Over the last few weeks, it’s been reported a pair of area school districts in Missouri are making significant changes to their athletic programs, and another is joining their ranks. The Dora R-III School District is moving softball from the fall to the spring, and Kaitlyn Perkins has been hired as the head coach of its new volleyball program starting in the upcoming school year.
It’s been more difficult for the Lady Falcons’ softball team to find teams to play in the fall. Dora Superintendent Allen Woods says there are only three schools within an hour-and-a-half drive that continue to field a fall softball team.
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Woods is nearing completion of his third year as Dora’s superintendent. He says he was approached about starting volleyball shortly after arriving on campus.
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Perkins comes to Dora with four years experience of coaching volleyball travel clubs in Arkansas. She is an alumnus of Willow Springs High School and played for Crowley’s Ridge College in Paragould.
Perkins says she is looking forward to getting the Lady Falcons’ new program started.
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Perkins says Dora has been able to go through a few practices, and they’ll continue to have the gym open throughout the summer.
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