RAYMOND — Three varsity volleyball players in Raymond School District tested positive for covid-19. The district is waiting for additional tests and for contract tracing by the Pacific County Public Health and Human Services to be completed before the scope of the outbreak is known.

The district took action after being notified of the first two positive tests around 1:30 p.m. on March 4 by canceling a match in the afternoon against North Beach and against Willapa Valley on March 6. The third positive test was confirmed later in the evening, and the district held a Zoom meeting at 6 p.m. with volleyball team parents to inform them of the situation.

“We are kind of waiting at this point; we are kinda waiting to hear from the health department,” Athletic Director Mike Tully said. “So they can kind of get a handle on how much it has spread and that sort of thing. So that’s kind of where we are at.”

He continued, “I don’t know of any that have to quarantine yet, but I am assuming there’s going to probably be a couple at least. We are kind of in a holding pattern until we get a little bit more information.”

According to parents, the district took swift action to curb any possible spread among teammates and has been transparent. Other than the canceled matches, team practices have also been temporarily canceled.

“We are trying to [be transparent],” Tully said. “We are trying to take care of what we need to take care of without going too far while being cautious, but also trying to give kids the best opportunity to be able to compete and continue their season.”

He continued, “we don’t want to overreact but [are] kind of trying to walk that fine line between overreacting and not overreacting and doing too little. [We held the meeting] because we wanted to make sure parents knew what was going on and had a chance to ask questions.”

The combined Raymond-South Bend Ravens football team’s March 6 game in Raymond against Ilwaco was canceled as a precaution.