(Scott Anderson)The Mendota Township High School Athletic Department is creating a pathway for student-athletes with a new dual-sport athlete policy. There’s always going to be a conflict that you didn’t think of, so that’s where it falls on a consistent application of the policy.”In a meeting last summer, there was close to a 50/50 split on support for adopting a dual-sport athlete policy among parents. In a survey of coaches at MHS, 36.4% were in favor of adopting a dual-sport policy, 45.5% were opposed, and 18.2% said their vote would depend on the specific parameters of the policy. Once the student has been deemed a dual-sport athlete, they must adhere to a set of rules. Games of a student’s primary sport always take precedence over those of the secondary sport, but games for their secondary sport supersede practices of the primary sport.