by Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi –
Hope for an abbreviated season of high school baseball, softball, soccer and tennis was dashed this month when the Virginia High School League’s (VHSL) executive committee canceled all spring sports and activities for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year.
The committee voted 31-0-1 to cancel the rest of the season due to the ongoing threat of COVID-19.
“This extremely difficult decision was made knowing the great disappointment our student-athletes, academic activity participants, coaches, administrators, parents and their communities will experience. We share those same feelings as well,” said VHSL Executive Director Dr. John W. “Billy” Haun.
VHSL’s crisis management team met in March and delayed until…
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