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ECI athletes, coaches and administrators react to cancellation of spring sports season

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Carson Orr was golfing with Yorktown teammates Bing Wilson and Alex Bratton when he found out. Evan Etchison was on Daleville's baseball field, getting some long toss in with teammate Max Stecher, when he saw the announcement on his phone. In tears, Wes-Del's Callie Berry called Warriors' softball coach Andy Swift when she discovered the news.

On Thursday, Superintendent of Public Instruction Jennifer McCormick directed that all K-12 schools throughout Indiana will remain closed for the remainder of the school year in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. An hour later, the Indiana High School Athletic Association announced that all spring sports tournament series events for the 2019-20 school year have been canceled, as well.