Fall sports cancelled in two counties

Greene and Sumter counties cancel fall sports

Two counties in alabama cancel sports for the first 9 weeks of the school year.

This includes volleyball, cross country... and football.

Vo: sumter and green counties announced monday sports are done for first 9 weeks.

The high schools affected are sumter central high school and green county high school.

The two have no north alabama schools on their schedule.

I reached out to tim hall with madison county schools, he says quote we are following guidelines set by the cdc and the aldama department of health, along with ahsaa.

We will continue to follow those safety guidelines unless otherwise directed.

On cam: i spoke with other coaches who tell me it's not surprising some schools are opting out of parts of the season.

Since, this year there's no penalty for not playing games because of the ongoing pandemic.

So, all north alabama schools are business as usual for now.

Monday teams practiced in helmets for the first time.

It's been an offseason like long time decatur head coach, jere adcock, has never seen.

Coach says getting back into a football routine feels good.

"it's always exciting, especially when you see the young guys come out and get reps with the 1s and 2s, it's exciting to see those guys."

Decatur opens up the 2020 campaign august 20, a thursday nigh matchup with russellville.

Reporting for waay 31 sports im lynden blake.