Changes to Oklahoma youth sports

Changes to Oklahoma youth sports

CASINOS... AND MOVIESPLAYING ONCE AGAIN AT THEADMIRAL TWIN... TO KIDSGETTING BACK ON THE FIELD...AND BARS AND CLUBSREOPENING.BUT THERE'S A SPLIT... ONWHO WILL BE OUT AND ABOUTTHIS WEEKEND.THIS WEEK WE POLLED NEARLYONE-THOUSAND PEOPLE ABOUTHEADING TO BARS ANDEVENTS... AND 75-PERCENTSAID THEY WILL BE STAYINGHOME.TONIGHT, SOME PARENTS ARELOOKING FORWARD TO GETTINGBACK OUTSIDE AS YOUTH SPORTSMAKE THEIR RETURN.2 WORKS FOR YOU'S CHRISDIMARIA IS LIVE IN OWASSO.CHRIS, WHAT'S SO SPECIALABOUT THIS WEEKEND OUTTHERE?MIKE AND KAREN, TODAY MOTHERNATURE ISN'T BEING SO KIND,BUT THIS WEEKEND PARENTSWILL WATCH THEIR KIDS TAKETHE FIELD ONCE AGAIN IN AYOUTH BASEBALL TOURNAMENT.IT COMES AS A STEP BACK TONORMAL FOR THOSE PARENTS..AND THEIR YOUNG ATHLETES.KELLI PATTISON / MOTHER OFTWO: "IT'S TOUGH WATCHINGTHEM BE UPSET MISSINGEVERYTHING.

I ENJOY SPENDINGTIME WITH THEM NO MATTERWHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUTTHERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAIDABOUT WATCHING YOUR CHILDRENPLAY THE SPORT THEY LOVE."WITH THE RETURN OF YOUTHSPORTS IN OKLAHOMA, KELLIPATTISON'S TWO BOYS ARE BOTHSET TO PLAY IN OWASSO THISWEEKEND.BUT WITH THEIR TOURNAMENT..COMES UNCERTAINTY.KELLI PATTISON / MOTHER OFTWO: "THE PROS AREABSOLUTELY WATCHING OUR KIDSPLAY BALL AGAIN.

THE CONSARE THIS IS SOMETHING THATNEEDS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY,BUT I DO BELIEVE EVERYONE INOUR BASEBALL COMMUNITY ISTAKING THE STEPS NEEDED TOBE ABLE TO GO BACK TO PLAY."GAMES..

WILL LOOK DIFFERENT.AND FOR THOSE KIDS WHO HAVEALREADY RETURNED TOPRACTICE..

COACHING HASLOOKED DIFFERENT AS WELL.BUT COACH CJ MEDLIN SAYSIT'S WORTH THE EXTRA EFFORT.CJ MEDLIN / COACH: "THEMOMENT WE WERE ABLE TO OPENUP AND BE ESSENTIAL ENOUGHTO LET PEOPLE BACK IN YOUSAW THE SMILES ON KIDS'FACES BEING ABLE TO PLAY THEGAME THEY LOVE, AND THATDRIVES OUR PASSION BEHINDIT." PARENTS IN THE STANDSWILL BE IN MASKSAND SIX FEET APART..

ANDKIDS WON'T BE ABLE TO HAVESUNFLOWER SEEDS, OR SHAKEHANDS AFTER THE GAME.

BUTAFTER BEING COOPED UP IN THEHOUSE, IT'S STILL A WELCOMECHANGE OF PACE FOR MANYFAMILIES.KELLI PATTISON / MOTHER OFTWO: "IT WAS HARD FOR US.WE KNOW WE HAVE TO BECAREFUL AND FOLLOW THE CDCGUIDELINES, BUT IT'S ALSOBEEN REALLY EXCITING TO GETTHE KIDS BACK INTO A NORMALROUTINE DOING THE THINGSTHEY LOVE." AND DESPITE THEUNCERTAINTY, THEY BELIEVEONCE THE FIRST PITCH CROSSESTHE PLATE, ALL THE FOCUSWILL ONCE AGAIN BE ON THEGAME.CJ MEDLIN / COACH: "THEUNCERTAINTY OF EVERYTHINGIS GOING ON, IF SOMEONE ISSICK OUT THERE MIGHT BE INTHE BACK OF PEOPLE'S MINDS,BUT I THINK OVERALL THEY'REGOING TO BE OUT THERE WITHPURE ENJOYMENT."WHILE THE FIELDS ARE SOAKEDTONIGHT, PARENTS AND THOSEKIDS AREHOPING THE SUN WILL DRY THISPLACE OUT FOR TOMORROW ANDTHE REST OF THE WEEKEND.

INOWASSO, CHRIS DIMARIA, 2WORKS FOR YOU.