Whitman County Gazette - Serving Whitman County since 1877

Sports are important for more than entertainment. For our young student-athletes, it helps them be healthy, learn the importance of teamwork, how hard work can pay off with success, and how to cope when it doesn't.

In a normal year, the work it takes to organize and coordinate high school students, coaches, and teams is huge and daunting. Canceling a season is emotionally hard. Putting on an abbreviated sports season that ends before the seniors graduate is extremely difficult.

This "winter" sports season of basketball and wrestling is best described as chaotic, frustrating, exasperating, a...