{"id":133484,"date":"2020-07-28T20:37:37","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T01:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=133484"},"modified":"2020-07-29T06:21:55","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T11:21:55","slug":"ohsaa-suspends-football-other-scrimmages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/07\/28\/ohsaa-suspends-football-other-scrimmages\/","title":{"rendered":"OHSAA suspends football, other scrimmages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent sports editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

COLUMBUS — High school football scrimmages and scrimmages for other contact sports, including soccer and cross country, have been suspended by the Ohio High School Athletic Association. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A memo from the OHSAA to athletic administrators also said while scrimmages are suspended until further notice, practices will begin as scheduled this Saturday, August 1, and the organization seemed to offer hope that fall sports may still go on as planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe are on track for the contact sports of football, soccer, field hockey and cross country to begin practices on August 1,\u201d the memo states. \u201cWe are waiting for more guidance from the Governor\u2019s Office and Department of Health on when school vs. school competition can begin and are hopeful of that permission being granted for our normal contest dates later in August.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo that end, school vs. school scrimmages are suspended. We do not anticipate that suspension changing soon and there remains the possibility that no scrimmages will be permitted in the contact sports of football, soccer and field hockey. We will certainly keep you updated if that changes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are on track for the low\/non-contact sports of golf, girls tennis and volleyball to begin practices on August 1, with school vs. school scrimmages and contests to follow per their normal OHSAA permissible dates and regulations,\u201d the memo also said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The OHSAA also addressed conversations that have taken place with the Governor\u2019s office and the importance of following state-issued mandates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf we want our student-athletes to learn the lifelong lessons and receive the social, emotional and physical benefits that the privilege of participating in education-based interscholastic athletics programs provide, we all have to be accountable for following all mandates and requirements,\u201d the OHSAA said. \u201cBy not following the mandates and requirements, we are putting our student-athletes at risk of not only contracting and\/or spreading COVID-19 but also at risk of losing the season for themselves, their families, their teammates, their schools and their communities. Mandates and requirements put into place must be followed in order for the Governor\u2019s Office to continue to allow us to participate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo that end, the OHSAA is working to finalize contest day mandates and requirements that are to be strictly enforced, and our administrators, coaches and student-athletes will be held accountable for non-compliance. So as to not cause alarm, these mandates and requirements will be to elevate many of the recommendations that were provided in the OHSAA Return to Play Recommendations document to the level of mandates and requirements and should not require wholesale modifications to your game-day protocol.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As far as football, the Ohio High School Football Coaches Association\u2019s August 4 conference call with Lt. Governor Jon Husted will go on as scheduled. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor COLUMBUS — High school football scrimmages and scrimmages for other contact sports, including soccer and cross country, have been suspended by the Ohio High School Athletic Association. A memo from the OHSAA to athletic administrators also said while scrimmages are suspended until further notice, practices will begin as scheduled this Saturday, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-08 14:47:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}