Even as the NJSIAA Executive Committee met on April 1, the confirmed number of positive COVID-19 cases in New Jersey hadn’t yet reached 30,000. That didn’t occur until the following day. By midday Monday, Gov. Phil Murphy announced the number of positive cases had risen to more than 41,000, with 1,003 deaths so far.

Nonetheless, the state athletic association still remains optimistic some sort of a spring sports season will take place.