High School Basketball on the Radio Saturday

The high school basketball broadcast season will begin Saturday.

Schedules were rolling out as of Thursday afternoon, so we can go to work, putting together our broadcast plans for a shortened basketball season.

Our first broadcast will be a boys contest, Vandalia at Effingham. The JV game will be at 3pm, so the varsity contest should start around 4:30pm. We will have the game on KJ Country 102.3 and www.kjcountry.com. 

We know we will have more games this coming week, and we will let you know what games we will broadcasting as soon as possible.

As far as games, Effingham's boys and Effingham's girls each have 15 games scheduled this season. Effingham's varsity girls will begin the season this Monday night, February 1, at Paris.

We have also learned that the St. Anthony varsity boys will play their first game on Friday night, February 5, hosting Neoga at the Enlow Center. The St. Anthony varsity girls will play their first game on Thursday night, February 4, hosting North Clay at the Enlow Center.

In the meantime, a reminder that a maximum of 50 spectators will be allowed into the Hearts game on Saturday.

Junior high sports also begin this weekend. Here are the Effingham Unit 40 mitigation guidelines for junior high events. The same information is available on the Effingham Unit 40 website and Facebook page:

2021 Effingham Junior High School Mitigation Plan – JH Basketball and Volleyball

Effingham Junior High School is pleased to again offer extra-curricular opportunities to students. The following information is in relation to the mitigations and procedures currently as we move through the basketball and volleyball seasons. Please keep in mind that these procedures may change depending upon the status of our region at the time of the contest.  

Fans: HOME FANS ONLY

Effingham Community Unit #40 will allow only home fans to attend the contest at this time. Players will be limited to only 2 fans each. The identification of these fans will be determined by the specific player. There will be a sign-in sheet for the 2 fans indicated by each player. The pass gate sheet will be at the main entrance and you will be checked into the contest.

Fans are required to social distance by family and wear masks at all times.

Fan Seating Location: HOME FANS ONLY

All fans in attendance must sit on the west side of the gym (commonly the visitor’s side of the facility across from the player benches).

Fan Attendance Limitations and Transition: HOME FANS ONLY

During the 7^th grade contest, only 7^th grade fans are allowed in the facility and once the 7^th grade contest is completed, you must exit the facility and move promptly to your vehicles.   7^th grade players will also be dismissed at that time.

The 8^th grade Basketball parents are allowed to enter the facility 1 hour and 15 minutes after the start of the 7^th grade contest.   (Basketball EX: So, for a 10:00am 7^th grade start time, the 8^th grade parents should not enter the facility until 11:15am)

The 8^th grade Volleyball parents are allowed to enter the facility 1 hour after the start of the 7^th grade volleyball contest.

Admission:

There will be NO admission charged to enter the contests at Effingham Junior High School.

Cleaning Station:

There will be a cleaning station with antibacterial wipes and fans are asked to use a wipe to sanitize their seat prior to sitting down.

Concessions:

No concessions will be available

Locker Rooms: School officials request that players come to the contest in uniform and ready to play. Locker rooms will be available for pre-game, halftime and post-game only.

Basketballs/Volleyballs:

Effingham Junior High School will provide warm up balls for the visiting teams. These balls will be sanitized prior to the date of the contest. Please have your athletes keep the visiting team warm up balls separate from the home team balls during warmups and between contests.

• 2 Game balls will be rotated during the contest.

Team Benches:

Individual chairs will be placed 6 feet apart for contests. With limited seating at floor level, some students may need to sit in the bleachers behind the bench to accommodate to state mitigations. The visiting players from the team (7/8) not playing will have assigned seating in the bleachers behind your team benches.

Visiting Team Personnel:

Only team players/managers, coaches, bus driver and one scorekeeper will allowed entry into our facility. All players/managers and coaching staff must wear masks at all times and social distance.

Streaming Information: Effingham Fans and SC Athletic Directors

Below is the information available at this time regarding streaming for junior high school contests. Please understand that technology does not always work the way we hope. In addition, some schools may not be streaming events. We will do our best to provided video for as many contests as possible. Links to any video may change during the season and school staff will communicate information to the opposing school and will pass on any information and link changes through the coaches and to your athletes.  

Altamont JH-B Basketball - https://www.facebook.com/events/456013505553275/

                       Volleyball - https://www.facebook.com/events/456013505553275/

Charleston JH - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgjjRt3OD1jq21xNbIXOzEQ

                           2^nd Option –   https://youtu.be/1qtsro4iIEs

Effingham JH – Effingham Junior High School home boys/girls basketball and girls volleyball games will be live streamed on the district's Youtube channel.  A complete schedule of contests will be available on the Unit #40 website at www.unit40.org. Click on the link of the contest you want to watch to live stream. Streams will start approximately 15 minutes prior to the beginning of each game and will be archived on the U40tv Youtube Channel.  

Mattoon JH – They will be live streaming, but information is unavailable at this time.

St. Anthony JH – They will be live streaming, but information is unavailable at this time.

Taylorville JH – They will be live streaming, but information is unavailable at this time.

Teutopolis JH – They will be live streaming, but information is unavailable at this time.

Olney JH – They will be live streaming, but information is unavailable at this time.

Effingham Fans: as additional information becomes available Unit 40 will communicate that through the coaches and athletes. This document will be modified as new information becomes available.