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BREAKING: Houston-area districts extending closures until mid-April

Joshua Koch
Mar 16, 2020

School closures are going to extend past this week.

With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announcing stricter social distancing guidelines amidst the Coronavirus outbreak and the President of the United States Donald Trump sharing on Monday that Americans should not gather in groups of 10 or more people, Houston-area school districts are reacting.

On Monday afternoon, school districts including Houston's largest in Houston ISD, Humble ISD and Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District, started announcing extension of current closures until Friday, April 10. New Caney ISD extended its closure through April 19.

"The district is taking this action as a precautionary measure and in coordination with Houston area efforts to mitigate the impact of COVID-19," according to a statement by New Caney ISD. "All extracurricular activities, athletics events, and community events held in district facilities through April 19 are postponed. Classes are set to resume Monday, April 20, after the district's scheduled spring break."

#HISD has extended its districtwide closure through Fri. (4/10). The district is scheduled to reopen on Mon. (4/13). The district will re-evaluate on Mon. (4/6) to determine whether a longer closure beyond 4/10 is necessary. Updates available at https://t.co/PCjq3QkzUB pic.twitter.com/wbEZjafWnl
— Houston ISD (@HoustonISD) March 16, 2020

Klein ISD, Galena Park ISD, Friendswood ISD, Fort Bend ISD, Alvin ISD and Conroe ISD made similar announcements. It is expected that the majority of Houston school districts will close until April 10, pushing the education to online only.

With this newest development, the cut into the spring sports seasons goes even deeper, now wiping out a majority of the baseball and softball seasons.

"We would come back and basically have four district games left," New Caney baseball coach Austin Hall told VYPE in a phone interview. "I know our Athletic Director Brent Sipe, he does a great job, I'm sure he's on the phone with the UIL trying to make plans. My thing right now is I just want our seniors to have one more shot, whether that's one game or four games. I want them to be able to play again.

"It's not like college, you can't grant these kids an extra year of eligibility at the high school level. You just want the kids to play as many games as they can but at the same time you have to be safe. You have to do what's best for everybody."

It also pulls into question if the soccer playoffs will indeed start on April 14, which was the new start date the University Interscholastic League released on Friday. There were some soccer teams that hadn't fully completed their district slate as of the suspension of play. The newest cancellation of extra-curricular activities could also impact track & field district meets as well.

The closures will also cut into the possibility of area football teams holding spring practice. Some schools choose to hold spring football practice instead of starting on August 3. Those teams instead start a week later in the fall on August 10.

The situation continues to be a fluid one and the UIL has stated that they will continue to update their website, which was updated on Monday afternoon cancelling even practices at a statewide level through March 29.

"I've reached out to a couple of other districts and they're kind of in wait-and-see mode," Hall said.




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VYPE Houston Preseason Public School Baseball Rankings

Matt Malatesta
Joshua Koch
24 Feb, 2021

Diamond dreams were crushed last season as just a handful of games were played due to COVID-19. Over the past 10 months, players, coaches, and fans have stewed on what could have been. Well, the wait is over so Let's Play Ball!

Here are the 2021 VYPE Houston Preseason Public School Baseball Rankings!

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DFW Boys Hoops: Area Round

Stephen Peters
24 Feb, 2021
DFW Boys Hoops Playoff Outlook

Just like the girls playoff schedule, the boys schedule is a bit out of sync across the state thanks to the winter storm that blew through last week.

In some areas of the state, teams have already advanced to the third round while most of the state is waiting to play the Area Round, including some Metroplex teams that were just able to play their Bi-District games earlier this week.

The Area Round is about to get underway, and here are the matchups featuring DFW teams.

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DFW Girls Hoops: Regional Quarters

Stephen Peters
24 Feb, 2021

It's been a topsy-turvy last couple of weeks for basketball across the state with the crazy winter weather that completely shut down everything.

With that, basketball - both boys and girls - was held up for the most part with some games able to play. But to that end, there is quite a snafu of scheduling alignment.

Some of the girls brackets are already into the Regional Finals. Some of them just got down with the Area Round. Things will normalize, but things are definitely out of whack.

Here are the girls playoffs at a glance for DFW-area teams, which are all in the regional quarterfinals.

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