The Ohio High School Athletic Association released Wednesday sport-specific return to play guidelines.
The OHSAA said it is offering the recommendations with the objective of commencing fall sports seasons on Aug. 1.
The OHSAA fully intends to support its member schools and the student-athletes who desire to compete in interscholastic athletics and will continue to assess all areas as more information becomes available.
The Ohio Athletic Conference Presidents Council and its 10-member schools have postponed all intercollegiate competition through Dec. 31, 2020, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
"This is truly unfortunate news for the more than 350 fall sport student-athletes, especially our seniors, who were looking forward to their final season of fall competition," ONU President Daniel DiBiasio said.
"To be sure, such a decision was extremely difficult, and all involved gave it thorough, serious and thoughtful consideration.
Jason Fisher has been named a full-time assistant coach for the Ohio Northern men's and women's track and field teams.
Fisher becomes the first full-time throws coach in ONU history and will work with the team's discus, javelin, shot put and weight throw student/athletes.
He spent the 2019-20 season as a part-time assistant coach for the Polar Bears and will be in his second season at Ohio Northern.
He came to ONU after five seasons as a throws coach for Bluffton University and three more as a throws coach at Parkway High School.
Ada Junior high football conditioning begins Monday July 27, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. and the high school practice field. No need to sign up ahead of time, according to OhioAlerts.
The Ohio Northern volleyball team received the U.S. Marine Corps Academic Team Award from the American Volleyball Coaches Association for the 2019-20 season.
A total of 1,313 teams received the award, initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, which honors volleyball teams that maintain a year-long grade-point average of 3.30 on a 4.0 scale or 4.10 on a 5.0 scale.
Ohio Northern has now won the award 12 consecutive years and 18 years overall.
Senior Maggie Krause (Chagrin Falls/Kenston) was named an All-Academic Athlete and the Ohio Northern women's track and field team was named an All-Academic Team in 2020 by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
Krause is a two-time NCAA All-American in the pole vault and was about to make her fourth NCAA Championships appearance in 2020. She was also named an Academic All-American by the College Sports Information Directors of America earlier this year.
She won the 2019 and 2020 Ohio Athletic Conference titles and ends her career as a five-time All-Region and All-Conference honoree.
