The Illinois Department of Public Health web page up to date the standing of highschool sports activities on Friday.
According to the website, low-risk sports activities can play convention and intra-region video games. Low menace sports activities come with girls and boys bowling, cheerleading, dance, women gymnastics and boys swimming and diving and badminton.
The website says medium-risk sports activities (football, volleyball, water polo) may have practices however now not play video games. Higher-risk sports activities (basketball, soccer, hockey, lacrosse, wrestling) can grasp no-contact practices.
Gov. Pritzker is giving a COVID-19 replace at the moment. He discussed that low-risk sports activities could be allowed within the 3 areas that moved to Tier 2 however didn’t point out all the adjustments that had been defined at the IDPH web page. In the previous the web page has been up to date earlier than any legitimate announcement from Pritzker, the IDPH or the Illinois High School Association.
IHSA spokesperson Matt Troha showed that the IHSA met with Deputy Gov. Jesse Ruiz about highschool sports activities at midday on Friday. The IHSA hasn’t mentioned what came about within the assembly but.
The IHSA’s board mentioned on Wednesday that it was hoping low-risk sports activities could be authorized in areas of the state that moved to Tier 2, however worded the remark in moderation, as though they weren’t certain.
The IHSA effectively carried out seasons in golfing, women tennis, move nation, and ladies swimming & diving thru Sectional pageant this autumn, however all IHSA sports activities were paused since November 20.