The Alaska School Activities Association, the governing body for Alaska’s school co-curricular activities, in-conjunction-with the Governor of Alaska, Alaska Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Adam Crum and Alaska’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink, has released the details to the ASAA plan for high school basketball, cheer and student government events in the near future.
Billy Strickland, ASAA Executive Director,
REGIONAL/CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT COVID-19 ADVISORY
To reduce the possibility of spreading Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), the State of Alaska has issued the following advisory related to ASAA regional/conference basketball tournaments currently being held March 10-14:
People who have any of the following criteria should avoid attending the regional tournaments:
• Persons aged over 60 years;
• Persons with underlying medical conditions, such as heart disease, lung disease, diabetes; OR
• Persons who have symptoms of an acute respiratory illness or fever.
We encourage people who are unable to attend in-person to watch webcasting, where available.
Conference tournaments being held after March 14 are postponed.
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT POSTPONEMENTS
The ASAA/First National Bank Alaska Basketball State Championships and Cheer State Championships will be postponed until further notice. Additionally, ASAA has cancelled the Spring Conference of the Alaska Association of Student Governments (AASG) to be held at Mt. Edgecumbe High School in Sitka.
The decision on whether or not to cancel the basketball and cheer championships will be made at a later time.
Further details will be available following an emergency meeting of the ASAA board on Wednesday night.
Continue to check our sports page at www.radiokenai.com for updates.