Memo

TO:                  CIF SAN DIEGO SECTION PRINCIPALS/ ATHLETIC DIRECTORS

 

FROM:            JOE HEINZ, COMMISSIONER

TODD CASSEN, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER

 

SUBJECT:       CIF SAN DIEGO SECTION UPDATE

 

DATE:             FEBRUARY 21, 2021 (REVISED 02-22-2021)

San Diego Section Leaders:

 

Based upon guidance released from the state on Friday, February 19, 2021, we wanted to provide you an update to the Master Calendars for both our Season 1 and Season 2 Sports moving forward.

 

Season 1 Sports:

 

Cross Country: With the current guidance not permitting more than two teams to participate in a contest, we are unable to see any pathway in which we would be able to host a championship event for our section. We will continue to work with our Conferences to look at all possible options to provide a culminating event for their leagues and conferences, with the last day of possible competition date of Saturday, March 27th.

 

Field Hockey: We opened the season of sport on Monday, February 1st in the Purple Tier and have yet to reach the Red Tier that would allow for competitions under the current guidance. Practices will continue through Thursday, February 25th. After this date, contact-based practices and competitions will be permitted to begin when the county of school residence reaches an Adjusted COVID Case Rate equal to or less than 14 per 100K. The current end date for Field Hockey is March 20th.

 

Football: After meeting with the section’s Conference Presidents and Football Coaches Advisory Committee we have made the following adjustments to our Master Calendar:

 

First Day of Practice: Friday, February 26, 2021, **(Contact based practices would not be permitted until the county of school residence reaches an Adjusted COVID Case Rate equal to or less than 14 per 100K)

 

First Possible Scrimmage: Thursday, March 11, 2021

 

 

 

 

 Boys’ and Girls’ Wrestling: We are currently unable to officially open the Seasons for any indoor sports.

 

Yellow Tier                    Indoor Sports of Boys’ & Girls’ Basketball, Competitive Sport Cheer, Boys’ Volleyball,

 

We will continue to hold the potential First Day of Practice as Saturday, March 13th should any adjustments be made to the State’s Guidance or County Tier status.

 

Reminders:

1. All Teams may continue to follow the Out of Season guidance (CIF-SDS Bylaw 600.2 or CIF State Bylaw 501 G) as they await the opportunity to officially begin their

 

2. Even when the San Diego Section has determined the official start date to open a Seasons of Sport, each individual member school or district may elect to open their seasons on a later

 

3. We are awaiting additional information on the required COVID Antigen/PCR Testing for the sport of Football & Water Polo. Once we have any additional information, we will send

 

4. For additional information please review the Updated Youth Sports Guidance, released by the State of California Health Department on February 19, 2021, please click below:

 

February 19th CDPH Youth Sports Guidance

 

We will be hosting a virtual Commissioners Access Meeting on Monday, February 22, 2021, 4:00 p.m., where we will review this information further and respond to any questions you may have moving forward.

 

Thank you, and please do not hesitate to contact our office should you have any questions.

 

 

 

Respectfully, Joe Heinz

CIFSDS Commissioner

 

 

 

 

CIF- San Diego Section 3470 College Avenue San Diego, CA 92115

Office: 858-292-8165 Fax: 858-292-1375

 

 

 

 

CIF Staff

Mr. Joe Heinz                                                                                                  Mr. Todd Cassen

Commissioner                                                                           Assistant Commissioner

JHeinz@cifsds.org                                                                   TCassen@cifsds.org

 

 

Ms. Stacy Candia                                                                                            Mr. Ron Marquez

Executive Administrative Assistant                                             Operations and Events Coordinator

          SCandia@cifsds.org                                                                           RMarquez@cifsds.org