As prep winter sports get underway, I am filled with wonder.

Not Buddy the Elf-like awestruck wonder that has me thinking, “Wow, winter sports are here!” More like a befuddled wonder that has me thinking, “I wonder what it will be like covering winter sports in a COVID-19 world.”

There are specific issues I wonder about, too, as I enter this strange, new sports world. The obvious one is whether COVID-19 will preempt winter sports like it did spring sports. Like other folks in this area who follow, coach or play high school sports, I hope winter sports reach the postseason, as the fall sports did. And like the coaches, I will be grateful for every game, dual, triangular and tournament that comes to fruition – an appropriate attitude perhaps, considering this is Thanksgiving weekend.

Here are some other issues that give me cause for wonder:

• How many events get postponed or cancelled: Over the past few seasons, schedule changes have been common because of snowstorms. Combine Missouri’s some…