Ladies Soccer.
4/26.
4/29.
TBD.
10.
Ice Hockey.
1/4.
1/7.
TBD.
13.
Track and Field.
4/26.
4/29.
TBD.
8.
Ladies Swimming.
1/4.
1/7.
TBD.
7 + league.
Season D.
Ladies Lacrosse.
4/26.
4/29.
6/23.
10.
Activities.
Speech – Festival.
Cross Country.
8/12.
8/15.
10/17.
7.
Kids Lacrosse.
4/26.
4/29.
TBD.
10.
CHSAA 2020-21 Activities Calendar.
The resumption of all athletics and activities are subject to change based upon any modifications to national, state or regional guidelines associated with COVID-19. Sport-specific details will be interacted by Thursday.
Basketball.
1/4.
1/7.
3/6.
16 (4A/5A); 13 (1A-3A).
Boys Volleyball.
4/26.
4/29.
6/19.
16.
Season B.
Wrestling.
1/4.
1/7.
3/6.
7 duals + 7 days.
Softball.
8/10.
8/13.
10/10.
16.
Season A.
AURORA– The Colorado High School Activities Association has actually announced its 2020-2021 interscholastic athletics and activities calendar, following months of collaboration with Gov. Jared Polis, the CHSAA Resocialization Task Force, the Sports Medicine Advisory Committee, the states COVID-19 Response group, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, and the CHSAA Board of Directors and administrative personnel.
” The health and safety of our student individuals, coaches, officials and essential workers, including volunteers is a main issue for the return of interscholastic sports and activities,” stated CHSAA Commissioner Rhonda Blanford-Green. “We are really grateful for the state, health and instructional leaders for their shared commitment of a go back to these highly useful education programs when it is considered safe for all school communities.”
Note that the resumption of all sports and activities undergo alter based upon any changes to national, state or local standards.
The 2020-21 season will be played with a customized sport schedule due to the on-going international pandemic, developing four separate sports seasons throughout the school year.
Following a call with Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday, Blanford-Green and CHSAA got a last action on the plan it submitted to the states COVID reaction team. This includes the clearance for cross nation to begin this fall.
Due to the limiting nature of the existing state guidelines, and the ability to follow Colorado Department of Education requirements, all contact sports have actually been transferred to a season which will begin later on in the calendar, and permit for playoffs and culminating occasions without developing new conflicts.
” We would like to thank our member schools and our school communities for their persistence as we worked through the many difficulties to get to where we are today,” Blanford-Green stated.
The modified calendar divides sports into 4 seasons, concluding in late June: A, B, C and D.
Dates and plans for non-athletic activities continue to be created.
For specific dates and sports seasons, see the calendar listed below.
Each season is approximately seven weeks from start to finish. Sports will have their routine season competitors limits minimized. The postseason for each sport will likewise be shortened, including the number of state qualifiers.
The following 2020 fall sports will start as initially set up: kids golf began practice on Aug. 3, softball and boys tennis is set to start on Aug. 10, and cross nation on Aug. 12. According to the modified calendar, this is Season A.
The staying standard fall sports are unable to be played under present state health guidelines. These sports are field hockey, football, gymnastics, young boys soccer, spirit, unified bowling and girls volleyball.
The sports played this fall will all be concluded by October 17. See the calendar below for particular dates.
In anticipation of information from the state which reveals a likely renewal of COVID-19 cases in late fall, there will be a participation moratorium from Oct. 18, 2020 to Jan. 3, 2021.
Sports in Season B will start on Jan. 4, and conclude by March 6. These sports consist of: basketball, ice hockey, skiing, spirit, girls swimming and wrestling.
Season C, which begins on March 1 and concludes with champions by May 1, consists of the following sports: field hockey, football, gymnastics, kids soccer, combined bowling and girls beach ball.
” I am really delighted we will be having a season,” said Sterling volley ball coach Lisa Schumacher. “Even though it will be postponed, we will eagerly anticipate our season in the spring.”.
Due to the particular equipment and safety guidelines around football, that sport will start practice on Feb. 22, and conclude on May 8.
” I like that the production of the seasons does not interrupt any of the traditional season, no create new disputes between sports,” said West Grand football coach Chris Brown, the states all-time winningest football coach. “And by understanding there is a season out there, it must assist keep student-athlete academically engaged throughout the year.”.
Said Ryan Goddard, the football coach at Pueblo South who is the football chair for the Colorado High School Coaches Association: “Certainly not the decision that we were expecting however we are really eagerly anticipating offering student-athletes with chances to complete in instructional based activities in an unprecedented time. Allowing our kids to compete is whats crucial, the date on the calendar is secondary.”.
Said Dave Logan, the football coach at Cherry Creek who is set to be inducted in the NFHS Hall of Fame: “While I am disappointed we can not play this fall, I appreciate the truth, provided the specifications of engagement, that CHSAA has done everything they can do to permit all of our students in all of our extracurricular activities to have a season in the 2020-21 academic year.”.
The 2020-21 calendar will conclude with Season D. Sports consist of: baseball, girls golf, ladies and young boys lacrosse, ladies soccer, women tennis, young boys swimming, track and field and boys volleyball. This season will begin with practice on April 26, and it concludes with the last champion on June 26.
Specific sport modifications, practice requirements, game requirements and treatments will be communicated by Thursday, consisting of in bulletins that can be found on CHSAANow.com.
Season C.
Unified Bowling.
3/1.
3/4.
TBD.
6.
Snowboarding.
1/4.
1/7.
2/26.
See publication.
Baseball.
4/26.
4/29.
6/26.
16 (2A-5A); 13 (1A).
Young boys Tennis.
8/10.
8/13.
9/25 -9/ 26.
See publication.
Competitive Spirit.
1/4.
1/7.
TBD.
N/A.
Field Hockey.
3/1.
3/4.
TBD.
10.
Music.
Following a typical schedule.
Kids Swimming.
4/26.
4/29.
TBD.
7 + league.
Football.
2/22.
3/4.
5/8.
7.
Girls Volleyball.
3/1.
3/4.
5/1.
16.
Kids Golf.
8/3.
8/6.
10/5 & & 10/6.
198 holes.
Gymnastics.
3/1.
3/4.
TBD.
8.
Sideline Spirit.
1/4.
N/A.
N/A.
N/A.
Women Golf.
4/26.
4/29.
TBD.
198 holes.
Season.
Sport.
Practice.
Competitors.
Champion (Tentative).
Max Contests.
Student Leadership.
Following a typical schedule.
Boys Soccer.
3/1.
3/4.
TBD.
10.
Girls Tennis.
4/26.
4/29.
6/11-12.
See bulletin.
10/1.
1/30.
Speech – Tournament.
11/1.
3/20.
