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The Indiana-Kentucky boys and girls high school all-star games have been canceled for the first time since World War II.

Officials from the two states cited measures taken by both state governments to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, including the closure of schools through the rest of academic year.

The boys series began in 1940 but was not played in 1943 or 1944. The girls games were added in 1976 and have never previously been called off.

The series pits the top seniors from each state and were scheduled to play June 5 in Georgetown, Kentucky, and June 6 in Indianapolis. The top juniors were scheduled to square off June 1 at Floyd Central High School near the Ohio River.

Indiana also has canceled the junior-senior all-star games on June 3 and the All-Star Shootout on June 6.

"I am sad for the players and coaches who comprise this year’s All-Star teams,” Indiana game director Mike Broughton said in a statement. “This is a once in a lifetime experience for the seniors who made the team, but they do have the satisfaction that they are an Indiana All-Star for life.”

The Indiana boys hold a 99-44 advantage in the seniors’ series while the Indiana girls lead 50-38.

The move comes less than a month after the Indiana High School Athletic Association canceled the boys state tournament for the first time since its inception in 1911.

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The Canadian Olympic and Paralympic track and field trials for next year’s Tokyo Games will remain in Montreal.

Athletics Canada announced Thursday that the trials will take place in 2021 at Montreal’s Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard. The event is expected to be held June 24-27.

Montreal was scheduled to hold the trials this summer from June...

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