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2020-21 Spring Sports

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Spring sports, listed under Season 3 will have practices open on April 12, with the first contests starting April 26.

Regional play is slated for June 14-19 for baseball, softball, soccer and lacrosse. Tennis regional playoffs are extended from June 7-19 to include singles, doubles and team tournaments.

In baseball, softball, soccer and lacrosse, the regional champions advance to the state tournament. State semifinals for lacrosse are slated for June 22, with the state championship game held June 26. State tournament games for the other three sports will be spread out over the week of June 21.

For outdoor track, regional meets will be held June 7-12. The VHSL state championships are slated for June 18-19 under this draft.

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The VHSL on Tuesday updated its guidelines for returning to play in lacrosse and soccer, among others.

Faceoffs and body contact have been reinstituted in boys lacrosse, along with quarters at 12 minutes (instead of 10). Faceoffs had been eliminated and body contact had been deemed illegal, alterations that coaches complained fundamentally changed the game.

In soccer, defensive players will be allowed to form the traditional wall on all indirect and direct free kicks. Opposing players must be least 3 feet away. In the previous guideline, players on both teams had to be at least 3 feet away from each other, eliminating the wall and jostling for position in front of the goalkeeper.

 
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