001good evening players parents fans and community of columbia unit school district number four my name is scott horner athletic director here at columbia unit school district four i would like to provide an update from the athletic department in regards to return to sports here at cusd4 as many of you know the ihsa has just recently released a timeline for sports and their return and as of right now this is all the information that i have available exact schedules dates and times are being formulated and i hope to have that information available in the upcoming days there's not a perfect plan available but is my hope that we spend our energy on what is good about the plan and keep in mind that sports are back here in columbia let's be encouraged by the news here's
002the timeline for columbia middle school volleyball season games can begin the week of february first as we have already began tryouts this week with an end date of march 6th boys basketball games will begin the week of february 8th with an end date of march 13th with girls basketball to follow shortly after that track and field at the middle school level is still undetermined at this point but we are hopeful that we will have a season for middle school track and field the timeline for sports at columbia high school as complicated as it is winter sports which include cheer basketball and bowling may begin practices as soon as possible with contests beginning seven days after each player has practiced in each one of those seven days with an end date of march 13th traditional fall
003sports at columbia which i must add will include no state series also basketball in the winter sports will have no state series as well as bowling with cheer being virtual again traditional fall sports will have no state series which include boys soccer football and volleyball for boys soccer start date is march 1st for practice with games beginning again after each athlete has had seven practices with an end date of april 17th football may begin practice on march 13th with an end date of april 24th games beginning on march the 19th volleyball can begin practice on march 8th games may start seven days after that with an end date of april 24th again let me repeat traditional fall sports there will be no state series boys soccer start date march 1st end date april 17th football
004march 13th end date of april 24th volleyball march 8th with an end date of april 24th that moves us to our traditional spring sports which include baseball softball track and field and girls soccer all of those sports state series is to be determined the ihsa is working very hard to figure out a possible schedule as to when there could be a state series for those traditional spring sports of baseball softball track and girls soccer knowing that they did not have a state series last season their start date is april the fifth again beginning game seven days after that with an end date of june the 19th players and parents please keep in mind that should your season start soon you will still need to have a physical waiver in concussion form and for the high
005school athletes a drug consent form on file in the office before you may begin practice or tryouts updates will be made available as we get them on the athletics website you can also find updates on the ihsa website at ihsa.org and of course we will post as many of those updates as possible on all of our social media channels expect information in the coming days in regards to spectator limitations and other covet guidelines those items are still to be determined also remember that all this information on season start dates will only be pertinent should region 4 move to tier 1 or phase 4 mitigation currently we are in tier 2 mitigation where we can have no athletic contests outside of girls and boys bowling because they are a low risk sport stay tuned for updates
006as they become available feel free to reach out to the athletics office at 618-281-2512 and i will give you as much information as i have thank you you