DAVISON (DTV) – (8/20/2020) – MHSAA just released earlier today via twitter that fall sports such as soccer, volleyball, swimming & diving will continue as scheduled, although, only in certain locations.

For example, the amount of people at a match is limited. MHSAA says, “For attendance purposes, schools in Regions 6 and 8 may have for indoor volleyball a total of 250 people or 25 percent of a facility’s capacity, whichever is smallest. Indoor pools in Regions 6 and 8 are limited to 25 percent of established bather capacity for that pool. Outdoor competition in Regions 6 and 8 may have 500 people or 25 percent of capacity, whichever is smallest. For all three sports, the total numbers of people allowed to be present include all participants, officials and school and game personnel, media and fans.”

There are also different zones in Michigan to where certain sports are allowed. For right now, people in zones 6 and 8 are allowed to continue sports as normal, but all the others are on hold. 

To find more information about MHSAA’s final decision, check out their in-depth website article.

DAVISON (DTV) – (8/14/2020) – Information about Davison Schools’ start time as well as the Michigan High School Sports Association’s (MHSAA) decision to delay the 2020 football season upcoming in this article. 

Davison Community Schools start time:

It was announced on the Davison Schools’ Twitter and Facebook that ALL Davison Schools will be starting on the 8th of September instead of August 17th

For reasons such as a new executive order by Governor Whitmer and in-school preparations not being complete, Kevin Brown, Superintendent of Davison Schools, has delayed the start of school.

MHSAA’s postponement:

It was recently released via Twitter and MHSAA’s website that Michigan High School Football 2020 season will be moved to the spring of 2021. 

This means our Davison-made football state champs will have to wait several months to have a shot at going for back to back rings.

Mark Uyl, MHSAA Executive Director, says, “At the end of the day, we did everything we could to find a path forward for football this fall.” He goes on to say that there are too many unknowns and uncertainties to resume football now. The MHSAA must follow the governor’s rule and must make this decision to stay connected with the Governor’s office, state health department officials, MHSAA’s member schools’ personnel, and the Council.” *credit: MHSAA

What does this mean for other sports?

There are no other decisions made yet on other fall sports, although, because football has constant close contact, the choice was obvious for MHSAA. Uyl states, “No one is willing to take the risk of COVID being passed on because of a high-risk sport. Decisions have to be made on our other sports as well, but none of those carry the same close, consistent, and face-to-face contact as football.” *credit: MHSAA

Therefore, other “moderate to low-risk spread” sports will continue as normal, but there are always modifications, especially during peculiar times like these.

For more information, check out MHSAA’s website article by clicking here.

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