Wait continues for new guidance on high school competition as state warns against travel for youth sports
The head of California’s Health and Human Services Agency hasn’t offer yet promised new guidance for high school and youth sports competition, but he did deliver a message Friday, Nov. 13, for athletes and families traveling out of state for games. California joined forces with Washington and Oregon on Friday to urge against travel and to recommend visitors or those returning home from travel outside these states to self-quarantine for 14 days to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The advisory comes as many youth and club teams in California are traveling out of state for games, which have been prohibited in the state since Aug. 3. “If a family is going to take the risk and travel out of state to compete or practice for a youth sport or any sport, we’re asking them, first off, not to do that, to make the decision to stay local, stay home,” Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly said Friday during a media briefing about the coronavirus pandemic. “(If) you make that d...