High school fall sports delayed in NorCal, sources state
Officials anticipated to reveal modifications to sports for 2020-2021 school year
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High school fall sports delayed in NorCal, sources state
Officials expected to announce modifications to sports for 2020-2021 academic year
MORE NOW ON THAT MAJOR CHANGE TO HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS. WE ARE GETTING WORD TONIGHT THAT FALL SPORTS, INCLUDING FOOTBALL, WILL BE PUSHED BACK INTO NEXT YEAR. JUST THE LATEST CORONAVIRUS FALLOUT. LISA: ITS NOT OFFICIAL YET, BUT WE EXPECT AN ANNOUNCEMENT EARLY NEXT WEEK. IN THE MEANTIME, KCRA 3S MICHELLE DAPPER JOINS US NOW WITH WHAT SHE HAS LEARNED. MICHELLE: THE CIF CANCELED THE STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS AT THE GOLDEN ONE CENTER AND ALL OF THE SPRING SPORTS. NOW THE CORONAVIRUS LOOKING TO IMPACT THE FALL. THE CIF HAS CONFIRMED THEY WILL ANNOUNCE THE CHANGES TO THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEARS SPORTS SEASONS ON MONDAY MORNING. SEVERAL SOURCES FROM THE SAC JOAQUIN SECTION TELL KCRA, THAT FALL SPORTS WILL BE MOVED TO JANUARY OF 2021, WHICH INCLUDES FOOTBALL WITH WINTER AND SPRING SPORTS TO FOLLOW. WITH REGIONAL PLAYOFF DATES CHANGED AS WELL. IF EACH SECTION WILL FOLLOW THE SAME TIMELINE AND PROTOCOLS, itS UNCLEAR. HERES A BREAKDOWN OF NUMBERS FROM THE SAC JOAQUIN SECTION. THEY ARE THE 2ND LARGEST IN THE STATE. 26 LEAGUES, WITH 198 SCHOOLS. 225,000 STUDENTS AND 130,000 STUTENT ATHLETES OF COURSE, THIS COULD IMPACT MULTISPORT ATHLETES. AS THE SITUATION UNFOLDS, WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED. GULSTAN: THEY WILL CRAM A LOT IN. REDUCED SEASON? MICHELLE: SHORTENED SEASON. YOU HAVE A LEAGUE CHAMP, POSSIBLE REGIONAL PLAYOFFS, STATE CHAMPIONSHIP LIKELY OUT. REMAIN TUNED. LISA: DO YOU THINK THERE IS ANYWAY THAT FANS MIGHT BE ABLE TO GO TO THE GAMES NEXT YEAR? MICHELLE: IF THE SEASON WAS TO START TODAY, VERY MUCH NO. JANUARY, MAYBE THINGS ARE DIFFERENT. I THINK THEY WILL PROBABLY FOLLOW THE PRO SPORTS LEAD. NO FANS FOR THEM RIGHT NOW. THEY STILL HAVE CROWD NOISE PLAYING OVER THE LOUDSPEAKERS. FANS IS GOING TO BE TOUGH. GULSTAN: OK. WE ALSO KNOW THE GOVERNOR IS PLANNING TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS TOMORROW. WE WILL SEE IF HE ADD
Updated: 11:23 PM PDT Jul 16, 2020
The California Interscholastic Federation will reveal changes to the upcoming academic years sports season due to the unique coronavirus outbreak.The announcement will be made Monday morning by CIF, which is the governing body of high school athletics. Numerous sources with the Sac-Joaquin section informed KCRA 3 fall sports will be transferred to January 2021; winter season and spring sports will occur after.It is unclear if every CIF section in the state will follow the very same timeline, sources stated. The statement will be a general standard, however each section will decide how to adapt the procedures, sources added.This strategy might be similar to what the California Community College Athletic Association revealed recently. The association moves all sports, consisting of football, to the spring season.High school sports were canceled in mid-March as schools ended in-person knowing amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. High school basketball champions were also canceled due to the outbreak.No other details were readily available.
WE ARE GETTING WORD TONIGHT THAT FALL SPORTS, INCLUDING FOOTBALL, WILL BE PUSHED BACK INTO NEXT YEAR. MULTIPLE SOURCES FROM THE SAC JOAQUIN SECTION TELL KCRA, THAT FALL SPORTS WILL BE MOVED TO JANUARY OF 2021, WHICH INCLUDES FOOTBALL WITH WINTER AND SPRING SPORTS TO FOLLOW. The California Interscholastic Federation will announce changes to the upcoming school years sports season due to the unique coronavirus outbreak.The statement will be made Monday early morning by CIF, which is the governing body of high school athletics. Numerous sources with the Sac-Joaquin area informed KCRA 3 fall sports will be moved to January 2021; winter and spring sports will take place after.It is uncertain if every CIF section in the state will follow the exact same timeline, sources said. The association shifts all sports, consisting of football, to the spring season.High school sports were canceled in mid-March as schools ended in-person learning in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.
SACRAMENTO, Calif.–.
The California Interscholastic Federation will reveal changes to the upcoming school years sports season due to the unique coronavirus outbreak.
The announcement will be made Monday morning by CIF, which is the governing body of high school athletics.
Numerous sources with the Sac-Joaquin section told KCRA 3 fall sports will be relocated to January 2021; winter and spring sports will take location after.
It is unclear if every CIF area in the state will follow the same timeline, sources stated. The statement will be a basic standard, however each section will choose how to adapt the procedures, sources included.
This strategy might be comparable to what the California Community College Athletic Association announced recently. The association shifts all sports, consisting of football, to the spring season.
High school sports were canceled in mid-March as schools ended in-person learning in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. High school basketball champions were also canceled due to the break out.
No other information were readily available.
