Spectators will again be limited, though nothing has been set in stone beyond the SCC announcing Friday that no spectators will be allowed at its events for the first week, February 8-14.Īfter that, each SCC school district can make its own call on fans, though the conference as a whole will continue to monitor the situation. Area teams will by and large be playing the same opponents. The winter landscape will look much like it did in the fall. That encourages us to conduct ourselves as safely as possible so we can keep moving forward.” “I think everybody has to stay optimistic, but we’re also aware and wary that at any time we can have setbacks. We’re going to slowly build up to the start of the games,” said Sheehan AD Chris Dailey. “It’s a gradual progression similar to how we conducted the fall. Thus, by small and cautious steps, Connecticut’s scholastic winter sports teams continue to march toward a February 8 opening day. Practices have also been extended from 60 minutes to 90. While the 12-athlete cohorts will stay in place until at least Thursday, the Trojans and Titans can engage in contact drills starting next week.
They extend key elements of this week’s plan, which limited Lyman Hall and Sheehan athletes to non-contact drills and conditioning in cohorts of no more than 12. Hockey and gymnastics, sports almost exclusively reliant on off-campus facilities, are expected to be finalized next week.Īlso on Friday, Wallingford issued updated protocols for the second week of practice. Regular-season schedules are in the books in the Central Connecticut Conference for basketball and swimming.
On Friday, the Board of Governors in the Southern Connecticut Conference approved that league’s winter divisional alignments and the framework for regular season and tournament schedules. Leagues have been finalizing postseason plans. Since teams started practicing Tuesday, McKee and fellow athletic directors have been drawing up practice and game schedules. “It’s like organized chaos,” McKee laughed Friday. It means high school sports remain on course for a winter season. MERIDEN - Maloney Athletic Director Bob McKee has been tired this week.
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