Central Georgia Sports ReportComment

Central Georgia high school and college plans regard activity cancellations and suspensions (Monday update) (Copy)

Central Georgia Sports ReportComment
Central Georgia high school and college plans regard activity cancellations and suspensions (Monday update) (Copy)

          So much has changed in the past several days regarding schools, athletics, and COVID-19.

          Announcements last week were almost outdated within 24 hours. Thus, Sunday night was time to take another look at the status of Central Georgia schools and athletics.

          GHSA programs can compete, but the association recommended to be off until March 27 at the earliest. It doesn’t appear as though any games are scheduled, but communications aren’t clear when things are normal.

          Plans will no doubt change, especially considering the CDC’s announcement Sunday imploring no gatherings of 50 people or more for eight more weeks. Many things can change by noon Monday.

          Several Facebook posts and accompanying releases were confusing and unclear. Many school websites are of little help in general.

          The accompanying list is simply the school being closed and all activities suspended until further notice. Many districts have online class capabilities and are using them. “Closed” does not mean “off.”

          And some periods off/closed include spring break.

          Email corrections or updates to centralgasports@gmail.com.

 

Update

GHSA: Recommends no competition until March 27

GISA: No competition until April 10

GAPPS: No competition until April 10

 

Baldwin County: Closing Tuesday through Friday, then making a decision

Bleckley County: Closed until April 13

Bibb County: Normal Monday and Tuesday, closed the rest of the week

Crawford County: Closing Tuesday until April 13

Dodge County: Normal schedule

Dooly County: Closed until April 6

Dublin: Closing Tuesday to March 27

Hancock County: Closed this week

Houston County: Closed Monday until further notice

Jasper County/Monticello: Closed this week

Jones County: Closed this week

Laurens County: Regularly scheduled off on Monday, resuming classes Tuesday, normal schedule until further notice

Macon County: Closed Tuesday until further notice

Monroe County: Closed this week

Lamar County: Closed this week

Peach County: Normal schedule

Pulaski County: Closed this week

Putnam County: Closed this week

Taylor County: Closed this week

Twiggs County: Normal schedule, board meeting Monday

Upson County: Closed through Friday

Washington County: Closed Monday and Tuesday

Wilkinson County: Normal schedule Monday, off the rest of the week

 

ACE: Closed Wednesday through Friday, followed by spring break next week, then a normal schedule.

Brentwood: Closed through April 10

Central Georgia Arts: No info

Covenant: Closed Wednesday through April 6

CFCA: Normal schedule

FPD: Closed this week

Fullington: Closed through March 27

Gatewood: Closed until April 6

GMC Prep: Closed through March 27

John Hancock: Open Monday, closed through March 27

John Milledge: Closed Tuesday until further notice

Mount de Sales: Closed Wednesday through March 27

Piedmont: Closed this week

Stratford: Closed Wednesday until further notice

Tattnall: Closed Monday, normal schedule Tuesday

Trinity Christian: No info

Westfield: Closing Wednesday until April 6

Windsor: Closing Wednesday until further notice

 

Colleges

CGTC: Closed through March 27

Fort Valley State: Closed through March 27

Georgia College: Closed through March 27

GMC JC: Closed through March 27

Mercer: Closed through April 3

Middle Georgia State: Closed through March 27

Wesleyan: Closed until March 22

GCAA: Suspended to April 3

Peach Belt: Cancelled the rest of the 2019-20 season, ala spring sports

Southern Conference: Suspended through March 30

SIAC: Cancelled the rest of the 2019-20 season, ala spring sports

SSAC: Suspended until March 25

 

Pro/Other

Macon Mayhem: SPHL season is cancelled

 

Friday

          Update: By all accounts, nearly all Central Georgia public high schools are going with the GHSA’s plan to suspend competition for two weeks, with several school closures of varying time frames.

          School do have the ability to resume competition before March 27, a date of note from the GHSA.

          The Sports Report will offer updates for any programs that do seek opponents before then.

          More Central Georgia high schools have made public on social media their plans in light of the GHSA’s recommendation to suspend activity for two weeks.

          Schools should email their plans to centralgasports@gmail.com so this can be updated throughout the day and alert, in one location, parents and fans about what games/events may take place.

          Dublin, as of a Facebook post at 8:24 a.m., was still in session.

          Monticello is “business as usual,” according to AD Matthew Martin (@CoachMartin99), and has room for baseball and track.

          Rutland’s Friday baseball game against Central is still on, first pitch at 5 p.m.

          Tattnall Tweeted around 8 a.m. that soccer against visiting Pacelli for Friday was cancelled, but baseball at home against ACE at 7 p.m. was still on.

          Bleckley County’s boys soccer team will play Montgomery County at 7 p.m. Friday.

          GMC Prep is open to play, but Saturday’s soccer matches against Portal and ACE have been cancelled

          Bibb County released a statement at 10:20 a.m. that Friday’s action can go on as planned, but would revisit the situation on April 3, when the county’s spring break (March 30-April 3) concluded.

High Schools (as of Friday, 2:30 p.m.)

Dodge County: events suspended until March 27

Houston County: events postponed until March 27

Jones County: cancelled for two weeks

Mary Persons: events suspended until March 27

Mount de Sales: suspended for two week

Perry: events suspended until March 27

Putnam County: operating as usual

Upson-Lee: County schools closed Friday through Tuesday, evens cancelled/postponed

Washington County: school closed through March 17

 

Colleges

GMC: suspended until March 30

 

     

 

 

 

From Thursday night’s story, only in The Sports Report

          Central Georgia Tech’s visit to the national junior college men’s basketball tournament is on hold, the National Junior College Athletic Association announcing a postponement for Division I and II men’s and women’s basketball until tentatively April 20.

          The Division III tournaments are underway, and will conclude early, on Friday.

          The GHSA announced in a late afternoon Tweet that it was postponing state literary meets on Saturday and March 21, and it was recommending a suspension of spring activities until further notice.

          “The regular season belongs to the schools themselves,” executive director Robin Hines said in a release. “We can only recommend that they suspend playing. The final decision will rest with the local school systems, but we hope they heed the Governor’s and the GHSA’s recommendations.”

          That means the decision for regular-season competition is up to schools and school systems. The GHSA technically can only cancel or postpone championship events.

          The literary meet is expected to be made up, and Hines the GHSA will follow the recommendation of Gov. Brian Kemp and suspend championship competition for two weeks, and issue an update on March 27.

          The GISA has suspended all activity beginning Saturday through April 10.

          The Georgia Association of Private and Parochial Schools is postponing events scheduled through March 21 with plans to reschedule.

          The Southern States Athletic Conference, home to Middle Georgia State, is suspending action until March 25.

          The Southern Professional Hockey League, home to the Macon Mayhem, is suspending the season, at least indefinitely, and “will continue to monitor” developments over the weekend.

         

          The Southern Conference finally released a statement at 7 p.m., that competition has been halted until the end of March, but teams may practice, according to the Charleston Post & Courier.

          The Bears were to host the Mercer Bears Classic softball tournament this weekend, and the baseball team was to welcome Bradley for three games starting on Friday.

          The Linger Longer Invitational golf tournament at The Landing at Lake Oconee, co-hosted by Mercer, was scheduled for March 20.

          Georgia College postponed Friday’s softball doubleheader and weekend baseball series with UNC Pembroke. That’s the only information from GC.

          The SIAC said it is cancelling “all spring athletic and championship events” for the rest of the academic year, but that “all athletic related events including, but not limited to, practices and spring football exhibitions will be suspended until further notice.”