DAYTON—Dayton School District Superintendent Guy Strot talked about some loosening of school sports restrictions by the state when the Dayton School District Board of Directors met in a work session last week.

The state has decided to allow summer athletic conditioning from Sept. 27 to Nov. 27, he said. A typical summer season is for a team to have 20 organized practices in the months of June and July.

With that in mind, he and Mark Pickel, Waitsburg School District Superintendent, and Martha Lanman, County Public Health Administrator, feel it will be alright for Dayton students to practi...