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*Please note we are updating all forms * 8-25-20
Wednesday, January 13, 2021The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board of Directors met for its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, January 13, 2021, where the Board announced that all IHSA sports not operating under an official IHSA season calendar may begin to conduct contact days as soon as they are allowable per Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) mitigations and local school guidance. Contact days normally exist within the IHSA as informal voluntary offseason workouts.
"The IHSA acknowledges the immense mental, emotional, and physical strain that a lack of contact with school programs is causing Illinois high school student-athletes,” said IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson. “It is our intention that these contact days provide sport-specific training under the leadership of high school coaches. This is an effort to provide a viable sports option to high school athletes given the growing number of student-athletes opting for higher risk opportunities within the state and across state lines."
Additionally, the Board reviewed several options outlining a sports schedule framework for the remainder of the school year. The Board directed the IHSA staff to take feedback from today’s meeting, as well as any insight gained in the coming weeks, and bring forward viable scheduling options for a special Board meeting on January 27, 2021. The Board will provide an update following that meeting.
Once state leadership allows for low-risk winter sports (Boys & Girls Bowling, Cheerleading, Dance, Girls Gymnastics, Boys Swimming & Diving) to begin participation, those teams will be allowed to begin practice immediately and then continue their season through the season calendar established by the Board later this month.
The IHSA Board of Directors released a joint statement following today’s meeting:
“We realize there is a desire for finality on a sports schedule for 2020-21, however, we did not believe it would be prudent to lock ourselves into a schedule at a time when IHSA schools are unable to conduct any sports. Per Governor Pritzker, we have hope that low-risk sports may be permitted in certain regions of the state as early as this Friday (January 15). With that in mind, February seems like a realistic timeline to have sports resume statewide. We expect that the events of the next two weeks will go a long way toward informing our opinion on which scheduling option we decide to proceed with. We recognize that if no sports have resumed by February, season lengths could be impacted in certain sports, and that we may need to take a longer look at the likelihood of true seasons being conducted in high-risk sports this year. Our overall goal remains unchanged, as we hope to conduct all IHSA sports during the remainder of the school year calendar. Please know that we see and read many of the comments and messages from student-athletes, coaches, and parents, and that we are doing everything we can to try and bring IHSA sports back within the current parameters we are working in.”
The IHSA successfully conducted seasons in golf, girls tennis, cross country, and girls swimming & diving through Sectional competition this fall, but all IHSA sports have been paused since November 20.
“We remain collaborative in our efforts with IDPH and the Governor’s office,” said Anderson. “We are trying to do our part to fight the pandemic, while simultaneously seeking safe participation opportunities for our student-athletes. We understand the real mental toll this pause in athletics is having on Illinois high school student-athletes. We believe that school-based athletic participation is better regulated, making it the safest participation option for our students, and more data continues to emerge supporting that stance. We will continue to share that information with state leadership in hopes that we can work together to provide participation opportunities for young people in our state.”
ACTION
1. The Board approved a recommendation to approve a Return Play Procedure Policy that provides guidance to schools on a progressive action plan for student-athletes returning to athletic participation following a COVID-19 infection. The Policy was crafted by the IHSA Sports Medicine Advisory Committee (SMAC). To see the Policy, click here.
IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson:
“The IHSA Sports Medicine Advisory Committee has shown great leadership throughout the pandemic in developing plans and procedures to help protect our student-athletes. This latest Return To Play Policy creates an acclimatization plan for student-athletes returning from positive infections, providing much-needed guidance to our schools.”
DISCUSSION ITEMS
At each meeting of the Board of Directors, there are certain items the Board discusses, but upon which no action is taken. The following is a report of those items from the January 13, 2021, agenda:
1. The Board heard a report from the Executive Director and Assistant Executive Director Beth Sauser members on the recent NFHS Winter Meeting and Lets Connect Meeting that were conducted virtually in early January.
2. The Board discussed a letter from the East Suburban Catholic Conference regarding eligibility exemptions for student-athletes who transfer out-of-state and then return to their school.
"The IHSA acknowledges the immense mental, emotional, and physical strain that a lack of contact with school programs is causing Illinois high school student-athletes,” said IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson. “It is our intention that these contact days provide sport-specific training under the leadership of high school coaches. This is an effort to provide a viable sports option to high school athletes given the growing number of student-athletes opting for higher risk opportunities within the state and across state lines."
