Photos: Lake Geneva area football teams hit the field in first practices of 2020
An unconventional high school football season is underway during the coronavirus pandemic, with the first practices for the teams at Badger High School in Lake Geneva and Williams Bay High School.Â
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Quarterback Cole Oertel rears back to throw during a Williams Bay football practice on Sept. 9.
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A Williams Bay football player side-shuffles between cones during a drill at a Sept. 9 practice.
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Williams Bay linemen hit a blocking sled Sept. 9 during a football practice to kick off a 2020 season that has been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
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A Williams Bay receiver runs with the ball after making a catch during a drill on Sept. 9.
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Williams Bay head coach Jon Tomaszewski, right, joins the fray by holding a pad during a drill in a Sept. 9 practice.Â
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A Williams Bay receiver hauls in a pass during a drill in a Bulldogs football practice on Sept. 9.
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A Williams Bay team manager sprays a ball with disinfectant during a scrimmage at a Sept. 9 practice.
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Two Bulldogs football players fight for the ball during a scrimmage at the Williams Bay football team's Sept. 9 practice.
Badger Football Practice
Mother nature could not keep the Badger football team off the field Sept. 8 during rainy conditions for the team’s first day of practice for the 2020 season.
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Badger's offensive linemen spread out while stretching Sept. 8 at the start of their first day of practice for the 2020 season.
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Badger football players donned masks under their helmets Sept. 8, even when participating in drills, to guard against the coronavirus during their first day of practice for the 2020 season.
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Three Badger linebackers start running off the line Sept. 8 during a drill in the team's first day of practice for the 2020 high school football season.
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Badger football assistant coach Mikel Koronkiewicz, rights, mimes a quarterback's throwing motion Sept. 8 during a drill on Badger's first day of practice for the 2020 season.
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Badger's offensive linemen practice their blocking technique Sept. 8 during the team's first day of practice for the 2020 season.
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A Badger football player keeps on running during a downpour Sept. 8 as the high school football team completes its first day of practice for the 2020 season.
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Badger football players line up for a drill in a rainstorm Sept. 8 during the team's first day of practice for the 2020 season.
Andrew Tucker
Reporter
Nobody expects violence like Kenosha recently experienced, but if Williams Bay officers are called out to assist with such incidents, the village wants its officers to be prepared.
The Badger and Williams Bay football teams overcame a month-long delay and sub-optimal weather in the first week of football practice in this unusual start to the season.
Badger's football season got off to a blazing start, but the team could not keep up the tempo, losing a 41-39 contest tonight that came down t…
Williams Bay's football team lost a 50-14 contest against Saint Mary Catholic, but it was not the loss on the scoreboard that hurt the most.
It was a tough start to the season for the Badger football team.
The Badger football team lost by the narrowest of margins in a 34-33 defeat on the road against Elkhorn on Oct. 30.
This study — and it is only one study — suggests that participation in sports does not put young athletes at increased risk for contracting the coronavirus, compared to other youths.
After months of discussions, delays and then eventually some games, the high school football season is finally nearing its conclusion.
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