We apologize for the late notice, but tryouts are officially being postponed - tentatively to January 22/23 in Salt Lake City.
While we are confident that we have taken every precaution to mitigate risk of COVID-19 transmission at tryouts, several pieces of new information from this morning and early afternoon have made it clear that we should cancel tryouts regardless of those precautionary measures.
Due to newly limited (and already strained) testing measures in Salt Lake City, people would not have had the ability to easily procure a rapid test should the need arise this weekend. Additionally, we've heard concerns from across the region regarding the turn-around times for testing and do not feel comfortable hosting an event without those negative PCR tests in place due to the high risk of breakthrough and asymptomatic omicron cases as Utah reaches record levels of positive case counts. Additionally, we had a few people start to drop this morning due to concerns over test results or new symptoms and we sadly don't expect that trend to slow over the next day.
More information will come out in the coming days regarding any new or updated testing, financial, or procedural policies. Should we find a location to host, tryouts on January 22/23 will very likely be outdoors, where weather may also be a factor. We are currently not encouraging anyone to purchase flights for that weekend and accommodations will be discussed more in depth for players who are not within a reasonable driving distance.
Once again, our deepest apologies for the last minute change and appreciate your patience and support as we do our best to manage yet another chapter in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sincerely,
The Board - Erica, Jules, Kendra, Leah, and Mack