SOUTHLAKE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A second pupil athlete has examined constructive for the coronavirus within the Carroll Impartial College District.
The male athlete attended highschool exercises this previous week and began feeling torpid and drained Thursday night. By Saturday, he had a low-grade fever.
He wasn’t in touch with or linked to the primary constructive COVID-19 case, in response to a letter despatched to oldsters.
The scholar participated in a number of small group exercises final week. He was not displaying any signs whereas understanding. The coaches and athletes in every of the teams will now get examined and stay in quarantine for 2 weeks.
The coaches, athletes and their households quarantine is required by each the College Interscholastic League and the Tarrant County Well being Division.
Well being Division officers toured the indoor exercise facility and the burden room at Carroll Sr. Excessive College final week and cleared the amenities to reopen Monday. Nonetheless, CISD and PC have determined to maintain the exercises exterior till additional discover.
Athletic Director Steve Keasler stated he’s happy with the coaches and college students for following the security protocols for social distancing. There’s no motive to imagine that both athlete contracted the virus on the exercises, in response to the district.
Additionally, each pupil athletes with the coronavirus have solely skilled minor signs.
Baseball exercises are actually cancelled till after the July 4th vacation resulting from a scarcity of coaches. PC (each center faculty and highschool) and different UIL sports activities will proceed their exercises as deliberate.
The district is anticipated to obtain pointers Tuesday from the Texas Training Company about beginning faculty within the fall.
The next assertion was additionally within the letter despatched to oldsters:
We’ll proceed to maintain our Dragon household knowledgeable and recognize your persistence with us and with everybody throughout these unprecedented occasions. Understand that it isn’t the fault of those pupil athletes who’ve been uncovered in some unspecified time in the future to the virus and every household understands that by permitting their pupil athlete to take part on this and different actions the place family and friends are concerned, there’s a likelihood for doable publicity and/or quarantine.