The Council of Presidents of the Cascade Collegiate Conference voted today to delay the start of its fall sports seasons until the winter and spring of 2021.\u00a0Southern Oregon University competes\u00a0in the Cascade Conference fall sports of women\u2019s volleyball, men\u2019s and women\u2019s cross-country, and men\u2019s and women\u2019s soccer.<\/p>\n
SOU\u2019s football team competes in the Frontier Conference, which shortened its schedule to eight games last month and is likely to further modify the season based on today\u2019s action from the Cascade Conference.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur focus is on the safety of all students on our campus,\u201d said SOU President Linda Schott, who participated in today\u2019s vote by the Council of Presidents. \u201cWe also feel that this move provides the best opportunity for our fall sports student-athletes to participate in a full season of competition during the coming academic year.\u201d<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Cascade Conference\u00a0suspended all outside competition until at least Nov. 1, but member schools can authorize practices, weight training, conditioning and other team activities that are consistent with guidance from local and state health authorities.<\/p>\n
The conference has member schools for fall sports in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia, Canada. Its geographic reach presents challenges based on the reopening status of each state or province, and the U.S.\/Canadian border remains closed to nonessential travel.<\/p>\n
The Cascade Conference has encouraged the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) to follow suit on the delay of fall sports, with national tournaments rescheduled for next spring.<\/p>\n
Presidents of the Cascade Conference schools have made no decisions about the winter sports of men\u2019s and women\u2019s basketball, and men\u2019s and women\u2019s wrestling, but the schedules of those sports could also be adjusted depending on trends with the pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Council of Presidents of the Cascade Collegiate Conference voted today to delay the start of its fall sports seasons until the winter and spring of 2021.\u00a0Southern Oregon University competes\u00a0in the Cascade Conference fall sports of women\u2019s volleyball, men\u2019s and women\u2019s cross-country, and men\u2019s and women\u2019s soccer. SOU\u2019s football team competes in the Frontier Conference, which shortened its schedule to eight games last month and is likely to further modify the season based on today\u2019s action from the Cascade Conference. \u201cOur focus is on the safety of all students on our campus,\u201d said SOU President Linda Schott, who participated in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3005,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n