Basketball but no wrestling for Roslyn school district this year

Rose Weldon
The Roslyn school district won't be participating in wrestling this season but has announced measures for its basketball teams. (Photo courtesy of Google Maps)

The Roslyn school district’s athletics department won’t take part in one of the high-risk sports authorized by New York State and Nassau County in recent weeks, Athletics Director Michael Brostowski announced.

“The Roslyn School District has chosen to participate in boys and girls basketball at the high school level,” Brostowski said Friday in an email. “We will not participate in the sport of wrestling. These decisions have been made in order to help balance the health and well-being of our athletes, while keeping the entire student body and faculty safe.”
Brostowski also revealed protocols in the email for the girls and boys basketball teams, stating that all basketball players would switch to full remote learning beginning Feb. 8. Further, players and coaches will be required to be tested weekly for COVID-19, players must arrive in uniform since locker rooms will not be open, and players must have a negative test in order to return to in-person learning at the end of the season.
He added that gymnasiums and equipment will be thoroughly sanitized after each practice, and that spectators would not be allowed at games, though matches will be streamed when available for the community to watch.
Under the health guidelines, if anyone tests positive, the entire team will need to quarantine for 10 days. Any athlete who does not follow the relevant protocols will be removed from the team, he said.
The basketball season is scheduled to run from Feb. 1 to Feb. 28. All in all, five basketball squads will play, with a girls varsity team, boys varsity team, girls JV team and two boys JV teams.
“We are giving students the opportunity to participate in basketball on the assumption that they will follow the expectations set forth,” Brostowski said. “Everyone needs to do the right thing and look out for one another’s health. This is a core requirement of what it means to be on a team. We are happy to be offering this opportunity to our athletes in the safest way possible.”
The news comes just over a week after a basketball coach who worked with students in the Roslyn school district outside of school hours tested positive for COVID-19, according to a Jan. 21 email from Superintendent Alison Brown.

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