The NFHS Foundation has announced a grant program to distribute 5,000 wet bulb globe thermometers to high schools across the country. The $1.5 million program will provide schools with an important tool for minimizing heat-related illness during outdoor activities.
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Boxing coach Steve Ashford will host the No Guts No Glory Amateur Championship boxing event on Saturday for children 8 and older, and for adults of all ages.
Wrestlers from Ketchikan and Mt. Edgecumbe High School compete at the Brandon Pilot Invitational in Juneau earlier this season. (Klas Stolpe) Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The acting superintendent of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District released a statement responding to the warning letter from the Region V Executive Committee of the Alaska Schools Activities Association concerning Ketchikan High School not following the COVID-19 mitigation plans for wrestling events last month.
Acting Superintendent Katie Parrott by email said the district was in “receipt of the warning issued to Ketchikan High School by Region V regarding policy violations at a Ketchikan-hosted regional wrestling event. The District is in the process of gathering information regarding the circumstances of the allegations outlined in the warning letter, and has 30 days to review and respond in writing to Region V’s warning. Once the District completes a
Ketchikan High School warned after five people infected with COVID-19 attended wrestling tournament
Posted by Eric Stone | May 4, 2021
Ketchikan High School. (KRBD file photo)
Ketchikan emergency officials now say at least five people were infected with COVID-19 and contagious during last month’s indoor wrestling tournament at Ketchikan High School. The event has since been linked to at least a dozen new cases across the region, officials say.
The regional governing body for school sports says Ketchikan High School did not test its wrestlers prior to the Bill Weiss Tournament on April 23 and 24.
That’s despite rules requiring them to do so. Region Five of the Alaska School Activities Association issued a formal warning to the high school last week. The organization also said Ketchikan High School had not enforced a mask requirement at the tournament.