Football, Volleyball will play this Fall

September 21, 2020 kdomadmin Local Sports 0

THE MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE EXECUTIVE BOARD HAS VOTED TO HOLD FALL SEASONS FOR FOOTBALL AND VOLLEYBALL. 
 
OFFICIAL PRACTICE FOR BOTH SPORTS WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH. 
 
FOOTBALL WILL PLAY A 6-GAME REGULAR SEASON.   THE FIRST GAMES WILL BE PLAYED ON OCTOBER 9TH OR 10TH.   
NO FINAL DECISION HAS BEEN MADE ON A POST-SEASON FORMAT.   DISCUSSION DURING THE MEETING INDICATED THAT POST-SEASON PLAY IS LIKELY TO BE HELD ON A ‘LOCALIZED’ BASIS – WITH POSSIBLE DISTRICT OR SECTION PLAYOFFS BUT PROBABLY NOT A STATE TOURNAMENT.   AT THIS TIME, IT APPEARS THE FOOTBALL SEASON WILL END BY THE LAST WEEKEND IN NOVEMBER.   
 
VOLLEYBALL WILL HAVE MATCHES BEING PLAYED STARTING OCTOBER 8TH.  TEAMS WILL BE ABLE TO PLAY 14 DUAL MATCHES, BUT THERE WILL BE NO MULTI-TEAM TOURNAMENTS.   
 NO DECISION HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED AT THIS TIME ON POST-SEASON PLAY FOR VOLLEYBALL, BUT THE CALENDAR AS DISCUSSED WOULD INCLUDE TWO WEEKS FOR POST-SEASON PLAY.    IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE VOLLEYBALL SEASON WILL END BY DECEMBER 12TH.   
 
MONDAY’S MEETING OF THE MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE INCLUDED DISCUSSION OF SECTION TOURNAMENTS FOR THE OTHER FALL SPORTS, INCLUDING CROSS-COUNTRY.  AT THIS TIME, IT APPEARS CROSS-COUNTRY TEAMS WILL BE ABLE TO HOLD SECTION MEETS, BUT NO FINAL DECISION HAS BEEN MADE ON WHETHER TO HOLD A STATE MEET. 
 
THE HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE NOTED THAT ONE OF THE MAIN ISSUES WITH HOLDING STATE TOURNAMENTS IN ANY SPORT WILL BE DEALING WITH COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS AND SAFETY PROCEDURES.