New Mexico postpones high school fall contact sports

LAS CRUCES – New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Thursday that contact sports will not be permitted this fall at the high school level.

The postponement includes both football and soccer for now, although the briefing also stated that non-contact sports such as volleyball and cross country are under review and will "likely" have delayed starts to seasons.

Lujan Grisham didn't rule out the possibility of modifying said sports' schedules to resume in the spring either with the contingency that schools are reopened at that time.

"It was a little bit expected," Las Cruces football head coach Mark Lopez said. "We've had conversations about this for a couple of weeks... I felt like this gave us a better opportunity to keep everybody safe and also play a full season in the spring, so that's what I'm still looking forward to."

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