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High school sports on pause: NCS unveils new plan, purple-tier sports could start Feb. 1

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High school sports on pause: NCS unveils new plan, purple-tier sports could start Feb. 1

The North Coast Section executive committee on Thursday approved a plan for sports that state health officials say can be contested in the most restrictive coronavirus tier to start practice as early as Feb. 1.

Those sports are cross country, golf, tennis, track and field and swimming and diving.

The NCS also said there will be no section, regional or state playoffs for its schools this school year and that competition will not begin until local stay-at-home orders are lifted.

The plan — the latest in a string of adjustments since the COVID-19 pandemic erupted 10 months ago — is pending approval by the NCS Board of Managers, which will meet on Jan. 29.

In the announcement to member schools, NCS commissioner Pat Cruickshank said the plan gives “leagues the autonomy to build their season of sport calendars around the guidance from the California Department of Public Health, the local counties that their league resides in, and the approval of their member schools and districts.

“If approved as presented, leagues will set their seasons of sport based on the color tier that their county resides in and the sports allowed in that tier. Purple sports will have the ability to go off first once the county and schools have approved it. Then once counties move into the red tier, the league will be allowed to begin that season of sport at a time that best fits them. The same will be done for the orange and yellow tier sports.”

Unless state health officials update guidelines that they announced last month, football will have to wait until counties reach the orange tier before it can start and basketball will have to wait for the yellow tier.

According to the NCS’s announcement, the football season must end by April 17 for practice to start as scheduled on Aug. 9 for the 2021 fall season. Coaches have said they’d be willing to delay the start of the fall 2021 season to play this school year.

Citing California Department of Public Health guidelines, the NCS says its students will be allowed to participate in only one cohort (sport) at a time.

The final date for NCS competition will be June 12, the section says.

Here is a breakdown of the sports in their respective tiers:

Purple: Cross country, golf, tennis, track and field, swimming and diving

Red: Baseball, softball, girls lacrosse, field hockey

Orange: Football, boys lacrosse, soccer, volleyball, water polo, badminton, volleyball

Yellow: Competitive cheerleading, basketball, wrestling

The NCS announcement can be found here.

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