(UPDATED, Thursday, 1:00 PM )- COVID-19 has reared its ugly head again on the FACS football program.
The Crusaders initial week 3 contest against Harding Academy was cancelled because of COVID concerns on Harding’s side.
FACS then found a make up game as they agreed to host Dresden but now FACS has had to cancel the game with Dresden because of cases on the Crusaders side.
Dresden has now found another week 3 game as they will now travel over to play Fayette Academy.
The FACS-Dresden game was Tennessee’s 34th high school football cancellation with Week 3 kickoffs two days away.
The other 33 games that have been cancelled statewide this week are:
Tipton Rosemark-USJ
Stewarts Creek-Oakland
Antioch-LaVergne
Perry County-Dresden
Rockwood-Cloudland
Manassas-Fairley
Trinity Christian-Fayette Academy
Whitwell-Copper Basin
Howard-The King’s Academy
Marion County-Tyner
Bluff City-Booker T. Washington
Camden-Huntingdon
Hillcrest-Oakhaven
Trezevant-Raleigh Egypt
Bolton-Dyersburg
Harding Academy-FACS
Lookout Valley-South Pittsburg
Union County-Pigeon Forge
Tennessee High-Pulaski County (VA)
Madison (NC)-Unicoi County
Hillwood-Pearl Cohn
Bledsoe County-Meigs County
Lake County-Peabody
Millington-Covington
Warren County-Ridgeway
CAK-Boyd Buchanan
Sequatchie County-Cannon County
Lenoir City-Campbell County
Polk County-Tellico Plains
Goodpasture-Lipscomb Academy
Sweetwater-Loudon
Sequoyah-Hixson
Cherokee-Daniel Boone
Besides Dresden-Fayette Academy, two other games have been scheduled is Daniel Boone will travel over to Loudon to take on the Redskins while The King’s Academy will travel to Georgia to play Heritage (GA) high school.
Last week, 30 total games were canceled.
