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High school sports may suffer next year due to budget cuts. Orange County schools changed the times that school started. The times for high schools and middle schools were switched so that high school students wouldn’t start until 9:30 and middle school students would start at 7:20.

Athletics on campus can hold practices from 6:30 to 8:45 a.m. Off campus sports can begin as early as 6 a.m. After school, practices and games usually begin at 4:30 p.m. and can last until 7:30 at night. For games, the schools have been utilizing Wednesdays (which have an hour less of school) and Saturdays.

Because of the accommodations that needed to be made for athletics, all clubs have been asked to meet during lunch hours.

Another sport has also been added to Orange County schools: girls’ flag football.