SDHSAA Approves Fall Sports To Begin On Time

On Wednesday, in a special meeting of the South Dakota High School Activities Association Board of Directors, the board voted unanimously to approve the task force’s recommendation to start Fall sports and activities on time.

Soccer, Girls Tennis, Competitive Cheer and Dances’ first allowable practices can begin on August 3rd, Nine-Man and Class 11B football on the 6th, the remaining football classes and Boys Golf on the 10th, plus Cross Country and Volleyball on the 13th of August. Those are the earliest dates for the respective activities to begin.

There was also lite discussion about fan attendance and SDHSAA Executive Director Dan Swartos reiterated it would be left up to local districts and schools to administer what they feel is correct for their facilities with the ongoing pandemic.