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No Alternative Football Season For Valley Regional High School
The Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference's Board of Control has canceled the 2021 alternative football season.
ESSEX, CHESTER, DEEP RIVER CT, — According to an article written by Sean Patrick Bowley, on Gametime CT’s website, the alternative 2021 football season has been canceled by the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference’s Board of Control.
The article states, “After officially canceling the 2020 fall football season due to its status as a “high risk” sport, on Sept. 29 the CIAC announced plans for an alternative football season.
That was two months before the CIAC announced it would be postponing the winter season into January, following state guidance.
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Now, with a state moratorium on the playing of high-risk sports until after the end of the winter season on March 28, and the Board of Control’s determination to conduct a full spring season, the window of opportunity to conduct an alternate football season was deemed too narrow.”
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