{"id":196795,"date":"2020-04-15T10:17:27","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T15:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=196795"},"modified":"2020-04-20T11:54:18","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T16:54:18","slug":"ndhsaa-extends-spring-sports-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=196795","title":{"rendered":"NDHSAA extends Spring Sports Suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-114902\" src=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NDHSAAlogo1-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NDHSAAlogo1-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NDHSAAlogo1-431x291.jpg 431w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NDHSAAlogo1-260x175.jpg 260w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NDHSAAlogo1.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>BISMARCK &#8211; The ND High School Activities Board met Tues April 14 via conference call.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights of the Meeting included:<\/p>\n<p>The Board voted to<a href=\"https:\/\/ndhsaanow.com\/news\/1695\/ndhsaa-board-synopsis-april-14-meeting\"> extend the indefinite suspension of Spring Sports <\/a>in accordance with Governor Burgum\u2019s Executive Order 2020-10 requiring the closure of all public and non-public K-12 school facilities indefinitely, as well as Federal social distancing guidelines. Winter Basketball State Tournaments and Fine Arts contests also remain suspended indefinitely. The Board of Directors will re-evaluate on May 1, 2020 with the resumption of Spring Sports, Winter Basketball State Tournaments, and Fine Arts Contests to be considered only if a return to in-person K-12 instruction is imminent.<\/p>\n<p>The Board approved a Combined Tournament Committee recommendation to move 2020 spring sports state tournament sites to 2021 in the event the Spring 2020 seasons are canceled. 2021-2027 spring state tournament sites would also be moved to 2022-2028 on the 7-year site rotation.\u00a0 Bismarck was also added as a host site for future State Volleyball Tournaments. The Bismarck Event Center is scheduled to host the event for the first time in November 2021. A list of approved NDHSAA State Tournament Sites through the 2027-28 school year can be found here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ndhsaa.com\/calendar\/tournament-sites\/approved\">https:\/\/ndhsaa.com\/calendar\/tournament-sites\/approved<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An ad hoc committee reviewing potential esports regulations met on April 7, 2020.\u00a0 The committee will meet again in May and will have a recommendation for the full Board of Directors at the regularly scheduled June meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Follow NDHSAA on Twitter at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ndhsaa\">@NDHSAA<\/a>\u00a0and visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ndhsaanow.com\/\">www.ndhsaanow.com<\/a>\u00a0for the latest NDHSAA sports and activities news from around the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BISMARCK &#8211; The ND High School Activities Board met Tues April 14 via conference call. Highlights of the Meeting included: The Board voted to extend the indefinite suspension of Spring Sports in accordance with Governor Burgum\u2019s Executive Order 2020-10 requiring the closure of all public and non-public K-12 school facilities [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":114902,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=196795"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197153,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196795\/revisions\/197153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/114902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=196795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=196795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=196795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}