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MHSAA: Football practice may resume Monday, rapid testing begins Wednesday

LANSING — The Michigan High School Athletic Association announced Saturday night that football practice may resume Monday.

In addition, the MHSAA announced that the concluding rounds of the postseason tournaments in football, girls volleyball and girls swimming and diving will all be completed in January.

Football teams may begin two days of outdoor, non-contact conditioning and drills, wearing helmets and shoulder pads with physical distancing, on Monday, in advance of the first round of testing Wednesday as part of an MDHHS rapid testing pilot program. Schools will test players, coaches and other team personnel, with full-contact practice then allowed after a first round of negative results. The testing program will utilize BinaxNOW antigen tests that produce results within 15 minutes.

For football, 11-Player Regional Finals and 8-Player Semifinals will be played Saturday, Jan. 9. The 8-Player Finals and 11-Player Semifinals will be played Saturday, Jan. 16; and 11-Player Finals will be played during the weekend of Jan. 22-23.

Specific plans and dates for volleyball and girls swimming & diving practice resumption and MHSAA tournaments will be finalized and shared with competing schools in early January.

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