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Hays Larks' baseball season delayed
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Members of the Great Bend High School baseball and softball teams line up down the third-base line for the national anthem during ribbon-cutting and Grand Opening ceremonies for the state-of-the-art City of Great Bend Sports Complex. - photo by Mack McClure Great Bend Tribune

HAYS – A baseball player for the Hays Larks has tested positive for coronavirus, forcing the Larks to cancel their first two collegiate baseball games, according to the Hays Post. 

Under current guidelines the player, as well as all who have had close contact with him, will go into a 14-day quarantine.

Larks Manager Frank Leo was notified one of his players had tested positive for coronavirus Sunday, forcing the postponement of Monday’s opener against the Colorado Springs Outlaws. Leo says the player has had limited contact with the rest of the team but was at the team meeting and at picture day last week.

Leo has contacted Ellis County Health Administrator Jason Kennedy who plans to contact state health officials Monday morning for further guidance as to whether or not the Larks’ season can continue.

The Larks are starting their first season in the Rocky Mountain Baseball League, which has had a couple of teams decide to not field teams due to the coronavirus outbreak.