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five for a loss of yards, along with a sack
and a fumble recovery. He made first-team
all conference.
Lenzen was 18 when he died in August
2013 in an automobile accident in Wildwood.
He was a three-year starter for the
baseball Mustangs and a four-year starter
for the basketball team.
Local high school fields could see players again this summer thanks to a recent MSHSAA ruling.
Sports
Briefs
By WARREN MAYES
MSHSAA news
A recent decision by the Missouri
State High School Activities Association
[MSHSAA] Board of Directors opens the
door to summertime possibilities.
At its April meeting, the board voted to
grant relief to portions of the MSHSAA
By-Laws that include summer limits on
contact between coaches and student-athletes.
Dependent upon approval from local
and state health officials, the board voted
to make the summertime dead period and
summer limits on contact optional for 2020.
MSHSAA by-law 1.5 requires member
schools to establish a period of nine consecutive
days beginning on a Saturday and
lasting to the second following Sunday,
in which no contact takes place between
school coaches/directors of MSHSAAsponsored
activities and students enrolled
in a member school, or who will be enrolled
in a member school during the next school
year.
With the board’s decision, a school may
choose to comply with this “dead period”
or allow teams to hold activities. This decision
also relieves portions of by-law 3.15,
sections 3 and 4, which limit teams to 20
days of contact during the summer. Under
the decision, member schools may allow
teams to have more than 20 days of contact
in which any coaching or instruction in
the skills and techniques of any sport takes
place.
“The abrupt changes that took place to
our normal system of education this spring,
have our schools pleading for access to students
this summer,” MSHSAA Executive
Director Dr. Kerwin Urhahn said in a press
release. “The membership asked about
what possible flexibility and modifications
to by-law restrictions that could be offered.
If there is no local, state or national clearance
for safe contact with students, then
any allowances dealing with summer will
be moot. But, in an effort to be prepared for
what we hope is possible, this action was
taken to grant some relief for the member
schools.”
In other action, the board voted to allow
seniors to be viewed as enrolled students
through the summer, which allows them to
represent their high schools in summertime
interscholastic competition. This relief
of by-law 3.15 is designed for the 2020
summer only.
“Hopefully, this will allow schools to
play contests against other schools to provide
closure and recognition for students
and allow teams and kids to play together
this summer,” Urhahn said.
At this point, no action was taken to alter
any other sections of by-law 3.15, or the fall
no contact period [3.15.1.b] that is scheduled
to take place between Aug. 3 and Aug.
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9, 2020. All summertime activities remain
optional for students, attendance or participation
cannot be required.
“The first thing that needs to be clearly
understood is that all decisions about
anything summer-related – be it contact,
access, practice, games, conditioning,
etc. – must first be approved, cleared and
deemed safe by the CDC, state and local
health departments, the governor and local
mayors,” Urhahn said. “The end of social
distancing and ‘safe at home’ is still not
clearly visible yet, and summer activities
may not be possible due to the COVID-19
pandemic and its own timeline.”
Chris Lenzen award winners
Marquette High’s
Katie Weiss and Matt
Kadlec are the recipients
of the 2020 Chris
Lenzen Mustang
Character Award.
The two seniors
have carried on what Weiss
Lenzen stood for as
a Mustang -- sportsmanship,
ethics and
integrity.
Weiss played softball.
She hit .288 and
had one home run
this past fall for Marquette.
Kadlec
Kadlec was a linebacker
for the Mustangs football team.
Kadlec recorded 108 tackles, including
High school wrestling
Lafayette’s Anthony McRoberts will
wrestle in college. McRoberts has signed
to compete at Missouri Baptist University.
McRoberts wrestled for the Lancers at
285 pounds. McRoberts was a second-team
all-conference wrestler as a senior.
At the Class 4 state tournament last
winter, McRoberts saw his Lancers’ career
end with a loss in a consolation Round 2
match. Stevie Gabb, of Fort Osage, won by
fall over McRoberts in 1 minute, 33 seconds.
McRoberts ended the season with a
25-11 record.
Eureka High top athletes
Jake McCollum and Jillian Oligschlaeger
have been named the 2020 Male Athlete
of the Year and 2020 Female Athlete of
the Year at Eureka High School.
The 6-foot-2 McCollum played football
and wrestled for the Wildcats. In football,
McCollum was an offensive lineman and a
linebacker. He recorded 117 tackes, including
10 for a loss of yards. He also had eight
sacks and one fumble recovery.
In wrestling, McCollum finished his
senior season with a 35-2 record. He ended
his Wildcats’ career with a second-place
finish at 195. Staley’s Rocky Elam [32-0]
won his second straight title with a 15-6
win over McCollum. McCollum was a
fourth-place finisher as a junior.
McCollumn will play football at Truman
State University.
The 5-foot-8 Oligschlaeger was a threesport
standout for the Wildcats. She played
basketball, soccer and golf. She was a
center back in soccer. Last fall, she earned
second-team all-conference honors in golf.
She was a forward for the basketball team.
Oligschlaeger will play soccer in college
at Illinois Tech.