JLEW1818
4/29/2009, 12:26 PM
Didnt see this posted. The are not messing with the swine flu.
AUSTIN, Texas -- The swine flu outbreak has brought high school sports in Texas to a temporary halt.
The University Interscholastic League has postponed all high school athletic competition until May 11, the organization said on its Web site.
The move cancels the state's regional track championships -- though the state meet, one of the country's largest, is still on schedule for May 13-14 -- and suspends the high school baseball and softball seasons.
The state tennis and golf tournaments are also on hold until May 11, and interscholastic academic events are also being postponed or canceled.
"The health and safety of our student activity participants is of the utmost importance," the UIL's executive director, Charles Breithaupt, said in a news release announcing the decision. "Taking every possible precaution to prevent the further spreading of this disease is an important contribution to the welfare of our great state, and altering the schedule of our events is a way to keep our participants safe."
http://sports.espn.go.com/highschool/rise/news/story?id=4111237
AUSTIN, Texas -- The swine flu outbreak has brought high school sports in Texas to a temporary halt.
The University Interscholastic League has postponed all high school athletic competition until May 11, the organization said on its Web site.
The move cancels the state's regional track championships -- though the state meet, one of the country's largest, is still on schedule for May 13-14 -- and suspends the high school baseball and softball seasons.
The state tennis and golf tournaments are also on hold until May 11, and interscholastic academic events are also being postponed or canceled.
"The health and safety of our student activity participants is of the utmost importance," the UIL's executive director, Charles Breithaupt, said in a news release announcing the decision. "Taking every possible precaution to prevent the further spreading of this disease is an important contribution to the welfare of our great state, and altering the schedule of our events is a way to keep our participants safe."
http://sports.espn.go.com/highschool/rise/news/story?id=4111237