Additionally, the Board reviewed several options outlining a sports schedule framework for the remainder of the school year. The Board directed the IHSA staff to take feedback from today’s meeting, as well as any insight gained in the coming weeks, and bring forward viable scheduling options for a special Board meeting on January 27, 2021. The Board will provide an update following that meeting.
Once state leadership allows for low-risk winter sports (Boys & Girls Bowling, Cheerleading, Dance, Girls Gymnastics, Boys Swimming & Diving) to begin participation, those teams will be allowed to begin practice immediately and then continue their season through the season calendar established by the Board later this month.
The IHSA Board of Directors released a joint statement following today’s meeting:
“We realize there is a desire for finality on a sports schedule for 2020-21, however, we did not believe it would be prudent to lock ourselves into a schedule at a time when IHSA schools are unable to conduct any sports. Per Governor Pritzker, we have hope that low-risk sports may be permitted in certain regions of the state as early as this Friday (January 15). With that in mind, February seems like a realistic timeline to have sports resume statewide. We expect that the events of the next two weeks will go a long way toward informing our opinion on which scheduling option we decide to proceed with. We recognize that if no sports have resumed by February, season lengths could be impacted in certain sports, and that we may need to take a longer look at the likelihood of true seasons being conducted in high-risk sports this year. Our overall goal remains unchanged, as we hope to conduct all IHSA sports during the remainder of the school year calendar. Please know that we see and read many of the comments and messages from student-athletes, coaches, and parents, and that we are doing everything we can to try and bring IHSA sports back within the current parameters we are working in.”
The IHSA successfully conducted seasons in golf, girls tennis, cross country, and girls swimming & diving through Sectional competition this fall, but all IHSA sports have been paused since November 20.
“We remain collaborative in our efforts with IDPH and the Governor’s office,” said Anderson. “We are trying to do our part to fight the pandemic, while simultaneously seeking safe participation opportunities for our student-athletes. We understand the real mental toll this pause in athletics is having on Illinois high school student-athletes. We believe that school-based athletic participation is better regulated, making it the safest participation option for our students, and more data continues to emerge supporting that stance. We will continue to share that information with state leadership in hopes that we can work together to provide participation opportunities for young people in our state.”
ACTION
1. The Board approved a recommendation to approve a Return Play Procedure Policy that provides guidance to schools on a progressive action plan for student-athletes returning to athletic participation following a COVID-19 infection. The Policy was crafted by the IHSA Sports Medicine Advisory Committee (SMAC). To see the Policy, click here.
IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson:
“The IHSA Sports Medicine Advisory Committee has shown great leadership throughout the pandemic in developing plans and procedures to help protect our student-athletes. This latest Return To Play Policy creates an acclimatization plan for student-athletes returning from positive infections, providing much-needed guidance to our schools.”
DISCUSSION ITEMS
At each meeting of the Board of Directors, there are certain items the Board discusses, but upon which no action is taken. The following is a report of those items from the January 13, 2021, agenda:
1. The Board heard a report from the Executive Director and Assistant Executive Director Beth Sauser members on the recent NFHS Winter Meeting and Lets Connect Meeting that were conducted virtually in early January.
2. The Board discussed a letter from the East Suburban Catholic Conference regarding eligibility exemptions for student-athletes who transfer out-of-state and then return to their school.
The GLCUSBC Local News Update and Q&A Session with your local Association hosted on Facebook live January 12th is still available online to watch. This link will take you to the recording of this event.
Please share this with your league officers and teammates. Topics include association tournaments, league matters due to the COVID shut down, and more! If you have any questions Email us from the Contact page here on our website or message us from within Facebook. - Thank you!
Please share this with your league officers and teammates. Topics include association tournaments, league matters due to the COVID shut down, and more! If you have any questions Email us from the Contact page here on our website or message us from within Facebook. - Thank you!
COVID Update
News: 11/17/2020
From Governor Pritzker's Office.
Tier 3 effective November 20, 2020, at 12:01am. The new mitigation requirements to combat the surge of COVID-19 across Illinois are as follows>
Starting Friday our local centers will again be closed. The exact amount of time is unsure as of this posting.
