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Maplewood AD urges three-school girls soccer co-op to protect student safety and competitiveness
Summary
Maplewood athletic director Sean Rhodes told the Penncrest board low roster counts and injuries make a three-school cooperative the safest way to sustain girls soccer; the board asked questions about PIAA classification, transportation and field maintenance and expects a formal vote in December.
Sean Rhodes, Maplewood’s athletic director, told the Penncrest School District board that persistent low rosters make the current three separate girls soccer programs unsustainable and unsafe. “To ask 8 or 9 kids to do what 11 should be doing, is not safe,” Rhodes said, describing seasons when teams finished with only seven to nine players because of injuries and illness. Rhodes proposed a cooperative program combining Maplewood, Cambridge Springs and Sagerstown,…
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