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Weather taking a toll on spring sports

Aberdeen Roncalli’s Zeezrom Mounga competes in the boys high jump at the Northern State Relays at the Barnett Center. That meet in March has been Roncalli's only competition so far this season. Photo by John Davis taken 3/29/2021
Optimism has been tempered with frustration as the weather has wiped out numerous events for track and field, tennis and golf so far this spring. From rain to wind to cold temperatures, one event after another has either been postponed or canceled in the past two weeks. "We had two or three really nice weeks of practice and then when we were about go outside for a track meet the weather turned on us," said Roncalli coach Mark Stone. "We're only going to control what we can and we’re going to try to let go of what we can’t control and the weather is one of those things. We know our time will come. We’re just getting anxious for that time to happen." The Cavaliers have had five meets taken away that they were going to compete in, including one already called off for next Tuesday. Meanwhile, across town, Aberdeen Christian has not competed in an outdoor meet since April 1. "It really kind of makes practice planning kind of strange," said Christian coach David Rohrbach, t

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