Basketball programs in waiting mode

Winter sports may be the last high school season directly affect by the COVID-19 pandemic but that does not mean the offseason has been any easier for coaches. Many basketball programs have seen their tryouts and spring evaluation dates come and go without having the chance to see their players for the upcoming season.

“It makes it really hard because you don’t know when you can get started,” Stanhope Elmore boys basketball coach Terry Hardy said. “We don’t even know if we can do any sort of summer workouts. As far as tryouts, we will have to have it as soon as school gets back in. We will have to work around the football players. It’s going to be rough.”