Editor’s Note: The WIAA recently canceled spring sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the Times-Tribune, we’d like to give recognition to the athletes and coaches who had their seasons stopped prematurely.
So, we’re running a series of stories on the teams that didn’t get a chance to perform in 2020.
Mary Duffy is always packed with optimism.
And it’s easy to see why.
Duffy, Middleton’s girls soccer coach, has taken a great program and kept it among the state’s elite. And Duffy expected more of the same in 2020.
Middleton, which went 12-4-4 last year and reached the WIAA Division 1 sectional finals, returned a gifted side. And Duffy fully believed the Cardinals could go one step further this spring and reach the state tournament.
That dream was shattered, though, when the WIAA canceled spring sports in late-April due to the COVID-19 pandemic.