EAST LANSING, MI (WTVB) – The Michigan High School Athletic Association’s Representative Council approved a plan for adjusting schedules for the five Winter “contact” sports on Thursday.
Those sports can begin non-contact activities this Saturday but not full practice and competition until February 1 per the recent update to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) epidemic plan.
Some Spring Break schedules will have to be readjusted as the updated schedule for girls and boys basketball, competitive cheer, ice hockey and wrestling pushes Finals for those sports into late March or early April.
The schedule now calls for the first basketball contests to be held on February 4. The districts will be pushed to the week of March 22 with the regional tournaments during the week of March 29. The girls state finals will be on April 9 with the boys finals on April 10.
The first contact practice for both competitive cheer and wrestling can take place on February 1 with the first contests on February 8. The team state finals in wrestling will take place on March 31 with the individual finals on April 2 and 3.
Here’s the complete schedule as released Thursday by the M.H.S.A.A…..
Girls Basketball
First non-contact practice: Jan. 16
First contact practice: Feb. 1
First contest: Feb. 4
Districts: March 22, 24, 26
Regionals: March 29, 31
Quarterfinals: April 5
Semifinals: April 7
Finals: April 9
Boys Basketball
First non-contact practice: Jan. 16
First contact practice: Feb. 1
First contest: Feb. 4
Districts: March 23, 25, 27
Regionals: March 30, April 1
Quarterfinals: April 6
Semifinals: April 8
Finals: April 10
Competitive Cheer
First non-contact practice: Jan. 16
First contact practice: Feb. 1
First contest: Feb. 8
Districts: March 15-20
Regionals: March 22-24
Finals: March 26-27
Ice Hockey
First non-contact practice: Jan. 16
First contact practice: Feb. 1
First contest: Feb. 1
Regionals: March 15-20
Quarterfinals: March 23
Semifinals: March 25-26
Finals: March 27
Wrestling
First non-contact practice: Jan. 16
First contact practice: Feb. 1
First contest: Feb. 8
Districts: March 15-20
Regionals: March 22-28
Team Finals: March 31
Individual Finals: April 2-3
Spring sports will continue with their traditional dates, with first practices March 15. With this updated schedule, the majority of Winter athletes will have completed their seasons by the end of March.
The updated schedule will carry on through schools’ spring breaks. Research by the M.H.S.A.A. found that 63 percent of member schools have spring break the week of March 29-April 4, with the other 37 percent will be on break from April 5-11.
Comments