Freeport senior Jack Mason may have two seasons — golf and hockey — affected by the PIAA's decision whether to move ahead with fall sports.

Jack Mason is preparing like there will be a season.

He's working on his golf game. Chipping. Putting. Smashing drives off a tee.

The Freeport senior is also putting in work on his hockey craft. Skating. Stick handling. Taking wrist shots.

But there is a cloud hanging over Mason and the rest of the athletes in Pennsylvania, a foreboding storm on the horizon that will hit shore Friday.

That's when the PIAA is expected to hold a meeting to make a final decision on the fate of fall sports in the commonwealth.

It's anyone's guess what the board will do: heed the strong recommendation of Gov. Tom Wolf and the departments of Health and Education and postpone all sports until Jan. 1; or plow ahead with the plan in place.

Mason hopes for the latter.

“Sports, especially for a lot of student-athletes is life,” Mason said. “It's what we do. It's our biggest hobby. It's what we work for every year. We put in hours and hours of work, working on our craft, and for it to be taken away is unthinkable.”

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