Amid uncertain circumstances, the 2020 football season for North Idaho high schools kicks off Friday night with nine games in the region. Whether the season will finish while the pandemic rages on is still anyone’s guess.

Colton's across-border football move to play this fall holds statewide significance amid the coronavirus pandemic.

By Moscow-Pullman Daily News

All across the country, high school administrators are faced with a difficult decision – whether to allow students some sense of normalcy and return to athletic competition, while trying to decide whether it's safe to conduct in-person instruction in the classrooms, as the pandemic continues to rage on.

Hayden’s Ella Wilson and Pinehurst’s Braylyn Bayer took top honors at the Idaho State Junior Amateur earlier this week at Pinecrest Golf Course in Idaho Falls.

Spokane’s Justin Krasselt and Amanda Nguyen and Chewelah’s Anna Davis captured WJG state championships Friday in their age groups at Manito Golf and Country Club.

There are no easy answers when it comes to dealing with the complications of the pandemic that is rocking the nation. Nowhere is that sentiment more true than whether to send kids back to school and extracurricular activities. 

Weaver, who begins training camp this week, recently signed rookie four-year contract worth a reported $3.4 million.

Eric Ansett, the Fairways. The Fairways, Eric Ansett.

Late Tuesday, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association released a set of revisions to the four-season sports calendar it announced on July 21.

Bayley’s game and, perhaps more importantly, mindset have been trending upward for months. It started with his quality play on the Outlaw Tour in Arizona before his breakthrough win at the Reno Open in June, which came with a $15,000 check and an exemption into the Barracuda Championship with his room taken care of this week.

On Tuesday, coaches across the state of Washington heard the news they’d been waiting for – since March, really.

Central Valley High’s Kami Twining and Gonzaga Prep’s Tommy Kimmel took top honors in the Washington Junior Golf Association (WJGA) District 5 championships held Monday and Tuesday at Palouse Ridge.

With much of the state still mired in “Phase 2” of Gov. Jay Inslee’s four-phase Safe Start Washington plan in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association on Tuesday announced some drastic changes to the high school sports calendar with the hopes of conducting seasons and culminating events for each of the sports it offers.

The same pandemic-related questions that have bedeviled professional and college sports are front and center for high school administrators across the country – and they are far more complicated.

Former Timberlake and Chewelah football coach Roy Albertson was laid up on a hospital bed on two occasions during his long and successful career, the second ailment more serious than the first.

The Idaho High School Activities Association on Thursday issued guidelines for Idaho schools to begin activities for the start of the 2020-21 school year.

On Tuesday, the Washington Interscholastic Activates Association delayed the start of practices for fall sports until the first week of September, a holdup of more than two weeks from the original starting time for fall practices.

On Tuesday, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association announced it was delaying the start of fall sports practices.