Brandon Hellenbrand, who manages Middleton’s Home Talent League team, had a hunch this was coming.
The same goes for Sauk Prairie skipper Lucas Koenig.
As cases from the COVID-19 pandemic have risen in recent weeks, the challenges mounted for HTL teams to play their season. On June 26, the league’s executive board voted to call off the season, which was supposed to begin this weekend.
While teams across the league were disappointed, no one was arguing with the decision.
“I do agree with the Board's decision to cancel the 2020 season,” Hellenbrand said. “Over the last week or so, watching the number of cases grow and hearing from other teams that have played exhibition games and the difficulty they've had with following the guidelines, I don't think there was any way this season could have been played safely.”
Koenig, who sits on the HTL’s Board, felt the same way.