By Matt Smith As August nears its close, Pennsylvania is the only state without a concrete plan for high school sports in the fall. That is finally expected to change. The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA), the governing body of high school sports in the Commonwealth, will hold a Board of Directors meeting Friday to… Read More
High school referees waiting, some withdrawing, as possible season nears
By Matt Bufano Being a high school referee is challenging under normal circumstances. It could be simultaneously rewarding and thankless, as the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association — the state’s governing body for such activities — warns online applicants that the job demands cognitive and physical sharpness. “The job is not for the faint of heart,”… Read More
PIAA Willing to Go Ahead With Some Fall Sports Not Others PIAA Representative Tells WITF Radio
By Chris Rossetti There is a chance that some high school Fall Sports could be played while others might not be played, according to PIAA Associate Executive Director Melissa Mertz. Mertz, during an interview with the program Smart Talk on WITF Radio out of Harrisburg Monday, said, in an answer to a listener’s question, that… Read More
PIAA executive director lobbies Athletic Oversight Committee for fall sports season, spectators
By Edward Sutelan The PIAA’s efforts to convince the Pennsylvania state government to approve of the start of fall sports came to the PA Athletic Oversight Committee on Tuesday. PIAA Executive Director Robert Lombardi said that based on data that has come in through prescreening in the state compiled by member schools during the voluntary… Read More
PIAA moving forward with fall sports season? Oversight Committee seems to think so
By Brian Linder As a meeting between Governor Tom Wolf’s staff and PIAA officials loomed Friday, another group worked its way into the discussion regarding whether high school athletics should take place in Pennsylvania this fall. And while no word has yet to be given from the scheduled meeting between Wolf and the PIAA, the… Read More
Hope keeps high school athletes, coaches going amid fall-season uncertainty
By Terry Toohey Will Higson and roughly 30 of his Haverford High football teammates went through a grueling, 45-minute workout under a blazing sun Monday afternoon. Normally, Higson and his teammates would have worn helmets for this training session, as Monday was supposed to be the first day of the PIAA’s week-long heat acclimatization period… Read More
Academy Park becomes first Delaware County high school to cancel fall sports
By Matt Smith There will be no fall sports at Academy Park in 2020. After Southeast Delco School District’s board of school directors voted last week to approve an all-virtual educational plan for the fall marking period, the school district followed Monday with the announcement that it would suspend all sports this fall. Southeast Delco… Read More
We need COVID answers before football begins
By Mike Mayer, Webmaster I have been following high school football in Delaware County since 1995 and have audio broadcasted over 250 high school football games in that time. I am always excited when August comes around and I get to focus on the start of a new football season. As I watch the U.S…. Read More
PIAA dropped ball by not making a firm decision on fall sports
By Matt Smith The PIAA kicked the can back to Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf when the commonwealth’s governing body for high school athletics announced in a statement Friday that it had reached no solution as to how to proceed with fall sports. if you’re angry, good. You deserve to be. Yes, Wolf and politicians in… Read More
PIAA votes to delay fall season by two weeks, leaving plenty of questions
By Neil Geoghegan The ongoing saga between Governor Tom Wolf’s administration and the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) concerning the future of athletics this fall is showing no signs of abating. A day after Wolf unveiled a “strong recommendation” that all high school sports be postponed until 2021 due to safety concerns from the COVID-19… Read More
