covid-19 sports

WA High School Pauses Use of COVID-19 Monitor for Athletes
A Washington school district is pausing the use of COVID-related tracking monitor for student-athletes and further discussions on the devices will happen, according to a report from the News Tribune. Earlier this week, parents, teachers, and stude...

MIAA Issues Mask Mandate for Indoor Activities; Outdoor Optional
Update at 9:36 AM on 8/26/21: The MIAA will require high school student-athletes and coaches who participate in indoor activities to wear masks for at least the first few weeks of the season due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, according to a repo...

51 IL Schools on Probation for Defying Masks Mandate
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker placed 51 school districts on probation for noncompliance with his statewide masks mandate. Back on August 4, Gov. Pritzker issued an executive order mandating masks to be word by students and school staff, regardless...

CIAC, Gov. Lamont Encourage Vaccination of HS Student-Athletes
With the Constitution State already in preseason conditioning drills for the start of the high school football season, Governor Ned Led Lamont and the athletic governing body are encouraging high school student-athletes to get vaccinated if they have...

New York Education Depart. Recommends Canceling Football in High COVID Areas
Late last week, the New York State Education Department recommended canceling football and other high-risk sports in areas with high COVID-19 transmission rates, "unless all participants are fully vaccinated." When the Empire State's education dep...

Bloomsburg U’s 5 Keys to Handle the COVID Rebound
COVID-19 has impacted sports at every level and continues to linger into the future. However, it is time to rebound and return to a new normal in the post-COVID world. A few ways that Bloomsburg University athletics is addressing the return is with f...

Social Media Reacts to NC State & NCAA’s Dismissal
Over the weekend, the NCAA awarded the Vanderbilt baseball team a trip to the College World Series finals after declaring its game against NC State a no-contest due to Wolfpack players testing positive for COVID-19. On Saturday, June...

IHSA Survey: 3% of Student-Athlete COVID Cases Due to Sports
A recent survey from the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) shows only three percent of COVID-19 cases found in student-athletes stemmed from athletics. The survey drew from more than 1,400 responses across 10 different sports, and showed the...