Santa Barbara Unified cancels outdoor sports for rest of week as COVID cases rise

keyt-sports-generic-copy — Indoor sports have been canceled for the rest of the week in the Santa Barbara Unified School District due to rising COVID-19 cases.

By Mike Klan

Published January 6, 2022 12:21 pm

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - With COVID-19 cases rising the Santa Barbara Unified School District has canceled outdoor sports for the remainder of the week.

Santa Barbara, San Marcos and Dos Pueblos High Schools plan to reschedule postponed sporting events.

Earlier in the week, Santa Barbara Unified canceled all indoor sports for the week.

The Tournament of Champions in girls water polo was scheduled to start Thursday with around 20 high schools scheduled to compete through Saturday.

Dos Pueblos was scheduled to play Thursday at Santa Barbara in girls and boys soccer.

Club water polo practices have also had to pause.

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