Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds paved the way for the possibility of summer high school sports at her press conference on Wednesday. She has granted approval for practices to begin on June 1st for high school athletics.

It will now be up to the Iowa High School Athletic Association and the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union to determine if a plan for starting summer sports is feasible and what guidelines would have to be followed.

A lot of hurdles are in place for that to happen with scheduling, travel, crowd management, and shared equipment all posing difficulties.

The spring sports season was officially cancelled on April 24th when the pandemic ramped up.