Families,
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz issued Executive Order 20-103 which extended and modified Executive Order 20-99. Within this order, the governor established Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, as the date for the return of in-person high school and youth sports. Sports programs will initially be limited to practice only with the start date for competition to be determined later.
At its Dec. 4, 2020, meeting, the Minnesota State High School League’s Board of Directors approved a flexible model to begin winter sports when permitted by the State of Minnesota. In alignment with the Executive Order, and in using the approved model created by the Return to Participation Task Force, Minnesota State High School League winter seasons will begin as follows:
- Gymnastics, Girls and Boys Basketball, Girls and Boys Hockey, Wrestling, and Girls and Boys Alpine Skiing may begin in-person practice on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021.
- The Dance season may resume in-person practice on Jan. 4, 2021.
All practices will start on Jan. 4, please see details below about the first day of practices. Reminder that all schedules can be found on https://www.mnriverconference.org/public/genie/28/school/4019/
Boys Basketball:
- 9th Grade Tryouts will be Jan. 4th from 9:00am-12:00pm, from then they will practice from 3:00-4:00 most days. Some students may be asked to tryout with the 10th-12th graders after the first day.
- 10th-12th grade tryouts will be Jan. 4th-6th at 5:30-7:30 M,T, and W.
Girls Basketball:
- All grades will go from 3:00-5:30 on Jan. 4th. From there all levels will continue to practice together in the JV/V time slot on the website. We will try to have 3 levels for girls basketball this year.
Boys Hockey:
- All grades will go from 3:30-5:00 on Jan. 4th at Richfield Ice Arena. The rest of the schedule will be posted online
Dance:
- All levels will go from 2:00-4:00 on Jan. 4th.
Fencing:
- Details will be communicated with families that have registered for the activity.
Co-ops:
- All Co-op information will be communicated through the lead co-op school
PLEASE GET REGISTERED AND HAND IN YOUR PHYSICALS VIA EMAIL SO OUR COACHES CAN GET MORE COMMUNICATION OUT TO YOU AND YOU ARE ABLE TO PRACTICE ON THE FIRST DAY.
GO STARS!
Darin Keizer
Athletic Director