Football Done Until September

The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) weighed in on Governor Bill Lee’s June 29 prohibition against large gatherings and contact sports until August 29.
“We are working with the governor’s office to ensure that our member schools are in compliance with the executive order in regards to athletic participation and contact sports,” began TSSAA Executive Director Bernard Childress.
“While the governor’s order is in place, member schools cannot have any competition or scrimmage with other schools and cannot have close contact activities during their fundamental practice in the sports of football, 7-on-7 football, girls soccer, wrestling and basketball.
“Based on the extension of the governor’s order, football and girls’ soccer cannot begin their seasons as originally scheduled. We are in the process of developing regular season and postseason options to present to the TSSAA Board of Control for their consideration. The board will ultimately make the decision as to how this will impact the postseason and if any adjustments can be made to regular season competition.”
If football can begin in September, Bolivar Central will miss out-of-region games against Freedom Prep and Memphis Kirby, while Middleton will have to do some shuffling to keep their region scheduled intact as they are scheduled to face Collinwood, a region opponent, on August 21.