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Maryland private high schools postpone fall sports season indefinitely due to coronavirus concerns
There won't be any soccer for Barron this fall, unless it's intramural.
Maryland private high schools postpone fall sports season indefinitely due to coronavirus concerns
By KATHERINE FOMINYKH
CAPITAL GAZETTE | AUG 13, 2020 AT 11:10 AM
The Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association and Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland, which are each comprised of 29 Baltimore-area private schools, have postponed fall sports indefinitely, according to a statement on the MIAA website.
Thursday’s announcement comes a little more than a week after the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association postponed the fall and winter seasons until the second semester and deals another significant blow to any possibility of high school sports competition in Maryland until 2021.
The statement says the leagues decided to postpone all fall athletic competitions and championships “in response to the unprecedented challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic and with the health, safety and well-being of our member-school campus and athletic communities being paramount.”
The “persistence of the virus and the potential for exposure among student-athletes, coaches, administrators, support staff, fans and local communities, coupled with the need to safely reopen campuses this fall, made it impossible to execute a return to competition at this time without undue risk,” the statement added.
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By KATHERINE FOMINYKH
CAPITAL GAZETTE | AUG 13, 2020 AT 11:10 AM
The Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association and Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland, which are each comprised of 29 Baltimore-area private schools, have postponed fall sports indefinitely, according to a statement on the MIAA website.
Thursday’s announcement comes a little more than a week after the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association postponed the fall and winter seasons until the second semester and deals another significant blow to any possibility of high school sports competition in Maryland until 2021.
The statement says the leagues decided to postpone all fall athletic competitions and championships “in response to the unprecedented challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic and with the health, safety and well-being of our member-school campus and athletic communities being paramount.”
The “persistence of the virus and the potential for exposure among student-athletes, coaches, administrators, support staff, fans and local communities, coupled with the need to safely reopen campuses this fall, made it impossible to execute a return to competition at this time without undue risk,” the statement added.
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