18 to play our first game, then that's what we have to do."īut the rise in cases does have Jones worried. "I'll be very thankful for any games that we get," Jones said. On the flip side, it is a bummer to lose a handful of games. She said she saw her full team for the first time this year Monday. The first is that it gives her more time to work with her team after missing much of the offseason. I believe schools and coaches will do what is needed for the student-athletes to remain safe and get quality competition."īig Spring girls' basketball head coach Randy Jones said she sees two sides to this decision. "I think it's great that they are planning on starting on time," Carlisle wrestling head coach Joe Wilson said via text. However, executive director Dr. Robert Lombardi has stated repeatedly the PIAA intends to start the season on time despite a spike in cases statewide that dwarfs anything previously seen since the pandemic began in March. The agenda does not list any action or discussion for winter sports, but the meeting will almost certainly include some discussion. The PIAA meets Wednesday at 2 p.m. for its monthly meeting. The health and safety of our conference schools, student-athletes, staffs and communities are of the utmost importance." "It is the intent of the MPC to begin the winter sports season on the dates above with each school following their Health & Safety plan. "Local school boards still have the final say as to whether their school participates," the Mid-Penn's news release reads. The decision to push division games into the new year is also interesting, as typically those games begin within the first week of the season. But the regular season is now pushed back one week. That means no changes to the preseason start, which keeps the current date set by the PIAA before the school year began. ►There will be no basketball, swimming or diving conference championships this year. ►Teams are capped at playing no more than 18 regular season competitions, down from 22 for basketball. ►The first preseason practices and tryouts begin Friday. The conference announced after a scheduled monthly meeting a series of schedule updates for the upcoming 2020-21 basketball, wrestling and swimming seasons. The Mid-Penn Conference took its first steps Tuesday afternoon to alter the winter sports schedule as cases of COVID-19 continue to increase sharply across central Pennsylvania.
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