WSJM's local and regional sports update for Friday, February 5, 2021...

 

WSJM's local and regional sports update for Thursday, February 4, 2021...

 

Lakeshore senior Brock Strebeck, a caddie at Point O' Woods Golf and Country Club, has earned the prestigious Evens Scholarship from the Western Golf Association.  Phil McDonald talk with Brock about the honor...

 

WSJM's local and regional sports update for Wednesday, February 3, 2021...

 

Let Them Play, Inc., the Michigan Amateur Youth Hockey League, and a group of parents of Michigan high school student athletes have filed a complaint against Michigan Department of Health and Human Services director Elizabeth Hertel.

The complaint is seeking a reversal of the ban on winter contact sports in Michigan due to COVID-19. It alleges violations of the United States Constitution, Michigan Constitution, and/or Michigan state law. The violations in the complaint include violation of Equal Protection, violation of Procedural and Substantive Due Process, violation of the Right to Free Assembly, violation of the Right to Free Education, violation of the Michigan Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act, and violation of the Administrative Procedures Act.

On behalf of the plaintiffs, attorney Peter Ruddell says student athletes engaged in sports is healthy for the students and causes no harm to the community at large for the spread of COVID-19. In asking the MDHHS to allow all sports to begin practice and competition, he referenced COVID-19 test results from student athletes in the recently concluded fall sports post season tournaments. As part of the pilot program, 99.8% of tests came back negative. He also referenced the fact that Midwest states, especially states bordering Michigan, have been conducting winter contact sports successfully.

Ruddell says the complaint has the best interest of Michigan’s high school student athletes in mind and that participation in high school sports is good for their mental, emotional, and physical health. They would like MDHHS to allow winter contact sports to commence practices and competition as soon as possible.

The complaint was filed in the Michigan Court of Claims this morning (Tuesday morning). There is no timeline as to when it will be heard in court or when there might be a resolution.

You can listen to this morning’s news conference below…

 

WSJM's local and regional sports update for Monday, February 1, 2021...

 

 

 

We talk Lake Michigan Catholic Girls Basketball, St. Joe Boys Swimming/Diving, and Benton Harbor Girls Basketball this week on The Coaches...

 

 

WSJM's local and regional sports update for Friday, January 29, 2021...

 

Michigan High School Athletic Association Executive Director Mark Uyl with where things stand on winter contact sports...

 

WSJM's local and regional sports update for Thursday, January 28, 2021...