Article By: Mark Bryson
WATERLOO — The Highlanders might consider a name change to Road Warriors.
Sir John A. Macdonald’s volleyball and basketball teams will play their Waterloo County high school games away from the comforts of home as the school’s gymnasium undergoes extensive repairs. The gymnasium’s hardwood floor was destroyed in July when a broken pipe in the school’s irrigation system forced water inside the school instead of outside to the playing field.
The work is expected to be completed by late October or early November, he said.
While the girls basketball and boys volleyball teams will play their games as visitors or at neutral-site locations, the school’s physical education department is simply making the most of a trying situation.
Classes will go on.
“There’s not much you can do about something like that; you deal with it,” said Andy Lavell, the head of SJAM’s phys-ed department. “We’ve got a great staff that is going to be flexible and give the kids a great program. There’s a lot you can do without a gym.
“We’re obviously hoping for good weather, though.”
This isn’t the first time that Lavell and the phys-ed department have had to do without a gymnasium. Construction delays caused the school to open one week late in September of 2004 and the school’s gymnasium wasn’t ready for use until February of 2005.
Classes will be held outside until the gymnasium re-opens, said Lavell. Bad weather days could be used to teach health, he added.
Lavell said the volleyball and basketball teams will practise at neighbouring Abraham Erb Public School and singled out Abraham Erb principal Martha Knowlton for coming to the aid of SJAM’s varsity teams. The Highlanders will also practise at Creekside Church on Conservation Drive.
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