{"id":453469,"date":"2020-11-11T16:35:30","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T23:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=453469"},"modified":"2020-11-11T16:35:30","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T23:35:30","slug":"decision-looms-from-njsiaa-on-new-jersey-high-school-winter-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/decision-looms-from-njsiaa-on-new-jersey-high-school-winter-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Decision Looms from NJSIAA on New Jersey High School Winter Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A final decision on the fate of the winter sports season from the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) will come next week as the COVID-19 pandemic intensifies in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The decision <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/highschoolsports\/2020\/11\/decision-on-winter-hs-sports-season-coming-next-week-njsiaa-chief-says.html?utm_campaign=hssportsnj_sf&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=nj_twitter_hssportsnj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">will come no later than Nov. 20<\/a>, says <strong>Colleen Maguire<\/strong>, the NJSIAA\u2019s chief operating officer. New Jersey opted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/new-jersey-delaying-start-of-fall-sports-fall-h-s-swim-seasons-around-country-could-feel-impact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">for a four-season calendar<\/a> in 2020-21 and had already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/no-state-championships-for-new-jersey-high-school-swimming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cancelled championships for the academic year<\/a>. But an uptick in coronavirus cases has called into question if the season can be conducted at all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI ask for everyone\u2019s patience as we solicit feedback and monitor the decision-making coming from the New Jersey Department of Health and the governor\u2019s office, while committing to a deadline of Friday, Nov. 20, to announce our final plans,\u201d Maguire said at the monthly meeting of the NJSIAA executive committee Wednesday, as first reported by NJ.com. \u201cI fully expect to meet this deadline with a final plan that will not be subject to change, regardless of the decisions that may come from the Department of Health or the governor\u2019s office on the status of indoor sports after we release our plans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The plan that the NJSIAA released last month outlined a Dec. 3 start for practices and Dec. 21 as the first competition date. This is the second of four seasons on the calendar (instead of the usual three), designed to run through Feb. 17. Season 3, for fall indoor sports that couldn\u2019t be played in Season 1, will run from Feb. 16-April 24.<\/p>\n<p>Governor <strong>Phil Murphy<\/strong> this week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/highschoolsports\/2020\/11\/rules-for-njs-interstate-indoor-sports-ban-for-youth-hs-heres-what-we-know-and-dont-know.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">banned all interstate travel for indoor sports<\/a> from youth through high school levels. Maguire acknowledged the challenges that come with winter sports, especially hockey and swimming, where many schools neither own nor control the facilities needed for practice and competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of these indoor sports are based on third-party facilities, so a lot is about getting feedback from schools about who\u2019s going to have access to facilities,\u201d Maguire said. \u201cSwimming pools, ice hockey rinks, that type of stuff. It was also soliciting feedback on facilities on-campus. We have these two seasons carved out and depending on recommendations from the health, what\u2019s a natural fit for our smaller schools. We don\u2019t want to burden a small school by putting too many sports into one season if they don\u2019t have the facilities to offer it on campus. A lot of is geared around facilities and availability to be able to offer it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Through Wednesday, New Jersey has seen 263,000 total cases and more than 14,000 COVID-19 deaths, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.gov\/health\/cd\/topics\/covid2019_dashboard.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to the state&#8217;s department of health<\/a>. The state has <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/health\/covid-updates-biden-intends-to-begin-working-on-covid-plan-monday\/7765069\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">exceeded 3,000 new cases<\/a> in three of the last five days, including a high of 3,877 new cases on Tuesday. 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