SPECTATORS AND PARENTS

• Must conduct daily symptom assessments for COVID-19 before each practice or game.
• Anyone experiencing symptoms for COVID-19 must stay home and follow state and CDC guidelines for quarantine before returning to games and practices. *
  • ​CDC COVID-19 symptoms
• AWAITING COVID-19 TEST RESULTS: If participants, their immediate family members, or anyone living in the same household are awaiting results of a COVID-19 test, the participant and their immediate family members, and anyone living in the same household must not attend practice or games.
• Practices - attendance restrictions for practice days
  • Only one parent/guardian is allowed per participant for all PRACTICES.  We are asking that siblings of participants not attend league practice or skills and scrimmage sessions.
• Game Days - attendance restrictions for game days.
  • Royal Redeemer Lutheran Church - no more than one parent/guardian per participant.
  • Turningpoint Church - no more than a total of three parents/guardians and siblings per participant .
  • West Chester Nazarene Church - no more than two parents/guardians and the participant siblings. 
  • Other relatives who are not guardians or parents (grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.) and friends should not attend games.
  • A parent who has been approved as a coach by the league and is assigned to a team does not count toward the game day attendance.
• **Please note that games originally scheduled for January 9th, 2021 will now be played on March 6th, 2021.**
• Participants, spectators, and coaches should not enter game day facilities more than 10 minutes before their designated game time.
• Participants will go directly to the court as we will not have pre and post game rooms. 
• Six-feet social distancing must be maintained between individuals/family groups for practices and games.
• No congregating before or after practices or games is permitted.
• Spectators must always wear face coverings except for any of the allowable exceptions stated in the Director’s Order for Facial Coverings throughout the State of Ohio.
  • Spectator guidelines from the state of Ohio​
• Parents/Guardians should watch the CDC video “Youth Sports Recommendations: Reduce the spread of COVID-19” with their participant to help educate participants on how to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.  
  • Youth Sports Recommendations to reduce the spread video
• Parents/Guardians shall identify players at higher risk of developing serious complications from COVID-19, such as those with asthma, diabetes, or other health problems, and in conjunction with the coach take extra precautions to protect them.  Parents/Guardians in these circumstances should consider waiting to play until the 2021-2022 season.

PARTICIPANTS, COACHES, OFFICIALS AND VOLUNTEERS:

• Must conduct daily symptom assessments for COVID-19 and temperature check before each practice or game.
• Anyone experiencing symptoms for COVID-19 must stay home. * 
  • CDC COVID-19 symptoms.
• No congregating before or after practices or games by players, coaches, or officials is permitted.
• Coaches and volunteers must always wear face coverings.  Officials must wear face coverings when not actively officiating. and warm-up.  If officials are able to wear a face covering during active officiating than it is preferred.
• Referees will be provided hand held whistles.
• Coaches must participate in COVID-19 education developed by the Ohio Department of Health.
• Participants are not required to wear face coverings during practice or games however, the state of Ohio guidelines outline that participants must wear face coverings when on the bench if they are not on the court during games.​
• Coaches will hand out game day stars at the next practice following the game.
• Coaches must designate an assistant coach to help monitor/ ensure social distancing. 

EQUIPMENT

• Equipment will be cleaned and disinfected after practices and games.
• Extra practice and game day supplies to minimize the need for sharing (e.g. rotating sets of basketballs between practices and game, one time use player match up straps rather than sweatbands, pinnies only used by one player and washed after each practice.

FACILITIES/VENUES

• Time allotted between practices and 30 minutes between games and skills and scrimmage sessions to allow teams and spectators to exit facilities prior to new teams and spectators arriving and for proper sanitizing for shared spaces and high-touch surfaces (benches, equipment, etc.).
• Pre and post-game rooms will not be used and participants will report directly to the court for games, practices and scrimmages.
• Teams will be limited in size to allow for social distancing while on the bench during a game.

SUSPECTED AND CONFIRMED CASES

• We will follow guidelines as outlined by the Ohio Department of Health, Butler County Board of Health and the CDC for reporting, contact tracing and returning to play.
• Please see the COVID-19 case procedures page when determining next steps.

REFUNDS

• We will provide a full refund if the league season is cancelled  on or before November 29th, 2020 or if the skills and scrimmage camp is cancelled on or before November 1st, 2020 due to COVID-19 state guidelines.  After those dates a sliding scale may be applied up until the first game of the season.

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* Per CDC, COVID-19 symptoms include fever or chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, and diarrhea. This list does not include all possible symptoms. CDC will continue to update symptoms as more is learned about COVID-19. CDC’s list of COVID-19 symptoms and a “self-checker” is available at the CDC website. 


UPDATES TO PROTOCOLS FOR THE LEAGUE

• 1/25/21 - updated the page to include procedures for positive tests.
• 1/13/21 - added language to clarify what should occur if a participant, immediate family members, or those living in the same household are awaiting test results must not attend practices or games. 
• 1/12/21 - updated the game day attendance restrictions to specifically outline other relatives and friends should not attend games and that a parent who has been approved as a coach by the league and assigned to a team does not count toward the game day attendance.
• 1/10/21 - updated the spectator policy at Turningpoint Church from one parents and two siblings per participant to read no more than three total of parents/guardians and siblings per participant.
• 1/10/21 - Added information to outline that participants, spectators, and coaches should not enter game day facilities more than 10 minutes before their designated game time.
• 12/15/20 - added a notation that games for January 9th, 2021 will now be moved to March 6th, 2021.
• 12/11/20 - removed that participants could only play in multiple games per day if it was against the same opponent and is now in line with the Health Director's Order dated 9/25/20 and OHSAA Member School Administrator Update dated the same.
• 12/11/20 - Removed the requirement that on court referees from "must always" wear to "preferred" if they are able.  Officials may be involved in strenuous physical activity during live game play.  This is in line with the recommendations from OHSAA for basketball.
• 12/11/20 - Added links to the document to make it easier for parents to reference material sited on the website.

Guidelines follow information provided by the Ohio Department of Health, Butler County Board of Health, and the CDC. 
​The guidelines below are subject to change.

Please read and understand these guidelines BEFORE REGISTERING
​as they include practice and game day policies. 
Determine if these guidelines are something that can work with your specific situation. 
We know this season is different from any season any of us has experienced and presents challenges. 
Your registration is your agreement that you will abide by these guidelines.