EAST LANSING, MI (WTVB) – The Michigan High School Athletic Association announced on Saturday that all remaining fall sports tournaments will conclude by January 30.
While the football tournament is now set to resume on January 9, it’s not known yet when the girls volleyball tournament will resume or when the girls swimming and diving finals will take place.
Football teams may begin two days of outdoor, non-contact conditioning and drills, wearing helmets and shoulder pads with physical distancing, on Monday in advance of the first round of testing on Wednesday as part of an Michigan Department of Health and Human Services rapid testing pilot program.
Schools will test players, coaches and other team personnel, with full-contact practice then allowed after a first round of negative results. The testing program will utilize BinaxNOW antigen tests that produce results within 15 minutes.
For football, 11-Player Regional Finals and 8-Player Semifinals will be played Saturday, January 9.
The 8-Player Finals and 11-Player Semifinals will be played Saturday, January 16.
The 11-Player Finals will be played during the weekend of January 22 and 23.
The M.D.H.H.S.’s current epidemic order is set to expire January 15. If restrictions on non-contact sports are lifted then volleyball and swimming & diving could practice and compete at that time outside of the required rapid testing program. If the order continues, volleyball and swimming & diving could begin practice, but those teams and individuals will have to follow all requirements of the M.D.H.H.S. rapid testing pilot program to be eligible to participate.
Specific plans and dates for volleyball and girls swimming & diving practice resumption and M.H.S.A.A. tournaments will be finalized and shared with competing schools in early January.
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