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Nashua Board of Education OK’s high school, middle school sports plan

By Tom King - Sports Writer | Aug 22, 2020

NASHUA – There will be a full menu of fall high school and middle school sports in the city, barring any change for the worse in the current pandemic.

The Nashua Board of Education, by a 7-1 vote, formally approved a plan presented by Nashua Athletics Director Lisa Gingras to compete in all fall interscholastic sports at the high school and middle school level last week.

Gingras presented a detailed plan that included health and safety protocols, fan participation, etc. The New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association recently set Sept. 8 as the first date for any approved teams to practice, and Gingras now has the go-ahead to begin or continue the fall sports registration process.

Also, once it’s determined what other districts are doing as far as approving partial or full sports programs, she can work with those athletic directors to come up with schedules for the following sports at Nashua High Schools North and South:

Football, golf, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls soccer, field hockey, girls volleyball, and unified sports. Also, slates for the various sports at the middle school level as well, which normally include volleyball, soccer, cross country, etc.

The next step for Gingras is to get the necessary and required information out to students and parents.

“Many students have already registered,” Gingras told The Telegraph last night. “But we need to get preseason night information out in videos; we weren’t able to host those nights because you can’t put 500 people in an auditorium.

“We need to get signups for impact testing. We need to get communication out on what the safety protocols are and what the limits are on attendance at events.”

Fan participation, Gingras said, will be limited,and it will depend on the event and location. The equation will be fan per game participant.

“It could be anywhere from one fan per participant up to four,” Gingras said.

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