The Greater Lake County Board does not have all of the details it needs to determine what happens next. The Mixed Team and Doubles Tournament is for now only suspended.
We do not know how long the state will be shut down subject to the mitigation rules in effect. Our hope would be we can delay the completion of the Mixed event. The final weekend of the event included a lot of bowlers who wanted to bowl this year's event so we have their interest to bowl this event in the decision-making process.
Subject to the unknown date we would like to offer bowlers the opportunity to reschedule. If your calendar will not allow you to bowl on a future date refunds are absolutely an option here.
Again, this news is so new the board needs to talk about any options for our membership. We will update this home page and our Facebook page with new details as decisions from the state are made available.
League Bowlers: Please trust the fall season is not over. The delay in resuming bowling will not be like what terminated the 2019-2020 fall season. We will work with our Proprietor's to share the information needed to resume the 2020-2021 season.
Questions? Please do not hesitate to use the contact link on our website.
Thank you, Michael Jacobs
Association Manager
From Governor Pritzker's Office.
Tier 3 effective November 20, 2020, at 12:01am. The new mitigation requirements to combat the surge of COVID-19 across Illinois are as follows>
Starting Friday our local centers will again be closed. The exact amount of time is unsure as of this posting.
The Greater Lake County Board does not have all of the details it needs to determine what happens next. The Mixed Team and Doubles Tournament is for now only suspended.
We do not know how long the state will be shut down subject to the mitigation rules in effect. Our hope would be we can delay the completion of the Mixed event. The final weekend of the event included a lot of bowlers who wanted to bowl this year's event so we have their interest to bowl this event in the decision-making process.
Subject to the unknown date we would like to offer bowlers the opportunity to reschedule. If your calendar will not allow you to bowl on a future date refunds are absolutely an option here.
Again, this news is so new the board needs to talk about any options for our membership. We will update this home page and our Facebook page with new details as decisions from the state are made available.
League Bowlers: Please trust the fall season is not over. The delay in resuming bowling will not be like what terminated the 2019-2020 fall season. We will work with our Proprietor's to share the information needed to resume the 2020-2021 season.
Questions? Please do not hesitate to use the contact link on our website.
Thank you, Michael Jacobs
Association Manager
Assumption of the Risk and Waiver of Liability Relating to Coronavirus/COVID-19
The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has been declared a worldwide pandemic by the World Health Organization. COVID-19 is extremely contagious and is believed to spread mainly from person-to-person contact. As a result, federal, state, and local governments and federal and state health agencies recommend practicing proper social distancing and good hygiene habits such as washing hands often and reducing direct contact with others. Greater Lake County USBC Association (GLC) has put in place the recommended preventative measures to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 while in the host bowling center. However, neither GLC nor the host bowling center can guarantee that you or any spectators will not become infected with COVID-19. By officially entering the GLC event, you voluntarily agree to assume all associated risks that come from attending the event and therefore release the GLC and hosting bowling center from any and all claims based on the actions, omissions, or negligence of its employees, volunteers, and representatives, whether a COVID-19 infection occurs before, during, or after participation in any GLC event. If you choose to enter the GLC event, we look forward to seeing you soon. If you choose not to enter this event, we look forward to seeing you at a future event. |
WE ARE BACK TO BOWLING
Centers listed are open with limited capacity. Please call a center to reserve a lane today!
Centers listed are open with limited capacity. Please call a center to reserve a lane today!
ANTIOCH LANES
847-395-1155
BERTRAND LANES
847-244-1300
BOWLERO BUFFALO GROVE
847-821-9000
BOWLERO VERNON HILLS
847-367-1600
BOWLERO WAUKEGAN
847-473-2600
LAKES BOWL
847-546-2800
LAKESIDE RECREATION CENTER
847-949-5700
RAYMOND'S BOWL & ENTERTAINMENT CENTER
815-385-1475
SUNSET BOWL
847-336-8001
847-395-1155
BERTRAND LANES
847-244-1300
BOWLERO BUFFALO GROVE
847-821-9000
BOWLERO VERNON HILLS
847-367-1600
BOWLERO WAUKEGAN
847-473-2600
LAKES BOWL
847-546-2800
LAKESIDE RECREATION CENTER
847-949-5700
RAYMOND'S BOWL & ENTERTAINMENT CENTER
815-385-1475
SUNSET BOWL
847-336-8001