{"id":130571,"date":"2020-04-21T10:18:11","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T15:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=130571"},"modified":"2020-04-21T10:18:45","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T15:18:45","slug":"ohsaa-spring-sports-officially-canceled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/04\/21\/ohsaa-spring-sports-officially-canceled\/","title":{"rendered":"OHSAA spring sports officially canceled"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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COLUMBUS — After weeks of speculation, it\u2019s now official \u2013 the Ohio High School Athletic Association\u2019s spring sports season has been canceled due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A day after Monday’s announcement by Governor Mike DeWine that all K-12 schools will remain closed for the remainder of the academic year, OHSAA Executive Director Jerry Snodgrass released a statement confirming the cancellation of baseball, softball, boys tennis, track and field and lacrosse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAs we have stated in our previous communications (to schools), the announcement by Governor DeWine to close schools for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year also will now result in the cancellation of OHSAA-sponsored spring sports seasons including tournaments,\u201d Snodgrass said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For weeks, the OHSAA told schools that spring sports would be canceled if school facilities were closed. In addition to facilities not being opened, it was noted that it would be impossible to ensure the health and safety of all individuals and support personnel involved in practices and contests at all schools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an interview Monday afternoon, Snodgrass reflected on the unprecedented times that the pandemic has brought and the impact it has had on schools and interscholastic athletics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve heard from so many people who have said \u2018You really need to understand what this means to our kids,\u2019\u201d Snodgrass said during the interview. \u201cI\u2019m a parent. I was a coach. I grew up every day as a player and a coach wanting to play high school sports and get to the state tournament. So I do think I understand that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI also have to go with the fact that my number one concern that I have, over everything, is the health and safety of everyone involved. It\u2019s not just our student-athletes. It\u2019s the parents, coaches, umpires, officials, the scorekeepers. All those things enter into this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a tough decision and it\u2019s one that I and all the other Executive Directors of the other states never thought we would have to do. Never did I think this would be the case, but I\u2019ve tried to be as prepared as I could every step of the way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Snodgrass also addressed the summer and start of the 2020 fall sports season in the interview. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJuly is a very physical month for our student-athletes entering fall sports, so we have already started looking at, if this continues through the summer, we\u2019ll have the potential of having a lot of kids who haven\u2019t had the physical activity that they would normally have going into a fall season,\u201d Snodgrass explained. \u201cSo for the health and safety of everyone, we have to look at the acclimation periods going into the fall, if that happens. We have to be prepared for that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re also talking about that, if this does go through the summer, what is the likelihood that a student can get in to get a physical (annual medical exam). We have a sport medicine advisory group that is looking at that. They are looking at all aspects such as whether artificial surfaces need to be treated. We are relying on the advice of experts in our decision making.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The OHSAA will continue to communicate throughout the spring and summer regarding any adjustments to OHSAA off-season regulations, academic eligibility standards, sports medicine updates, fall sports and more. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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