Cooperative Spirit Helps Schools Create Last-minute Fall Sports Schedules

Jim Leonard may on Tuesday morning have been the first athletic administrator in the state to email high school fall sports schedules out to the media. The five attachments included Maine Central Institute of Pittsfield’s slate of seven one-hand-touch, 7-on-7 football games, six regular-season golf matches and 10 games apiece for field hockey, boys soccer and girls soccer. But in the COVID-19 era, even the most black-and-white documents include a shade of gray that, while unseen, is acknowledged. “I’ve got 10 games scheduled for my field hockey and soccer teams,” Leonard said.