Beshear asks coaches to put student health first, urges schools in ‘red zones’ to follow guidance
By Lisa Gillespie and Melissa Patrick
Kentucky Health News
With at least five Kentucky high school football games canceled due to the novel coronavirus only 11 days after the start of a delayed season, Gov. Andy Beshear said coaches are almost in a sacred position to protect the health of their student-athletes.
“If I was running a high-school program, I would want my team to be getting tested on...
Billy Reed: When my high school granddaughter is playing field hockey, I won’t promise not to worry
This fall my younger granddaughter is playing field hockey at Assumption High School in Louisville. She loves the sport so much that she transferred to Assumption so she could play on one of the state’s best teams.
So far, so good. Her parents, my older daughter and her husband, assure me she is happy and doing well in her new environment. That’s good enough for me because I so much admire them...
Punting the proverbial football: Board sends issue of fall sports for high schools back to KHSAA
By Mark Maynard
Kentucky Today
After an exhausting three and a half hour meeting, the Kentucky Board of Education punted the proverbial football back to the Kentucky High School Athletic Association’s Board of Control on Friday.
The BOE unanimously voted to send a letter urging the KHSAA to consider “additional consideration of alternative options for high-contact sports.”
It would include...
KHSAA board members uphold earlier plan to resume high school fall sports competition in September
By Terry Boehmker
KyForward sports reporter
The Kentucky High School Athletic Association Board of Control upheld its earlier decision to start full-fledged practice in five fall sports on Monday with competition beginning the week of Sept. 7.
During a virtual meeting on Thursday, the board voted 16-2 in favor of its original plan that affects the sports of football, soccer, volleyball, cross country...
Baptist Health Urgent Care locations make sports physicals for athletes easy, cost-friendly
The upcoming school year will have a different look with new rules in place for COVID-19. But among the familiar activities will be school sports. And one of the most important steps for the ongoing health of a student-athlete is a sports physical which is required by most schools.
In its guidelines for the upcoming school year, the Kentucky High School Athletic Association says that students will...
KHSAA extends limited practice restrictions on most high school teams; golf season will start on time
By Terry Boehmker
Special to KyForward
Limited practice requirements placed on Kentucky high school sports teams due to the coronavirus pandemic will remain in effect through Aug. 2, but golf season can proceed as planned.
Those are two of recommendations approved by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association Board of Control on Friday during a meeting in Covington.
Julian Tackett
Golf got the go-ahead...
UK’s Barnhart says ‘safety’ major priority as SEC gives green light to campus workouts starting June 8
By Keith Taylor
Kentucky Today
The Southeastern Conference has given member institutions the green light to allow student-athletes back on campus beginning June 8.
University of Kentucky athletics director Mitch Barnhart said the school will work with local and state officials to make a final determination when student-athletes can return to the school and resume voluntary workouts under “strict...
KHSAA Commissioner Julian Tackett says fall sports could be vastly different for Kentucky’s schools
By Keith Taylor
Kentucky Today
Julian Tackett is hopeful a form of normalcy can be achieved in high school sports this fall.
Tackett, the commissioner of the Kentucky High School Athletic Association, is beginning to see a glimpse of hope that prep sports will be played when school resumes, although he thinks it won’t be the same as last fall.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has forced the KHSAA to...
