High school sports: Decision over Park City teams to be made by UHSAA

A decision over whether Park City's spring athletic teams will be allowed to participate in 3A postseason tournaments won't be made until at least late this evening by the Utah High School Activities Association, UHSAA executive director Dave Wilkey confirmed this morning.

Wilkey confirmed his association will be responsible for making that decision and not the Park City School District, as was previously thought.

Park City's participation in 3A sports tournaments this spring was cast into doubt last week after three students in the PCSD were thought to have possibly contacted the swine flu from Mexico, and it was put into serious jeopardy after at least one of those students was confirmed Saturday to have had the virus.

As of this morning, Wilkey was trying to pull together a meeting involving the 3A representatives of the UHSAA that would take place this evening. Wilkey said the UHSAA is planning to release a statement with its final decision Tuesday morning, though it could take longer than that if the association can't come to a consensus this evening.

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