I spoke with Dr Tharp and CP’s new interim Supt of 10 days. Both were greatly concerned that the individual player from Carroll (that was on the field less than 1/2 the game, only in contact with 5/6 CP kids, with mostly no face to face contact) was In huddles & once he touched 1 CP kid or teammate then the spread was there. Keep in mind 25+mph wind and rain was during entire game. I asked if either were in attendance or have watched any CP game this year, both said no. The Gophers never huddle on both sides of the ball. Coach Jones has done a great job on laying the groundwork of social distancing for players, on the field, timeouts. sidelines, practice, etc.. Neither would discuss finding out more info from Carroll County on when the test was taken, type of testing, when symptoms started etc.. to make 100% sure. I also heard from both that football is a “contact sport” and volleyball is not, I guess there was no net play when the same type incident involved the Clinton Central volleyball team at the CP invite with another school a week prior to volleyball sectionals. Dr Tharp and CC admin decided if everyone was tested, they could play and they did. The new Interim Supt for CP said he WOULD 100% support the recommendations of Dr Tharp and advise the CP School Board that he would not support anything they bring him on other medical advice, testing the team etc.. 95% of CP staff wouldn’t even know this guy if he passed by, to my knowledge he hasn’t even been formerly introduced to anyone. As far as Dr. Tharp , I’ve had to work with him on several events this summer and he really didn’t want things to happen but the governor was opening up the state and he had hard time disputing the guidelines from the state when calling him out. He stated on the phone tues to me that he was wanting to put Clinton County to RED if numbers continue to rise. He was very concerned with extra curricular activities. He said if not this week probably next week on putting Clinton County in the RED. If that happens, the Bulldogs would then be in jeopardy of a sectional title if they beat the Covid Knights this week. The sect title could go to TP without even playing a game. I hope not for all kids involved but that is a possibility. Bottom line is that 2 people who both reside in Indy area made this decision for the CP STUDENT/Athletes and the CP community. The CP kids went above and beyond this season to keep them on the field by limiting where they went and who they were around. Now Dr Tharp and the new Supt think these kids will Isolate next 14 days, they just completely took the CP kids out of the BUBBLE they’ve been building since the July workouts!
MUDA 69 are you ok with that the Chief Clinton County Health Officer doesn’t live in our community, doesn’t currently practice medicine in Clinton County or currently have an active practice? Just curious. Your beloved Hotdogs could face the same things yet this year!
