While school sports have started again in the state of Illinois, student athletes are under different very different rules, while gymnasiums that are usually jammed with people rooting on their favorite team, games are being played to empty bleachers with no cheerleaders and parents relying on local radio stations to keep up with the action or in area’s without a media presence, social media.
Masks were worn at all times by players, coaches, and a limited number of fans since…25 to 50 spectators, depending on the region’s COVID-19 metrics. There was no jump ball to start the game, because of COVID-19 guidelines, the ball started with the visiting team inbounds pass.
109th District State Representative Adam Niemberg (R-Dieterich) says while it is good to see games being played once again, its frustrated to see the empty gymnasiums…
