{"id":1141,"date":"2011-04-20T15:11:07","date_gmt":"2011-04-20T20:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/?p=1141"},"modified":"2011-12-12T08:19:40","modified_gmt":"2011-12-12T13:19:40","slug":"sports-teams-cope-with-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/index.php\/2011\/04\/sports-teams-cope-with-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports teams cope with weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><strong>By Charles Hallett<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>staff writer<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Rain. The enemy of high school sports.  While many fall sports aren\u2019t affected and many can play through rain, the weather has a major impact on spring sports and their season. This has been evident with the fickle weather this April. The girls varsity and JV tennis teams have both had their practices and matches cancelled three days in a row this week.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCoaches are doing whatever they can with indoor practices,\u201d Athletic Director Bob Wellman said. \u201cTennis can go to the tennis center and baseball and softball can use the batting cages in the gyms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All the cancellations and rain delays have been a major source of frustration for many coaches. Most games that are cancelled are cancelled for good; however, some can be made up later in the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will try to find other dates and reschedule matches and games,\u201d Wellman said. \u201cMay could get very booked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indoor practices are no substitute for real outdoor practice. Playing tennis indoors is very different from playing outdoors.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a difference between playing indoors and playing outside in the sun and wind,\u201d girls varsity tennis coach Garrett Turner said.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike many other sports, the weather has a major impact on tennis and when they can play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe court basically becomes like a sheet of ice and that can be very dangerous,\u201d Turner said.<\/p>\n<p>Being outside brings in a whole new set of variables. The tennis team is six weeks into their season and hasn\u2019t had a single match yet.  This inclement weather has also had an impact on team morale.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t feel like a team until you start competing, practice just gets old and you want to see where you stand against other schools,\u201d Turner said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inclement spring weather forces DHS sports teams to cancel games and find alternate ways of practicing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[41,44],"class_list":["post-1141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3feature","category-3-sports","tag-feature-stories","tag-sports-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sports teams cope with weather - UPDATE ONLINE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/index.php\/2011\/04\/sports-teams-cope-with-weather\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sports teams cope with weather - UPDATE ONLINE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Inclement spring weather forces DHS sports teams to cancel games and find alternate ways of practicing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/index.php\/2011\/04\/sports-teams-cope-with-weather\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UPDATE ONLINE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DHSUpdate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-04-20T20:11:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-12-12T13:19:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Update\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@DowHighUpdate\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DowHighUpdate\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Update\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/sports-teams-cope-with-weather\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/sports-teams-cope-with-weather\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Update\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/be39f258dafaaac3e98f5951fe5e9198\"},\"headline\":\"Sports teams cope with weather\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-04-20T20:11:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-12-12T13:19:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/sports-teams-cope-with-weather\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":301,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Feature Stories\",\"Sports Stories\"],\"articleSection\":[\"FEATURE\",\"SPORTS\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/sports-teams-cope-with-weather\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/sports-teams-cope-with-weather\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/sports-teams-cope-with-weather\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sports teams cope with weather - UPDATE ONLINE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-04-20T20:11:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-12-12T13:19:40+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/sports-teams-cope-with-weather\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"UPDATE ONLINE\",\"description\":\"H.H. 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