Several Kentucky schools have decided to temporarily halt summer athletic workouts due to coronavirus concerns.
Last week, head coach Andrew West announced that Phelps was shutting down football workouts for 14 days. West advised anyone who had been around the football field to self isolate for two weeks.
I spoke to Coach West this morning and he gave the following statement about the decision to temporarily stop workouts:
We shut down because there may have been some kids exposed to the virus outside of football. This was a precaution that we needed to take to prevent any of our players from transmitting the virus because we don’t know who the carriers are. We had a lot of restrictions and guidelines in place already (such as one player in the locker room at a time) and followed the KHSAA guidelines but once I had heard of a potential case and a player being exposed to it, I had to call it. My staff and I hope that everyone involved is taking the necessary steps to protect themselves and others. We have not had anyone that had been to conditioning that tested positive for the virus yet. We’ll be back at it on July 8th and we’ll see how it goes from there.
Also last week, Clay County High School decided to shut down summer workouts for all athletic programs.
Here is an excerpt of a report from Nolan Media Group:
All sports activities within the Clay County school system have been shut down upon recommendation of the health department, according to CCHS Athletic Director Tommy Nicholson.
The A.D. notified coaches Wednesday night of the postponement that will halt all activities for one COVID cycle.
There are rumors that at least one other Kentucky high school plans to stop workouts for 14 days, but that is still unconfirmed.
UPDATE: Russell High School baseball is shutting down for 14 days due to potential COVID-19 exposure:
Hank Bond
Russell Baseball: Sorry to inform everyone but a player at practice tonight has was in contact with someone who tested positive for CovID. Per schools guidelines we have to shut practice down for 14 days. A sad thing for these young people and the program.
Here’s a release from Russell’s superintendent:
Statement from Russell superintendent Sean Horne pic.twitter.com/a61wlcezbN
— Zack Klemme (@zklemmeADI) June 30, 2020
