Foothill League sports, which encompass the William S. Hart Union High School District athletics, are expected to begin Friday with soccer and a limited number of fans are set to be allowed to attend.
Sports are able to return to the Hart District as long as certain protocol is followed as set by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH), according to officials.
“We are all so excited to see our student-athletes on campus practicing and we are happy that they will get to compete this year after all,” said Hart District Director of Human Resources, Equity Services, and Athletics Dr. Mariane Doyle. “It is with that spirit that we extend as much as we can within the limitations and challenges we have been presented. We are grateful for the understanding of parents and the community as we continue to do our best to serve the students, and we will continue to monitor county and state guidance on observers and capacity limits.”
Outdoor Sports in Red (Substantial) and Orange (Moderate) Tiers may hold competitions, regardless of county tier status, if respective county COVID-19 adjusted case rate is equal to or less than 14 per 100,000, according to the California Interscholastic Federation.
Los Angeles County has met the threshold to start qualifying for the State’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy less restrictive red tier that allows for additional re-openings.
As of this week, L.A. County’s adjusted case rate dropped from 7.2 new cases per 100,000 people to 5.2 new cases per 100,000 people, according to LACDPH officials.
The protocol specifies that the only observers allowed to be in attendance at any league sporting event are from the competing athlete’s immediate household, according to officials.
Everyone entering the athletic facility is expected to be screened for Covid-19, which includes a survey and having their temperature taken, according to officials.
In addition, each household must be separated by six feet, wear masks and “refrain from shouting, sing, or chanting,” according to officials.
The State also has guidelines limiting the percentage of occupancy on a school campus and in an indoor gymnasium.
This, in addition to the Youth Sports Protocol, requires an overall limitation for observers per student-athlete to a maximum of two spectators per game, according to Hart District officials.
Each athlete is expected to be allowed six family members on an entry list, from which the two observers who will be allowed into the game can be cleared upon entry, according to officials.
No children will be allowed on the list as they would not be attending for supervision purposes, Hart District officials said.
“So, for example, Johnny Smith is a football player and has his mother, father, stepmother, stepfather, grandmother and grandfather on his list. At the entry gate to the stadium on game night, two of those family members will be allowed into the stadium,” the protocol said.
Only athletes, coaches, select game management and cheerleaders can be allowed on the field.
No observers can be allowed onto the field, even after the game is over, according to officials.
Athletes are required to stay six feet apart and wear masks while not engaged in active competition.
The sidelines on the football field have been expanded for this reason, and spaces like dugouts are not expected to be available for use, according to officials.
Baseball and softball players are expected to occupy socially distanced space in the stands, yet another reason why facility space is limited for observers, according to officials.
Anticipating a season of sports where all three seasons have been condensed into one, Hart District administrators are setting up supervision plans and working with their site teams to manage welcoming back athletics and students to campus simultaneously as they anticipate reopening schools for instruction on March 29th.
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