The University Interscholastic League is delaying the start of high school football’s regular season to Sept. 24 for Class 6A and 5A schools with the state championships moved to January.
The change is part of the league’s altered fall sports schedule for the 2020-2021 school year in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
For 6A and 5A schools, the first day of football practice and volleyball practice is now Sept. 7; volleyball’s regular season starts Sept. 14 with state championships Dec. 11-12; cross country meets and team tennis matches start Sept. 7; cross country’s state championship meet is Dec. 5 and team tennis’ state championships are Nov. 11-12.
Schools in Class 4A through Class 1A are remaining on the original schedule. For 1A-4A: football and volleyball practice begins Aug. 3; volleyball’s regular season starts Aug. 10; football regular season’s Aug. 27; volleyball’s state championships are Nov. 18-21; football’s state championships are Dec. 16-19.
The high school football playoffs for 6A and 5A schools are slated for an early December start with the district certification deadline of Dec. 5. For volleyball in these classifications, the deadline is Nov. 17.
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Several school districts across Texas - Houston ISD, Alief ISD, Fort Bend ISD, Conroe ISD and Aldine ISD in the Houston area, among others - already declared it would start the 2020-2021 academic year entirely online. Houston ISD, Alief ISD and Fort Bend ISD stated there would be no extracurricular activities while school is online.
The UIL previously confirmed students entirely enrolled in an online curriculum are eligible for UIL competition, as long as they meet the normal requirements and criteria to take part in extracurricular activities set by local schools and districts.
The UIL’s spring and summer schedules were constantly altered by the pandemic as well.
The league postponed and eventually canceled play for boys basketball, baseball, soccer, softball, track and field, golf and tennis. The UIL’s state boys basketball tournament was four games in before the shutdown.
Strength and conditioning training for teams moved online entirely in the spring with the league not allowing in-person training until June 8 under strict guidelines. Positive COVID-19 cases shutdown various workouts across the state - including in Dayton and Cleveland in the Houston area. Amid the rising number of positive cases across Texas overall, athletics programs postponed workouts from early to mid-July as a precaution.
In comparison with like-minded high school athletics governing bodies in Texas, The Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools delayed the start of fall practice to Sept. 8 with competition beginning Sept. 21 and football season kicking off Sept. 28. The Southwest Preparatory Conference also delayed competition for its schools to Sept. 8 with conference games not occurring until the week of Sept. 21, at the earliest.
The California Interscholastic Federation is delaying its entire high school sports schedule with its football teams set to play its first games in late December or early January.
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