[ad_1]
Sign Up Today and Support Local Journalism
Enjoy more articles from Butte’s Most Trusted Information Source. Subscribers can log in for unlimited digital access
Helena Capital’s Josh Lee tackles Great Falls Andrew Almost for no gain during Friday’s game at Vigilante Stadium. The Bruins defeated the Bison 31-21.
HELENA — The Class AA football season will likely start later than expected as all nonconference games are going to be canceled, multiple sources confirmed to 406mtsports.com Thursday.
And that decision is going to impact more than just football.
“Right now there is a proposal that will be in front of the MHSA to eliminate nonconference games for all sports except golf,” Helena Public Schools activities director Tim McMahon said. “We will keep the (golf) schedule but we would drop to one-day events instead of two-day events.”
Superintendents, athletic directors and county health officials all played a part in the decision, which still needs approval from the MHSA to become finalized.
The Class AA athletic directors voted to approve the changes Wednesday.
“Basically, we are requesting that under the MHSA’s reopening plan, we go from Tier I to Tier II,” McMahon said.
“The MHSA board oversees both postseason and regular-season play,” MHSA executive director Mark Beckman said via phone. “I’ve heard that’s what they want to do but it’s tentative until they have MHSA board approval.”
The Class AA football season was scheduled to start with nonconference games Aug. 28. Now, nonconference contests in all sports will be canceled and football would start no earlier than Sept. 11.
[ad_2]
Source link