ciac fall season

The Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) and the state Department of Public Health (DPH) are encouraging student-athletes and their families to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Both the CIAC and DPH want student-athletes to have the ability to stay on the field and in the classroom this fall, they said. Officials said those who are 12 and up have the ability…

The Connecticut Public Health College Corps program, which is a joint collaboration between the university and the state Department of Public Health, aims to address vaccine hesitancy among those ages 18 to 24, and offers Connecticut college students a chance to earn up to $550 a week.

Friday night was supposed to be Cheshire’s first game of the season. Instead, the field is empty. But every player and every team across the state is hoping for a chance to play. For the Cheshire Rams, it’s another night of practice, and still, no one knows where it’ll lead. “Obviously our hopes for our senior year, just to...

The CIAC and DPH met Friday to discuss ways student athletes could play football with mitigation strategies.

Many Connecticut high school student-athletes gathered in West Hartford to make their objective clear: they want to play full-contact, 11-on-11 football this year.

Just 24 hours after finding out that the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference canceled full-contact high school football, Berlin football players were helping with a youth flag football program. Flag football is moderate risk because of the limited contact. “It helps in some ways just getting involved with the sport still and just knowing that you’re doing something to help the…

Just 24 hours after finding out that the CIAC canceled full-contact high school football, Berlin football players were helping with a youth flag football program.

Many Connecticut high school student-athletes gathered in West Hartford to make their objective clear: they want to play full-contact, 11-on-11 football this year. “Let us play”: Players, parents and coaches chanted that refrain loudly as the group marched from Blue Back Square to Town Hall in West Hartford. The Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference announced Friday that it was canceling full-contact…

With today’s decision, coaches and athletic directors have another decision to make. Whether to go forward with the proposed version of football, which could be a 7 on 7, non contact variation of the game or cancel altogether.

The CIAC announced its decision to cancel full contact football for the fall sports season. Coaches and players reacted to the news.

CIAC releases critiera for changing fall sports schedule.

CIAC held a news conference Thursday morning to discuss their updated Fall sports plan. This news conference comes after the chair of the Connecticut High School Football Coaches Association confirmed high school football was back on in Connecticut this fall. CIAC Executive Director Glenn Lungarini said the organization will be reaching out to football coaches to discuss the minimum number…

Starting today, student-athletes will be able to restart conditioning that was underway as of July 6.

The meeting lasted more than two hours over Zoom. The purpose of the meeting was for the CIAC to gain a better understanding for the change in the DPH’s position regarding fall sports.

Disappointed and confused: that’s the reaction from parents and players of high school sports just hours after the CIAC decided Friday to pause all fall sports until at least Aug. 24. The CIAC says it will take time to meet with the Department of Public Health (DPH) to review the recommendations they sent the CIAC Thursday. In those recommendations, the…

CIAC pauses all fall sports a day after receiving recommendations from the Department of Public Health.

The CIAC announced a decision on Friday to pause all fall sports practices and conditioning programs.

Parents and students reacted Friday to the CIAC plan to go ahead with a fall sports season.

The CIAC released its plan today detailing what the season could look like this fall.