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Report: 3 weeks of HS football have been played in Utah without spike in COVID-19 cases
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High school football in Utah has been quite a success, at least after three weeks of data has been acquired.
Utah high schools began playing football on Aug. 14 and will be entering Week 4 of the schedule this weekend. And according to a report from FootballScoop.com, there hasn’t been a spike in COVID-19 cases during that span. Obviously, that’s really good news.
In the report, FootballScoop.com provided a graph showing that there has been no major increase in cases of COVID-19. You can view the graph here.
The high school football season isn’t moving forward without some major adjustments in Utah. Capacity has been limited to 25%, while fans attending must wear masks and be spaced out in the bleachers. Two weeks ago, a game between American Fork High School and Timpview High School was paused by an athletic director because fans were not properly wearing their face coverings.
After a brief break, the game resumed play.
Utah is one of 20 states that have resumed playing high school football this fall. There are others that are scheduled to follow, while a few have already decided to punt until the spring. The states that have played so far include:
So, that means seven of the 11 B1G states are planning to move forward with a fall football season, at least right now. Below is the list of 18 states that played high school football on Friday night, per FootballScoop.com:
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arkansas
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- North Dakota
- Oklahoma
- Ohio
- South Carolina (private schools)
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas (Class 4A and below)
- Utah
- Wyoming
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB