PIAA TO ADDRESS GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION TO POSTPONE SPORTS (2020-08-07)

Valley Sports Report
MECHANICSBURG, PA. - The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association has announced it will address Gov. Tom Wolf's recommendation to postpone scholastic sports.

In a press release the PIAA stated, "Today, Governor Wolf issued a statement of strongly recommending no interscholastic and recreational sports until Jan. 1. We are tremendously disappointed in this decision. Our member schools have worked diligently to develop health and safety plans to allow students the safe return to interscholastic athletics.

"The PIAA Board of Directors will meet tomorrow afternoon, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020, to review this action. PIAA will have an official statement tomorrow afternoon."

Wolf suggested the postponement at the end of a Thursday morning press conference updating the COVID-19 pandemic situation. His response came after a reporter asked about the guidance for spectators in high school sports this fall.

"The guidance is we ought to avoid any congregate settings, and that means anything that brings people together is going to help that virus get us," Wolf said.

"We ought to do everything we can to defeat that virus, so anytime we get together for any reason, that's a problem, because it makes it easier for that virus to spread," he added. "So the guidance from us, the recommendation, is that we don't do any sports until Jan. 1."