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Portsmouth Public Schools suspends conditioning, practices due to rising COVID-19 numbers in region
Adam Winkler
and last updated 2020-12-16 16:11:38-05
Portsmouth Public Schools is suspending all athletic practices and conditioning beginning Thursday, December 17 due to rising numbers of COVID-19 cases in the Hampton Roads area.
The suspension will last through winter break, December 21 through January 1. Athletic practices can resume on Monday, January 4, 2021, PPS said in a statement.
âThe Hampton Roads athletic directors met recently, and we agreed to delay the beginning of basketball until January 11, said Vincent Pugh, the school system s athletic director. That said, this is an evolving situation that we must monitor daily so that decision may be revisited if positivity rates do not subside.