News has poured in recently about the fall football season both in high school and in college.
The Big Ten and Pac-12 won’t be playing this fall, the SEC, ACC and Big 12 will play, the high schools of top Wisconsin target Nolan Rucci and Wisconsin commits Darryl Peterson and Jack Pugh will play. There isn’t a unified decision about a fall season at every level of the sport.
Well, earlier this week Fond Du Lac High School–home of top Wisconsin 2022 commit Braelon Allen–announced that the county had “shut down high risk sports until October 1” and that they “have no choice but to pursue the Spring option as a football program.”
Today the County Health shut down High Risk Sports until October 1st. We did not anticipate this at all. This was shortly followed by the School District shutting down All Fall sports. We have no choice but to pursue the Spring option as a Football program. #FondyFootball #Win
— Fond du Lac Football (@fondy_football) August 24, 2020
For Allen who is still a few years away from graduating this news may not be as significant as it is for those set to graduate this spring. Nevertheless, the decision still affects everyone involved and will undoubtably alter the path to the next level for everyone, including Allen.
He is currently ranked by 247Sports as the No. 126 player in the class of 2022, the No. 8 player at his position and the No. 3 player from his home state of Wisconsin.
Here’s what Fond Du Lac Head Coach Steve Jorgensen had to say about the announcement:
Disappointing. Players have been working daily all year and the protocol has worked all Summer. Many obstacles we will overcome this Spring. With that said we will do all we can to provide our Seniors the best season possible when the time comes. https://t.co/1AWU5dXyBj
— Steven Jorgensen (@CoachJorgy) August 24, 2020
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