After receiving the go ahead from the Illinois Department of Public Health to start playing high school sports in regions that have reached Phase 4 mitigation status, the Illinois High School Association Wednesday released its schedule for its each sport for the remainder of the school year.
Boys and girls basketball teams can start playing games from now until March 13 provided they have completed seven days of practice.
Football practices can start on March 3 with the season to start the weekend of March 19.
Wrestling is pushed back to April with matches concluding on June 12.
There will be no state series for basketball, football or wrestling.
Generational athlete at Calhoun, Nelson revives hope for senior seasons
Greg Shashack, gshashack@thetelegraph.com
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Calhoun’s Corey Nelson (33) shoots over a pair of Raymond Lincolnwood defenders during the Warriors’ victory in a Class 1A regional championship game last season in Raymond.Greg Shashack | The TelegraphShow MoreShow Less
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Calhoun’s Corey Nelson delivers a pitch to the plate during his sophomore season in a game at Greenfield. After losing his junior season to cancellation because of COVID-19, Nelson wants back on the mound as a senior this spring.Greg Shashack | The TelegraphShow MoreShow Less
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Calhoun’s Corey Nelson eyes a free throw in a Class 1A regional game last season in Raymond.Greg Shashack | The TelegraphShow MoreShow Less
Former EHS All-Stater winding down Tennessee career
Former EHS standoutsetting her sights ahead
Pete Hayes, phayes@thetelegraph.com
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University of Tennessee swimmer Bailey Grinter, a senior from Edwardsville, warms up prior to a race earlier this month against Kentucky in Knoxville, Tennessee.Photo by John Golliher | Tennessee AthleticsShow MoreShow Less
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Bailey Grinter swims the backstroke during final session of the 2020 SEC Swimming and Diving Championships at the James E. Martin Aquatics Center in Auburn, Ala.Photo by Andrew Ferguson | Tennessee AthleticsShow MoreShow Less
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Bailey Grinter is making the best of an unusual situation as a senior on the University of Tennessee swim team. And she said all things considered, it’s been as normal as she could make it.
Wallace hopes colleges hear of sweet secret in Alton
Greg Shashack, gshashack@thetelegraph.com
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Alton’s Germayia Wallace (left) takes the ball to the basket against Edwardsville’s Elle Evans during a Jan. 24 game last season at Edwardsville. Wallace, who averaged 15.7 points a game as a junior, sits and waits on the fate of her senior season with the Redbirds.Matt Kamp / Hearst IllinoisShow MoreShow Less
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Alton’s Germayia Wallace (4) goes in for a layup off the break as a sophomore in a game against Calhoun at the Jersey Holiday Tournament in Jerseyville.Greg Shashack / The TelegraphShow MoreShow Less
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