LANSING, Mich. — Immediately following Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s announcement of an executive order that permits gyms and pools to open at 25% capacity, as well team sports to resume with caution, the MHSAA announced the return of the fall sports season.
Football practice may resume Tuesday, Sept. 8 while games may resume in two weeks. Soccer may begin immediately, swimming and diving on Monday, and Volleyball on Wednesday.
The season will still be far from a normal one.
Not all schools who have cancelled their seasons will necessarily return, and game schedules will be handled by individual schools. There will also be spectator limits of two per participant in outdoor and indoor events anywhere still in “Phase 4″ of the MI Safe Start Plan, which includes all of mid-Michigan.
The MHSAA released more details about the structure of football this year:
- All 11 and 8-man football teams will make the state tournament in the fall.
- Helmets/shoulder pads only Sept. 8 and 9 with full pads starting the 10th.
- 6-game regular season schedule.
- State finals pushed back one week for both 11 and 8-man football.
- Schools that opt out of the fall season can play in the spring but there will be no state tournament in the spring.
The full announcement from the MHSAA can be viewed HERE.
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