Massachusetts says high school wrestling can't have competitions at this time, and its season could be delayed
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On Friday, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs unveiled new guidance for youth, amateur and K-12 sports.
Wrestling has been labeled as a high risk sport, and, thus, will only be allowed to engaged in Level 1 activities (individual and socially distant group activities) and modified Level 2 activities (competitive practices using cohort rules). Under this ruling, wrestling cannot participate in Level 3 (competitions) and Level 4 (Tournaments).
According to media reports, the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) will review the guidance and create sport-specific updates within the week.
Reports speculate that wrestling could be "shifted to the newly created Fall 2 season (Feb. 22-April 25)," according to the Enterprise.
Click here for Massachusetts state guidance
Below are some media reports from Massachusetts:
CBSBoston: Massachusetts Releases New Guidance On High School Winter Sports
BOSTON (CBS) – Massachusetts released new guidance Friday for high school and youth winter sports. Some will get to play games, but athletes will have to wear masks at all times.
The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) put the sports into three categories – lower risk, moderate risk and higher risk.
Lower risk winter sports include swimming, gymnastics and skiing.
Some of the moderate risk sports for this winter are indoor track and team swimming.
Wrestling, basketball and ice hockey are among those considered high risk. Games will be allowed in basketball and hockey, but there will not be any tournaments. Wrestling is confined to practices and drills.
Click for CBSBoston story
Enterprise: MIAA hockey, basketball get green light for winter season
Wrestling, winter cheer and indoor track might have to be pushed back to Fall 2 in the wake of Friday’s release of updated state health guidelines amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Good news for high school hockey and basketball players.
Wrestlers, winter cheer participants and indoor track athletes look as if they’ll have to wait a little longer.
The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs published its much-anticipated update health guidelines for youth and adult amateur sports on Friday.
The big news:
* Higher-risk sports that are performed indoors and require sustained high contact (wrestling, competitive cheer, pair figure skating) are limited to Level 1 (socially distant group activities) or Level 2 (modified competitive practices) and are prohibited from Level 3 (games) and Level 4 (tournaments). That would seem to suggest that wrestling and winter cheer (figure skating is not an MIAA-approved sport) will be shifted to the newly created Fall 2 season (Feb. 22-April 25) in the MIAA’s four-season plan.
Click here for full Enterprise article
Eagle Tribune: Mass EEA announces new guidance for winter sports; hockey, hoop OK but wrestling is a no-go
While it won't look the same as it usually does, it's looking more and more likely that there will be a winter high school sports season.
The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs unveiled new guidance for youth, amateur and K-12 sports on Friday, which indicated that some winter sports like basketball and ice hockey, but not wrestling, will be permitted to compete with modifications this coming season.
The guidance indicated that high-contact sports played outdoors like football will also be permitted to compete, opening the door for those sports to be played in the upcoming "Fall 2" season starting in late February.
High risk sports that are held indoors and require sustained high contact like wrestling, competitive cheer and pair figure skating, won't be permitted to compete. Those sports may still hold competitive practices as long as they use a cohort model where athletes only train within the same small group of individuals.
Click here for Eagle Tribune article
Wrestling has been labeled as a high risk sport, and, thus, will only be allowed to engaged in Level 1 activities (individual and socially distant group activities) and modified Level 2 activities (competitive practices using cohort rules). Under this ruling, wrestling cannot participate in Level 3 (competitions) and Level 4 (Tournaments).
According to media reports, the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) will review the guidance and create sport-specific updates within the week.
Reports speculate that wrestling could be "shifted to the newly created Fall 2 season (Feb. 22-April 25)," according to the Enterprise.
Click here for Massachusetts state guidance
Below are some media reports from Massachusetts:
CBSBoston: Massachusetts Releases New Guidance On High School Winter Sports
BOSTON (CBS) – Massachusetts released new guidance Friday for high school and youth winter sports. Some will get to play games, but athletes will have to wear masks at all times.
The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) put the sports into three categories – lower risk, moderate risk and higher risk.
Lower risk winter sports include swimming, gymnastics and skiing.
Some of the moderate risk sports for this winter are indoor track and team swimming.
Wrestling, basketball and ice hockey are among those considered high risk. Games will be allowed in basketball and hockey, but there will not be any tournaments. Wrestling is confined to practices and drills.
Click for CBSBoston story
Enterprise: MIAA hockey, basketball get green light for winter season
Wrestling, winter cheer and indoor track might have to be pushed back to Fall 2 in the wake of Friday’s release of updated state health guidelines amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Good news for high school hockey and basketball players.
Wrestlers, winter cheer participants and indoor track athletes look as if they’ll have to wait a little longer.
The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs published its much-anticipated update health guidelines for youth and adult amateur sports on Friday.
The big news:
* Higher-risk sports that are performed indoors and require sustained high contact (wrestling, competitive cheer, pair figure skating) are limited to Level 1 (socially distant group activities) or Level 2 (modified competitive practices) and are prohibited from Level 3 (games) and Level 4 (tournaments). That would seem to suggest that wrestling and winter cheer (figure skating is not an MIAA-approved sport) will be shifted to the newly created Fall 2 season (Feb. 22-April 25) in the MIAA’s four-season plan.
Click here for full Enterprise article
Eagle Tribune: Mass EEA announces new guidance for winter sports; hockey, hoop OK but wrestling is a no-go
While it won't look the same as it usually does, it's looking more and more likely that there will be a winter high school sports season.
The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs unveiled new guidance for youth, amateur and K-12 sports on Friday, which indicated that some winter sports like basketball and ice hockey, but not wrestling, will be permitted to compete with modifications this coming season.
The guidance indicated that high-contact sports played outdoors like football will also be permitted to compete, opening the door for those sports to be played in the upcoming "Fall 2" season starting in late February.
High risk sports that are held indoors and require sustained high contact like wrestling, competitive cheer and pair figure skating, won't be permitted to compete. Those sports may still hold competitive practices as long as they use a cohort model where athletes only train within the same small group of individuals.
Click here for Eagle Tribune article
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