LA PORTE – Having been in quarantine due to COVID-19 since Dec. 11, La Porte couldn’t even resume practice until Monday – a day before it was set to take on Merrillville in a rescheduled Duneland Athletic Conference game.
With an earlier-than-usual 5 p.m. tipoff on Tuesday, Slicers coach Sarah DeShone asked her team to be at the school at 3:30.
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