MHSAA Winter Sports Update

photo by Olivia Robinson

During the 2019-2020 basketball season, Jeremiah Sterling, 1, passes to Brennen Kerns, 24, against the Lakeshore Lancers.  

Winter sports have been halted again.  Governor Whitmer and her council met to discuss the contact winter sports. The group concluded that the five contact sports––girls and boys basketball, competitive cheer, ice hockey, and wrestling––have been suspended temporarily till February 1. What does this mean? 

Sports may proceed with try-outs and practices that don’t involve contact. This means wearing masks at all times while maintaining six-feet of distance during practices.  “The updated schedule for girls and boys basketball, competitive cheer, ice hockey, and wrestling pushes Finals for those sports into late March or early April,” Mark Uyl, Executive Director said in his update to the MHSAA community.