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Illinois High School Association has announced changes to rules
regarding sports and activities after the state entered Phase 5
of Gov. J.B. Pritzker's reopening plan Friday.
Masks are not required for players, coaches and officials in low
to medium-risk outdoor sports, and teams can schedule to play
another team in the state as well as out-of-state opponents.
IHSA Assistant Executive Director Matt Troha said changes are
being made to In terms of spectator limitations, those are no
longer in place, so we can have 100% capacity at all of our
upcoming events, Troha said.
To assist with social distancing, the IHSA is using digital
ticketing at all remaining super-sectional and state final
venues for the rest of the 2021 school year. Fans can purchase
tickets via the GoFan app or at GoFan.co/IHSA.
The pandemic canceled several sports, moved the football season
to the spring, and limited capacities at all contests.
The IHSA plan to deal with the virus proved to be a successful
one, based on a survey that drew nearly 1,500 responses from its
membership after the winter sports season. The survey examined
data gathered from 10 different sports.
The survey reported only 3% of athletes' positive COVID-19 cases
were traced to a sports competition or practice. The rest were
from and outside contact.
Troha said it was an interesting year for high school sports.
It was different and we knew that was going to be the case
going in, but I think for the most part our schools, our
coaches, our student-athletes were just happy to get the
opportunity to play and take advantage of the opportunity they
were given, Troha said.
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