State lawmakers back resolution urging Whitmer to allow high school sports
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Committees in the Michigan House and Senate both voted unanimously on Thursday to approve a resolution urging Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to allow the immediate resumption of high school sports.Eric Young/Huron Daily Tribune, Huron Daily Tribune File Photo
Committees in the Michigan House and Senate both voted unanimously on Thursday to approve a resolution urging Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to allow the immediate resumption of high school sports.
Lawmakers listened to testimony from student-athletes, coaches, school administrators and organizers of Let Them Play Michigan! imploring state leaders to lift the current suspension on winter contact sports.
Grassroots group says Let Them Play
Upper Thumb coaches, ADs frustrated by latest prep sports delay
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Prep athletes, families, coaches and athletic directors from across the state are expected to descend on the Capitol in Lansing on Saturday, Jan. 30, to implore Michigan’s elected officials to allow high school sports to resume. The “Let Them Play” rally is scheduled to take place from noon to 3 p.m.Eric Rutter/Huron Daily Tribune
UPPER THUMB Prep athletes, families, coaches and sports fans from across the state are expected to descend on the Capitol in Lansing on Saturday, Jan. 30, to implore Michigan’s elected officials to allow high school sports to resume after state officials again delayed the start of winter contact sports.
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – Members from a statewide group called the Golden State HS Football Coaches and the Facebook page “Let Them Play,” which has nearly 30,000 followers are asking for a chance to have sports play out this academic year.Prep sports have not happened on high school campuses since March, when the coronavirus pandemic first took hold, shuttering schools.
Coaches say according to the data they’ve compiled COVID-19 rates are so low in in athletes and coaches means prep sports gatherings are not superspreaders.
Torrey Pines High School football coach Ron Gladnick joined Good Morning San Diego with an update on the progress on Let Them Play efforts to convince Gavin Newsom it’s safe allow student/athletes back on to the fields, courts and pools.
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One week into an abbreviated winter sports season, the wearing of masks by Minnesota high school athletes has generated frustration from schools and officials about uneven compliance during games.
The Minnesota State High School League addressed the issue during a virtual meeting Thursday with school representatives. League officials reiterated that the mask mandate is accompanied by expectations of 100% compliance by the hundreds of teams and thousands of athletes competing across the state.
League associate director Bob Madison said most schools and teams playing basketball and hockey were in compliance with the directive handed down for youth sports by the Minnesota Department of Health in late December.
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