With Winter Sports getting the official "go-ahead" from IHSA, don't let eligibility stop your athlete from competing. Mathnasium can help get them back on track, and back in the game.
We are very excited to see that our student athletes are going to be able to participate in Winter sports this year, and we are here to partner with them and help them excel on and off the field!
We wish you all the best of luck this upcoming season!!!
Incase you missed it, this was the IHSA official statement and link to the article:
The Board released the following statement regarding the basketball action:
“The Illinois High School Association Board of Directors made the decision today to continue with the IHSA basketball season as scheduled in 2020-21. In August, the Board slated basketball to take place from November to February based on the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) assigning a medium risk level to the sport. The IHSA Sports Medicine Advisory Committee (SMAC) offered additional mitigations, such as masks during play and social distancing on benches, that the SMAC believed would allow basketball to be played safely.
The high school basketball season was potentially put on hold on October 27, when Governor Pritzker announced that IDPH had changed basketball’s risk level from medium risk to high risk.
After diligent discussion, the Board has made the decision today to follow the recommendation of the IHSA SMAC as it relates to basketball. The Board remains considerate of rising COVID-19 cases in Illinois and understand the importance of adhering to safety guidelines for the good of all citizens. However, the Board has not been presented any causal evidence that rising COVID-19 cases make basketball more dangerous to play by the IDPH or any other health organization nationally or internationally. On the contrary, the IHSA has been looking to bordering states that have sponsored both medium risk and high risk sports in the fall that have noted a low incident rate of COVID-19 spread.
* https://www.ihsa.org/News-Media/Announcements/ihsa-board-acts-on-winter-sports-at-special-board-meeting
