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Penncrest athletic directors propose girls soccer cooperative to address low rosters; board to consider vote in December
Summary
Maplewood athletic director Sean Rhodes urged the board to consider merging girls soccer programs across district schools, citing safety and competitiveness concerns from repeated sub-minimum rosters; ADs will return in December with classification data and an application plan.
Sean Rhodes, Maplewood's athletic director, told the board the district "can no longer continue to field these 2 separate soccer programs" after several seasons in which teams regularly played with seven to nine players and sustained multiple injuries.
Rhodes said combining the programs in a cooperative agreement would give girls a safer, more competitive environment and increase the chance of…
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