Tigers warm up, hopeful for fall sports season

Tigers warm up, hopeful for fall sports season

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The Excelsior Springs High School activities department jumped back into the swing of things this past Monday with the beginning of summer conditioning. Tiger student-athletes will be taking to the fields three days a week doing various strength and conditioning workouts to prepare them for the upcoming sports seasons. These workouts did not go without precautions caused by the COVID-19 virus. Upon arriving at the facilities student-athletes had to be screened for a temperature check by athletic trainer Brett Morton and provide proper permission documentation from their parents. Once they were cleared they were assigned a color-coded mark proving they were screened and then were sent with their sport-specific groups to prepare for their workouts. The Tiger football team opened things up with check-in at 7:15 and workouts starting from 7:30 to 8:45. Cross country came in to workout from 8:00- 9:00 in front of the with softball, soccer, and girls basketball checking in for screening at 8…