Tag: COVID-19 and sports
The high school football season appears ready to kick off for Grossmont Conference teams this weekend. It’s been a long wait and coaches and players will have to do their part to keep it going by following the appropriate safety protocols.
Teams will play as many as six games in the shortened season that will extend through April 17.
While there...
The high school swim season seemingly picked up right from where it left off last March for the Granite Hills High School swim and dive team after sweeping visiting West Hills in a Grossmont Hills League dual meet last Friday.
The Eagles won the boys contest by a score of 134-49 and completed the sweep with a 118-62 victory on...
East County teams are slated to kick off the much-delayed 2020 season March 12, providing COVID case numbers remain at or below 14 per 100,000. That’s the magic number that will allow high school contact sports to finally gear up.
Coaches, players and fans are obviously elated at the turn of events.
“I am excited for something positive for these kids,”...
Numbers are down during the cross country season. There’s no question about that three weeks into the 2020-21 season.
Part of the decrease in participation has been due to protocols mandated by state and local health officials to ensure a safe environment in which to compete. Much of the decrease, however, has been due to the lack of regular in-person...
Ready, set, go! Those were most welcome words.
After more than a year off the course due to the COVID-19 pandemic, cross country has been the first sport to return to active status within the San Diego Section.
Five Grossmont Conference dual meets took place Feb. 12 across East County sites.
Obviously, a long list of protocols has been enacted to provide...
Will there be a March Madness in 2021? The NCAA likely cannot afford to pass up the mega publicity and mega money it lost when the mega hoops tournament was canceled last year upon the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The coronavirus pandemic is still with us a year later and there are signs that it may make a mess...
Grossmont Conference schools are set to take the plunge into the water Feb. 26 when the 2021 swim season is scheduled to begin after last season was cut short following the declaration of the coronavirus pandemic.
In Grossmont Hills League openers, Valhalla will host Steele Canyon, Granite Hills will host West Hills while Helix will host Grossmont.
In Grossmont Valley League...
Nothing is certain as society navigates the current COVID-19 pandemic. That seems to include when — and if — high school and youth sports will return to the playing field.
Just when it seemed the State CIF Office and its 10 member sections had finalized a contingency plan for a return to play, the California Department of Public Health delivered...
Mountain West Conference commissioner Craig Thompson lined up four bowl game berths to cap 2020 postseason play. However, only three MW teams accepted invitations.
San Jose State University defeated Boise State University, 34-20, in the conference championship game played Dec. 19 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas. The history-making win earned the 24th-ranked Spartans (7-0) a berth in the...
The dark specter of the COVID-19 coronavirus continues to haunt the world, and local high school sports is no exception.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a limited regional stay-at-home order during a press conference on Dec. 3 in the wake of record numbers of infections tallied statewide in recent days.
The new order, which built on a previously imposed nighttime curfew...
