WIAA ready to go, but waiting on state guidelines

RITZVILLE – Athletic Director Greg Whitmore said the Washington Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Nov. 17 decision to keep high school sports to three seasons and move it back to Feb. 1 accomplished a couple of things.

“Obviously, not many of us felt hopeful we’d be allowed to start on the 28th,” Whitmore said of the earlier schedule of winter sports beginning Dec. 28. “So it gives a little time, and it also matches up a little better with end of semesters for schools.”

Whitmore, a WIAA Executive Board member and former president, said he was hearing that a lot of schools are targeting ne...