While most tryouts and evaluation periods have already been postponed, winter sports programs like basketball and wrestling are getting ready to face their next challenge. Elmore County boys basketball coach Rodney Taylor already had plans in place to take his team to Tuscaloosa and Auburn for team camps but those were both canceled and now the AHSAA has canceled all summer competitions.

“The summer gives us the opportunity to play against other competition we may not see in the regular season,” Taylor said. “But it is also about seeing the development from the guys coming back and the new kids you brought on the team and how they play in a game setting. You’re going to miss that aspect so that hurts big time.”

Caleb Turrentine is a sports writer for Tallapoosa Publishers Inc.