Ronster23 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Well, are Spring sports over? https://www.cbs19.tv/article/news/health/coronavirus/uil-cancels-all-events-through-may-4-further-cancellations-possible/501-728646d0-dc92-45ad-a90e-02bde74e9bd4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportsfanatic1 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 59 minutes ago, Ronster23 said: Well, are Spring sports over? https://www.cbs19.tv/article/news/health/coronavirus/uil-cancels-all-events-through-may-4-further-cancellations-possible/501-728646d0-dc92-45ad-a90e-02bde74e9bd4 UIL sets May 4 as potential return to competition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonDellaRosa Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Not yet. They have given themselves a month from now to see how things are going. If we get to April 20th and it is not trending in a positive direction, I think that is when they will pull the plug. It would be difficult for baseball and softball, especially baseball, to get done in a timely fashion -- mid-Juneish. But if everyone got back at it on May 4th, you could finish the boys basketball tourney, do the full soccer playoffs and golf, track and tennis before the end of the end of the month. Baseball and softball are going to end up being winner-take-all games in each round so they can do multiple round of the playoffs per week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allheartnoquit Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 6 hours ago, JasonDellaRosa said: Not yet. They have given themselves a month from now to see how things are going. If we get to April 20th and it is not trending in a positive direction, I think that is when they will pull the plug. It would be difficult for baseball and softball, especially baseball, to get done in a timely fashion -- mid-Juneish. But if everyone got back at it on May 4th, you could finish the boys basketball tourney, do the full soccer playoffs and golf, track and tennis before the end of the end of the month. Baseball and softball are going to end up being winner-take-all games in each round so they can do multiple round of the playoffs per week. I agree 100 % and you are right about baseball and softball they will go to the basketball format 1 game and play Monday/Tuesday and then round 2 Friday/Saturday. What is going to hurt baseball and softball is the rain if something gets rained out or we get a #### load of rain in may It is going to be tough to finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniballer Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 My concern after the layoff is the health of pitching arms. I am not sure about all kids, but I am sure a lot of them are not throwing during this break and would be at risk when we ramp up to two playoff games a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonDellaRosa Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 I talked to a softball coach and they said they could see softball doing it where Monday/Tuesday is bi-district, Wednesday/Thursday is area, Friday/Saturday is region quarterfinals. Apparrently the UIL is waiving the weekly game requirements once they get back to action, so something like this would be feasible. I think you are underestimating the kids staying ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportsfanatic1 Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Gotta give it to the UIL in this one they are trying. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flukeshot Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 16 hours ago, JasonDellaRosa said: Not yet. But if everyone got back at it on May 4th, you could finish the boys basketball tourney I think that would be a farce, playing it after no games for two months and minimal practice. Would rather they just call it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportsfanatic1 Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 35 minutes ago, flukeshot said: I think that would be a farce, playing it after no games for two months and minimal practice. Would rather they just call it. Good source. That's not happening. Baseball is the difficult one, it may be one gamers from start to finish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darktower Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 what I am hearing about baseball and softball is they are hoping to hold district tournaments and top 4 go to playoffs then will have to play single game series with two rounds per week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObiOne Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 2 hours ago, flukeshot said: I think that would be a farce, playing it after no games for two months and minimal practice. Would rather they just call it. A farce would be flipping a coin for the winner. Playing the game is the only way it should be settled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonDellaRosa Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 You've got a 25 percent chance of winning the state title -- 50-50 in the case of the 1A and 3A teams -- and you tell me those kids wouldn't play without a practice or any games. They got that far, they want to finish it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronster23 Posted March 21, 2020 Author Share Posted March 21, 2020 On 3/20/2020 at 1:20 AM, JasonDellaRosa said: Not yet. They have given themselves a month from now to see how things are going. If we get to April 20th and it is not trending in a positive direction, I think that is when they will pull the plug. It would be difficult for baseball and softball, especially baseball, to get done in a timely fashion -- mid-Juneish. But if everyone got back at it on May 4th, you could finish the boys basketball tourney, do the full soccer playoffs and golf, track and tennis before the end of the end of the month. Baseball and softball are going to end up being winner-take-all games in each round so they can do multiple round of the playoffs per week. I figure softball and baseball could do say one or two day district tournament to determine playoff seeding...thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steeler Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Baseball and softball could possibly do tournaments throughout the playoffs. District, Region, State. Double elimination for district. Single elimination for region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagleborn Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Am I the only one that thinks everything will be a wash? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWBears01 Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 25 minutes ago, Eagleborn said: Am I the only one that thinks everything will be a wash? No. I see no way they will take any risk whatsoever. They will err on the side of caution. I’m just hoping we have football season 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trueblue82 Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 48 minutes ago, Eagleborn said: Am I the only one that thinks everything will be a wash? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betweentheposts Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Eagleborn said: Am I the only one that thinks everything will be a wash? There is a good chance the year is over. When the Governor waived the state test that changed everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RETIREDFAN1 Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 5 hours ago, Eagleborn said: Am I the only one that thinks everything will be a wash? Nope.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flukeshot Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 23 hours ago, JasonDellaRosa said: You've got a 25 percent chance of winning the state title -- 50-50 in the case of the 1A and 3A teams -- and you tell me those kids wouldn't play without a practice or any games. They got that far, they want to finish it. Oh, I'm sure the players and coaches would be keen to play given the opportunity. I'm just giving my opinion, after two months of rust it would be a joke to suddenly play out those final games. I do not think the season can be completed in any credible way now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportsfanatic1 Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 12 hours ago, Eagleborn said: Am I the only one that thinks everything will be a wash? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagleborn Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 3 hours ago, BoHogg said: You're not the only one. Not only is sports a wash, so is the school year. Will finish school stuff online. Been homeschooling mine on my week off. Golf for math, tv on mute with closed captioning for readying.... built a fire for science.. history channel for history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniballer Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 While I applaud TAPPS and the UIL for having great plans in place and preparing multiple options in case we return to action, I just do not see us playing again. Believe me, I hope this is not the case, but the liability all of these schools face if they bring kids back to early is going to force them to play it more than safe. I hope I'm wrong, but common sense tells me we are done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parisian Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 The 2019-20 school year was officially over when state testing was waived. Districts will pretend to transition to online learning but the digital divide will make that impossible to enforce. I don't see anything approaching a normal graduation ceremony this year. We're all hoping for miracles, but for now, miracle thinking could be a return to normalcy in time to stage a 2020 football season which, if my math is correct, is on the clock as 133 days away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniballer Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 As the parent of a senior, we have really had to consider all that this effects. Prom, Graduation, Athletic Gala, etc. In addition, we (she) was set to try out for cheer at Mississippi State in May, which has now been postponed/rescheduled. Lots of changes, but we are going to make it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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