The Hill School cancels fall sports competitions

The Hill School will not compete in sports this fall, the school announced Friday.

“In light of the current circumstances, we concluded that suspending interscholastic athletics competition – thereby minimizing exposure of our community members to external environments – allows us the best chance to orchestrate a safe campus reopening and maintain healthy, in-person learning throughout the Autumn Session,” read a news release from the school.

The Hill School is the first Mid-Atlantic Prep League school to announce its decision. The move comes on the same day that the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association moved to proceed with fall sports beginning Aug. 24. Hill is not a member of the PIAA.

Hill joins Pottstown, Norristown and Phoenixville (excluding tennis, golf) as local schools who have opted out of interscholastic play.

Hill intends to monitor campus and public health while allowing the possibility of attempting ‘an abbreviated fall season later in the academic year.”

‘We will continue to closely monitor the updated recommendations provided by public health authorities and we will explore opportunities for interscholastic competition when our Campus Wellness Level and external conditions permit – one such possibility includes an abbreviated fall season later in the academic year,” the release stated.

Winter and spring interscholastic sports are not affected at present.

“At this time, our plans for winter and spring interscholastic seasons remain on as scheduled,” said the release. “We will determine each season’s status as it approaches, taking into consideration all health and safety factors at that point in time.”