On the chance that spring sports happen in Nevada high schools, it’s likely they would be played without crowning a state champion.
The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association, the governing body for high school sports, is still holding out hope sports can resume, Executive Director Bart Thompson said today in a letter to member schools. If they do, it is “anticipated in all spring sports, there will be no state tournament,” he said.
Gov. Steve Sisolak has ordered that schools stay closed until at least April 30. If schools reopen on May 1, athletics would resume on May 7 or 8, Thompson said.
Team sports would go straight to a regional tournament, with contingencies for travel and class schedules. In this scenario, the season would end by May 16.
“These are contingency plans and not absolute by any means,” Thompson said. “Adjustments can and likely will be made.”
The few NIAA member schools in California — Needles High School is the closest to Las Vegas — will not participate in spring sports at all this year, as part of their state’s directive.