After just one practice, Seymour's softball season on hold

After just one practice, Seymour's softball season on hold

AREA'S TOP HIGHSCHOOL SPORTSTEAMS...SPORTS DIRECTORBRANDON KINNARDSPENT SOME TIMEWITH THE SEYMOURSOFTBALL TEAMTODAY...HE JOINS US LIVEWITH SOMEPERSPECTIVE FROMTHE DEFENDINGDIVISION 2 STATECHAMPS...WE'VE NOWREACHED THE POINTWHERE HIGH SCHOOLTEAMS WOULD BEPLAYING GAMES...SEYMOUR WASSUPPOSED TO BEGINITS 20-20 SEASONYESTERDAY...THE START OF WHATTHEY HOPED WOULDBE, ANOTHERCHAMPIONSHIPSEASON...Announcer: "Toss in time!And the Thunder rolls inMadison!"COMING OFF THEIRFIRST EVER STATESOFTBALLCHAMPIONSHIP LASTSEASON...SEYMOUR HAD ITSEYES ON A REPEAT..."We wanted to defend thatstate title the best that wecould.""Get as far as we did lastyear.

Maybe win state,again."A GOAL, THATWASN'T AT ALL FARFETCHED..."Definitely we have mostof our big hitters back.Most of the same girls.We only lost four seniorslast year.

I think we couldhave made it this year too.If we still had a season."WHILE THETHUNDER AREREMAININGOPTIMISTIC...THEIRDISAPPOINTMENTREACHED ANOTHERLEVEL WHEN THECALENDAR FLIPPEDTO APRIL 2ND...THE DATE OF THEIRFIRST SCHEDULEDGAME..."Coulda been, shouldabeen playing yesterday.Practicing.

Doing all thosethings that you'resupposed to do."WHILE THEYHAVEN'T PLAYED,YET...THE THUNDER DIDGET ONE PRACTICE IN- ON MARCH 16th...THE DAY BEFOREWISCONSIN SCHOOL'SCLOSED...'It was a little bit sad at thebeginning but then I thinkit drove us to workharder."AT THAT POINT THEYALREADY KNEW THEIRSEASON WAS ONHOLD...BUT THAT DIDN'TSTOP THEM FROMDELIVERING ACHAMPIONSHIP-LEVELWORKOUT..."They were awesome.The team - I think that wasprobably one of the bestindoor practices that we'veever had.

They wereextremely focused.

Theywanted to just have fun.Play hard.

Practice hard.""It was cool to kinda seethe team back togetherand know who we'regonna have this year if wecome back... Just kind ofbeing together as a teamand a family one moretime."THAT PRACTICE WASINDOORS... BY NOW,THEY WOULD BE OUTON THE FIELD...BASED ON THEBASEBALL ANDSOFTBALL COACHESI'VE SPOKEN WITH...WHAT'S EXTRADISAPPOINTING ISTHAT, THIS IS SUCH ANEARLY SPRING...SO OFTEN YOU'RESTUCK PRACTICING INTHE GYM, ANDPUSHING GAMESBACK UNTIL LATEAPRIL BECAUSE OFBAD WEATHER...THE TIMING OF THIS,JUST ADDING TO THEFRUSTRATION FORHIGH SCHOOLATHLETES ANDCOACHES...BUT AT THE END OFTHE DAY...EVERYONE I'VESPOKEN WITH SEEMSTO RECOGNIZE THESEVERITY OF THESITUATION WE'RE IN,IS MUCH BIGGERTHAN SPORTS...JON...CAMERON HAS AFINAL LOOK AT YOURFORECAST... NEXT.