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Anticipation of the 2020 Waukon football team is soaring high, as the Indian grid squad returns eight starters and 18 total letterwinners this fall from a nearly perfect 2019 season that saw its lone loss come in the Class 2A State Championship game. However, this season’s challenges in trying to play to a return State Championship berth and fourth consecutive trip to the UNI-Dome level of the State Play-Offs will involve overcoming more than just 11 opponents on the other side of the football as all teams will also be battling the same opponent in a COVID-19 pandemic that can disrupt a season even quicker than any on-field opponent.
The virus has already forced the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) to shorten this fall’s regular season schedule from the traditional nine-game slate to just seven games, with all teams also automatically qualifying for this season’s State Play-Offs, all in an effort to allow schools to be able to adjust to any COVID-19 situations. In addition to those schedule changes, a number of adjustments and precautionary measures will need to be taken during games, practices and other preparation to help prevent further spread of the COVID-19 virus.
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