Texas UIL suspends all interscholastic compe ion until May 11

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM THE UIL:

AUSTIN, TX— On the recommendation of Dr. David Lakey, Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services, and in consultation with Texas Education Agency Commissioner Robert Scott, the University Interscholastic League is altering its schedule of events due to the outbreak of the swine flu in Texas. Effective immediately, all UIL interscholastic compe ion is suspended until May 11.

“The health and safety of our student activity participants is of the utmost importance,” said UIL Executive Director Dr. Charles Breithaupt. “Taking every possible precaution to prevent the further spreading of this disease is an important contribution to the welfare of our great state, and altering the schedule of our events is a way to keep our participants safe.”

As this is a fluid situation, the UIL tentatively releases the following schedule for UIL regional and state events affected by this situation.

Academic State Meet
The UIL Academic State Meet, originally scheduled for May 7-9, will be rescheduled at a later date. The Conference 4A and 5A One-Act Play compe ion will continue as previously scheduled on May 15-16. All other conferences competing in One-Act Play will be rescheduled. A schedule of the Academic State Meet, including One-Act Play, will be posted on the UIL web site once finalized.

Texas State Wind Ensemble Festival
The Texas State Wind Ensemble Festival, originally scheduled for May 9, has been cancelled. The UIL staff will consult with the 16 participating schools to determine whether or not to reschedule the event at a later date.

Regional Track Meets cancelled
All UIL regional track meets originally scheduled for this weekend, May 1-2, have been cancelled. The state track and field meet will be extended to a three-day format to include semifinal heats. The meet is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, Friday and Saturday, May 14-16.

Semifinal qualifiers will be based on the district track meet results.
Each region will be represented at the state meet by the top four performances in each event for all conferences. Hand-held times will be converted to fully automatic times as defined by the National
Federation of State High School Association rules. A revised track and field state meet schedule will be posted on the UIL web site no later than Friday, May 1. Qualifiers to the UIL state track and field meet will be posted on the UIL web site on Wednesday, May 6.

Golf State Tournament
The UIL golf state tournament will take place at the previously scheduled times beginning May 11.

Tennis State Tournament
The UIL tennis state tournament will take place at the previously scheduled times beginning May 11.

Baseball and Softball
No interschool games will take place until May 11 for either softball or baseball. Below is an altered playoff schedule for both sports.

Softball Baseball
District Certification April 28 May 19
Bi District Deadline May 16 (1 game or 2 out of 3) May 23 (1 game or 2 out of 3)
Area Deadline May 19 (1 game only) May 26 (1 game only)
Regional Quarterfinal Deadline May 23 (1 game or 2 out of 3) May 30 (1 game or 2 out of 3)
Regional Semifinal Deadline May 26 (1 game only) June 2 (1 game only)
Regional Final Deadline May 30 (1 game or 2 out of 3) June 6 (1 game or 2 out of 3)
State Tournament June 4-6 June 10-13

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This is some big news.

[iilluzioN]

wow, I think the media is hyping this up quite a bit....

Do people know that 36 thousand people die every year in the US from the REGULAR FLU?

I guess they stoped this because if someone does infact get the Swine flu... they would blame it on the officals and they are simply playing it on the safe side.

[CharlieMac]

You know, I worked a track meet twice within the past month, and this is pushing it. the shot put is probably the most used object there and it's nothing some Purell can't handle.