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OSHKOSH, Wis. -- The Oshkosh Titans football team didn’t miss a beat during practice despite the inclement weather early this week.
After a stretch of unusually cool weather the past couple of weeks, Oshkosh experienced overcast conditions with fair amounts of rain Monday and Tuesday. According to the National Weather Service in Green Bay, Tuesday’s high temperature was 61 degrees with .18 inches of rain on a cloudy day. Monday’s weather was even gloomier than Tuesday’s with a high of only 56 degrees and .42 inches of precipitation.
The poor weather did little to change the practice plans of the Titan football team at Titan Stadium early in the week. “The weather didn’t really affect our practice that much,” 21-year-old junior wide receiver Steve Stoltz said. “We shortened practice to avoid the rain on Tuesday, but it was only by five minutes. Overall the weather really did little to change our routine.”
Generally football practices are not affected by rain or cold temperatures, but the coaches were prepared to alter their plans if a heavy rainstorm that was in the area were to hit. “On Tuesday there was a chance of a torrential downpour to come our way during practice time,” junior wide receiver Kyle Nakatsuji, 21, said. “The heavy rains missed us, but if it would have hit the coaches were ready to move our practice indoors.”
The National Weather Service’s forecast for Oshkosh for the rest of the week was promising for the team as it prepared to avenge last week’s loss to Minnesota State when they travel to Lakeland College Saturday afternoon. Highs are expected to be in the high 70s with the clouds giving way to mostly sunny skies by Friday afternoon. “It looks like all the concerns about the weather are behind us,” Stoltz said. “Now we can concentrate completely on football for the rest of the week.”
The 1-1 Titans’ kick-off is scheduled for 1 p.m. in Sheboygan against the 0-2 Muskies in a final tune-up before starting conference play Sept. 23 against the Whitewater Warhawks.