft<\/a> and accepting public comment earlier in the week. The draft document, stipulates organized youth or adult recreational sports leagues can take place in groups of up to 25 people outdoors or 10 indoors while encouraging participation in what the state dubs \u201clow- or no-contact\u201d sports \u2014 such as baseball or running \u2014 as opposed to sports deemed \u201chigh contact,\u201d including soccer.<\/p>\n

That said, soccer associations across the sate, are drafting ways to organize training or camps without contact. <\/p>\n

High Country Soccer Executive Director Andrea Rosenthal said the organization’s plan would be to paint lines onto playing grounds for individual athletes to inhabit a 10-by-10-foot square grid with a ball of their own. <\/p>\n

Despite the state appearing to move forward, anything based in Summit County will be permitted only when the county enters into phase two, Rosenthal and Marks said. To enter into phase two, the county must see no significant increase in COVID-19 cases for four to eight weeks following the commencement of the first phase April 27.<\/p>\n

Once phase two is entered, Rosenthal said the association will work with community partners, such as town recreation departments and Summit School District, to get permission to use their facilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you go to our soccer camp, it\u2019s not going to look different (in terms of distancing) than a day camp beside the fact that there you are not playing soccer,\u201d Rosenthal said. \u201cEven if one of the towns said to us, \u2018You can run it and rent but with only 10 campers,\u2019 game on. We\u2019ll do it. We\u2019ll do whatever we need to get the kids on the fields.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rosenthal elaborated that she and High Country Soccer leaders traveled to Eagle County on Monday to see how Vail Valley Soccer is operating. With that knowledge, the soccer association would like to open with a \u201csuper slow\u201d rollout in terms of contact and distancing. That would mean solo training to start followed by closer contact but still distanced with 1-on-1 and 2-on-2 training a few weeks later.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything I\u2019ve heard from Vail kids and families is they\u2019re airing on the side of caution because they want this to work,\u201d Rosenthal said.<\/p>\n

As for Marks and 10th Mountain Lacrosse, he said he is remaining conservative in his hopes that he\u2019ll be able to operate any lacrosse training in Summit County this summer. If he gets approval to train athletes at some point, he\u2019d model it after the 9-to-1 athlete-to-coach ratio that he\u2019ll operate with in Eagle County on Tuesday. There, kids would remain 6 feet apart wearing helmets and, potentially, special face-shields designed for lacrosse helmets while coaches wear masks.<\/p>\n

He understands time and further developments will dictate where lacrosse training will be able to take place and how close to traditional game action it will look. He also comprehends that if and when a player gets sick, a lot could go in reverse. But he gets that lacrosse, like soccer, is a sport that provides relief for youngsters.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd in these times, I think it\u2019s one of the best things we can have for kids and the community in general,” Marks said. “I think it would uplift everybody once we get the ball rolling.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Soccer goals remain locked together on Wednesday, June 3, outside of the Silverthorne Recreation Center. The High Country Soccer Association is preparing to reopen its youth soccer programs pending approval from the state and county.<\/strong>
Liz Copan \/ ecopan@summitdaily.com<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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