North Hills Coach Tests Positive For Coronavirus

ROSS TOWNSHIP, PA — A North Hills High School boys basketball coach has tested positive for the coronavirus. The coach was last with the varsity boys basketball team on Jan. 9, received a positive test result on Monday.

The entire varsity boys basketball team roster, which includes 12 student-athletes, and one North Hills School District staff member have been instructed to quarantine on the advice of the Allegheny County Health Department for 10 days from Saturday, the date of exposure.

The varsity boys basketball program is shut down during this time and scheduled to resume on Jan. 20.

The shutdown also impacts the district’s JV and ninth grade boys basketball programs, both of which were scheduled to begin practices today, Jan. 11. These programs will now begin on Jan. 20.

Jan. 20 is also the return-to-school date for the 12 student-athletes and one staff member now in quarantine.

The positive coach was at the district’s youth basketball program, Little Dribblers, on Saturday morning but was wearing a mask at all times, as was everyone in attendance. The coach was also able to maintain a safe social distance from others due to the manner in which the program is run.

The Allegheny County Health Department has advised no further quarantine orders.