Winter Track and Football Begin Their Season

The second season of winter sports has begun, and for track, part of those early practices were spent shoveling.
“The Easton DPW did an excellent job clearing most of the track, and our AD Bill Matthews also did a lot of work himself helping clearing the tennis courts so that we would have a place to organize practice. That has never been done before and we are incredibly grateful for the work they did,” said track coach Kyle Sousa.
He went on to explain that the “we have a great group of athletes with a pervasive positive attitude. It takes a certain kind of mentality to sign up for “indoor” track in February when you know that everything will be outdoors due to COVID. Athletes with that kind of mentality rarely complain about hard work.”
That statement extends to Grace Simone. She is one of the runners out on the track since day one. Agreeing with Sousa, she said, “It’s different than last year having to stand behind a cone away from everyone, but I’m happy that there is a season. We’re lucky.”
Athletic Director Bill Matthews spoke on the plans for this winter season: “We will train outdoors for the most part. We expect to have some virtual meets and some in-person meets if possible subject to opponents willingness to compete in person, the EEA facility capacity limitations, and weather.”
When asked about any possibility for the Hockomock Championship, he responded: “It’s likely any Hock Championship meet would be much like the cross country meet where teams compete head to head in person with one other team. All times and distances would be recorded and ranked to create a championship placement and team score. The schedule has not been finalized by the League yet, but we are working on it.”