The Illinois High School Association Board of Directors announced yesterday its intended plans for the athletic High school year. . Teams in all sports will play shortened regular seasons. State tournaments will be determined on a sport-by-sport basis. The new High School sports schedule is the following:
- golf, girls tennis, cross country, and swimming remain in the fall
- winter sports remain the same with a shorter season running from Nov 16-Feb 13 with game restrictions
- football, soccer, girls volleyball have been moved from the Fall to a late winter/early spring season that will run February 15th until May 1st.
- A summer season running May 3-June 26 will include the traditional spring sports Baseball, Softball and Track and Field.
For all the details and guidelines visit the www.ihsa.org
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