With one crack of his bat, Devan Johnson simultaneously walked off both the St. Pius Sartans and this COVID-tinted high school sports year. The final game in this sprint of…
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Although there were no high school football playoffs, and limited attendance for state basketball and state spirit, the New Mexico Activites Association is not yet operating at a deficit, executive director Sally Marquez said.
But if the current status quo has not changed for 2021-22?
“Next school year, we’ll be OK if we have fans in the stands,” Marquez said. “If we have to go back to limited fans, we will take an additional hit next year.”
The NMAA board of directors last June approved a budget with a projected deficit of $1.6 million for the 2020-21 school year. That budget accounted for no fans for fall and winter sports, Marquez said.