Coronavirus updates: LaGrange College postpones sports, plus more news in Columbus area
We’re tracking the most up-to-date information and numbers regarding the coronavirus in the Chattahoochee Valley.
Georgia’s coronavirus case totals update each day at 3 p.m. Here’s the COVID-19 numbers for July 28.
USA South postpones fall sports
NCAA Division III conference USA South, which includes LaGrange College, has postponed fall sports due to COVID-19.
The sports impacted are football, men’s and women’s soccer, volleyball and cross country.
The conference is working to reschedule those sports to the spring, according to USA South Commissioner Tom Hart.
Will the SEC, ACC play football in 2020? 9 experts’ predictions and what’s at stake
The fate of the college football season for the Southeastern and Atlantic Coast conferences will likely be decided soon.
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has forced all conferences to determine how fall sports can proceed, if they move forward at all. The Pac 12 and Big Ten have announced plans for conference-only seasons, while the Big 12 has yet to make a decision about its seasons.
Nine of McClatchy’s SEC and ACC beat writers predicted what might happen and discussed what the months ahead might look like.
