It’s easy to see why there’s a bit of excitement and can even see the smile through the mask of Coach Matt Johannsen when he speaks about his current group of Fossil Ridge Sabercats.
We celebrated this week, which marked the start of returning to Colorado high school athletics and activities for the 2020-2021 school year.
The football season is on the horizon, and some manufacturers have created face guards for football helmets specific to the Coronavirus pandemic.
The CHSAA team is working non-stop, with some challenges ahead, to resume all athletics and activities in their designated seasons.
For several weeks, Americans have been awaiting answers to several questions. Including: When will education-based sports and performing arts programs return?
Along with leaders of youth-level sports and the NCAA, the NFHS and its member state associations are exploring all options for conducting sports this fall.
On Monday, the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association became the 51st and final NFHS member state high school association to cancel its spring sports championships due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
During this shutdown of normal life in our nation, perhaps it is a good time to reflect how officials are treated at our sporting events.
There are so many inspiring words and letters out there to tell us to hang in there, we are together, this will pass. Although I read them and believe, there is still this vague and hollow place that says, “What’s next?”
On Friday afternoon, about 14 hours or so after the news that the remainder of the state basketball tournaments had been canceled, Springfield science teacher Van Walker published a letter to all Baca County basketball athletes to express admiration for their leadership.