{"id":91180,"date":"2020-11-10T13:51:35","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T18:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=91180"},"modified":"2020-11-11T08:34:20","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T13:34:20","slug":"ofsaa-cancels-all-winter-high-school-championships-and-festivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/ofsaa-cancels-all-winter-high-school-championships-and-festivals\/","title":{"rendered":"OFSAA cancels all winter high school championships and festivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Huntsville High School athletes have a very different season ahead.<\/p>\n<p>The Ontario Federation of Secondary Athletic Associations (OFSAA) announced last week that its 2021 events in the following sports would be cancelled: snowboarding, alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, curling, girls volleyball, boys basketball, hockey, swimming, and wrestling.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;After a meeting of our Return to Sports Working Group in recent days, OFSAA&#8217;s Executive Council determined that the current reopening regulations within the province have not progressed to the point where our winter championships and festivals can take place,&#8221; the organization said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>OFSAA&#8217;s Return to Sports Working Group is comprised of school administrators, teachers, a director of education, a public health official, and OFSAA staff, and said it will continue to monitor the feasibility of OFSAA spring events.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement didn&#8217;t come as a surprise, noted HHS athletic director Ross Clarke. Post-secondary sports organizations Ontario University Athletics (OUA), University Sports Canada (USports), and Ontario College Athletic Associations (OCAA) all cancelled both fall and winter sports programs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;OFSAA followed suit. It was kind of predictable that was going to happen especially with the hotspots in the province because an OFSAA event brings people from across the province,&#8221; said Clarke.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, board-level direction for schools within Trilliums Lakelands District School Board mean that there are no field trips, and therefore no competitive travel for sports, noted Clarke.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There aren&#8217;t going to be any sports teams at Huntsville High School over the winter,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Our fingers are crossed that conditions will improve and that the school board is going to lessen the precautions that we are taking right now. So far I think staff and students are doing a pretty good job at keeping safe and a lot of energy and time is being put into it inside the buildings&#8230; But the only hope we have for any sports for the school year would be the spring sports.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Students across the province are faced with the same disruption to their high school and post-secondary athletics careers. If restrictions are lifted in time for fall sports to proceed at a post-secondary level, high school students graduating this year could face a &#8220;double cohort&#8221; scenario, said Clarke. &#8220;Moving into next fall, our grade 12s might be faced with competing with those students who had already graduated [last year but deferred acceptance for a year] trying out as first-year athletes. It could make it very competitive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Those who do want to continue with their chosen sport beyond high school will have to be &#8220;very self-motivated,&#8221; said Clarke. &#8220;There are certain sports that just aren&#8217;t running in the community either&#8221; while others are running in a limited capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Some students have created their own, unsanctioned training opportunities, getting together outside of school.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re hopeful [for spring sports],&#8221; said Clarke. &#8220;We look forward to giving back to sport and coaching kids after the school day is over.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox three times per week!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Huntsville High School athletes have a very different season ahead. 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