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Cheshire Football Players Upset Over Decision to Cancel Season
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...
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CIAC and DPH Meet About Football Options
The CIAC and DPH met Friday to discuss ways student athletes could play football with mitigation strategies.
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Players, Parents Rally to Save High School Football in West Hartford
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…
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Players, Parents Rally to Save High School Football in West Hartford
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.
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Berlin Football Team Leads Youth Flag Football Camp
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…
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Berlin Football Team Leads Youth Flag Football Camp
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.
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CIAC Final Decision on High School Football
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.
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CIAC Cancels Full Contact Football For Fall Season
The CIAC announced its decision to cancel full contact football for the fall sports season. Coaches and players reacted to the news.
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CIAC Lays Out Plan for Fall School Sports
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…
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CIAC Update on Fall Sports
CIAC releases critiera for changing fall sports schedule.
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CIAC Says Reconditioning for Fall Sports Can Resume
Starting today, student-athletes will be able to restart conditioning that was underway as of July 6.
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CIAC Meets With Department of Public Health
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.
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Players and Parents Concerned After CIAC Pauses 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…
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Players and Parents Concerned After CIAC Pauses Fall Sports
CIAC pauses all fall sports a day after receiving recommendations from the Department of Public Health.
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CIAC Pauses Fall Practices
The CIAC announced a decision on Friday to pause all fall sports practices and conditioning programs.
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CIAC Unveils Plans For Fall Sports Season
The CIAC released its plan today detailing what the season could look like this fall.
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Parents and Students React to CIAC Fall Season Plan
Parents and students reacted Friday to the CIAC plan to go ahead with a fall sports season.