The waiting game for high school sports to resume in Illinois continues. The Illinois High School Association Board of Directors met virtually Wednesday and announced that sports remain on pause, but contact days for some sports may be able to begin as early as Friday pending Illinois Department of Public Health approval. All sports were put on hold in mid-November to help combat a surge in COVID-19 cases. It is hoped that low-risk sports such as swimming and diving, dance and bowling will be given the go ahead to restart in parts of the state where the Tier 3 Emergence Mitigations are removed. The board will meet again in special session on Wednesday January 27th to review a schedule framework for the rest of the 2020-21 school term. Several options were discussed and reviewed at the Wednesday session. The board requested that the IHSA staff take feedback from the meeting and have viable scheduling options available.