Administrators from THS and the other eight Frontier League members have been working on guidelines the last two weeks, according to THS activities director Cody Witte.

On Monday, Witte laid out those specifications in a release posted on the school’s athletics website, including a limited number of tickets assigned to each student-athlete.

Spectators must wear masks into all indoor and outdoor activities. The masks should be worn at all times that social distancing of 6 feet can’t be maintained in the stadium. That covers all areas of a facility, whether in the stands, restrooms, concession stands or elsewhere in the building or complex.

Spectators are asked to leave the stadium or gymnasium after the event concludes and avoid gathering on the field or elsewhere to wait on the student-athletes. In regards to tournaments, fans will be asked to leave the gymnasium and wait in their vehicles until your team’s next game or match.

The Frontier League policy also will limit the number of spectators per student-athlete to four each. That number could decrease if state or local health departments restrict numbers additionally.

Host schools also will determine visitor seating capacity. According to the statement at tongienation.org, the visitors section likely will have fewer than four allotted tickets per student-athlete.

For away games, the host school will determine its visitor seating capacity and will communicate with the visiting school so they can determine how many spectators (up to 4) will be allowed to attend. For most venues, the visiting section will most likely be less than the 4 allotted tickets.

“The restrictions are for the health and safety of our students, coaches and community members,” Witte said during a phone interview Monday. “And they’re also to give our student-athletes the best possibility of having a full season of competition.”

Witte said that in a normal season, he’d encourage big crowds at THS events, but this season is different due to the pandemic.

“Normally we’d want as many people there as possible,” he said. “That’s just not going to be reality.”

Additional pandemic restrictions are affecting play for two Frontier League teams. Piper and Bonner Springs will be playing all contests on the road. Wyandotte County recently prohibited sports competition, so those two teams aren’t able to host competitions. Tonganoxie is the lone Leavenworth County school in the league. Others are in Douglas County (Eudora and Baldwin), Johnson County (a portion of Spring Hill, Miami County (Paola, Louisburg and a portion of Spring Hill) and Franklin County (Ottawa). The Spring Hill High School campus is in Johnson County.

As for THS activities, the tongienation.org site will be updated regularly regarding ticket availability for upcoming contests and other announcements.

Tonganoxie Sports Live, which is set to start with the fall season, will livestream all football games and select volleyball matches.

The THS soccer team matches, as they have been previously, will be available on the soccer team’s YouTube channel.

The sports season officially started Tuesday with varsity girls golf at Poala. Boys soccer starts Friday at Kansas City Christian and junior varsity volleyball Saturday at home. Girls varsity golf has another tournament Monday in Ottawa.