Northeast Nodaway has approached Worth County with the possibility of NEN hosting a baseball cooperative starting in 2023. NEN projected participation numbers are expected to decline; the team has 13 players this year, of which five are seniors.
Administrators at Worth County listed pros and cons of such an agreement. Pros include another sport for students to participate in, the ability to join an established and successful program, the new facility at Northeast Nodaway, the fact that the football cooperative is a positive for both schools, and minimal startup and maintenance costs.
Cons include the fact that the school just spent $55,000 on the track and that citizens have donated a lot of money to it over the year, the fact that track and field numbers would decline, fears that the boys golf program would be eliminated, travel time, transportation costs, the fact that Worth County had no participants in the Albany wrestling cooperative, increased supervision requirements, and increased disparity in girls/boys participation which could place the school in violation of Title IX.
If approved, Northeast Nodaway would compete in Class 2. Around 22 students from Worth County expressed interested in going out. The board will vote on the issue next month.
No comments:
Post a Comment