CHESHIRE/LYME/OLD LYME — Connecticut’s governing body for school sports, the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC), issued a statement yesterday evening saying that after, “… positive discussions with the Connecticut Department of Public Health [DPH], the CIAC Board of Control voted at its Sunday meeting to restart conditioning for all fall sports.”
The CIAC had suspended conditioning Aug. 14 .
The statement added, “On Saturday, August 29, schools may begin non-contact sport specific skill work,” but specified, “Both conditioning and skill work are to take part in small cohorts in adherence with guidance from the National Federation of State High School Associations and the DPH.”
Conducting conditioning and sport specific skill work as non-contact and in small cohorts is classified as low risk regardless of the sport.
Significantly, the statement notes, “The Board of Control has determined that any fall sport that is cancelled will not be played at a later time during the 2020-2021 school year,” stressing, “… the plan will remain fluid.”