Another Coast high school football team will have to forfeit a game due to COVID-19
The St. Martin High School football team will be 2-0 in region play at the end of the week, but it will not have played a single Region 4-6A opponent.
St. Martin announced Monday that Hancock has asked their players to quarantine due to COVID-19 exposure and will not be able to play the Yellow Jackets this Friday at St. Martin as planned.
Mississippi High School Activities Association rules require that teams forfeit region contests if they are unable to play due to the coronavirus.
St. Martin (1-3, 1-0) was scheduled to play Gulfport last week, but the Admirals chose to forfeit the game rather than play a team from the Jackson County School District.
The Gulfport School District believes that JCSD does not meet their standards when it comes to COVID-19 protocols.
This marks the second consecutive week that a Coast high school has had to quarantine its football team after Long Beach did it last week. The Bearcats had to forfeit last week’s game against Gautier and this Friday’s contest against East Central.
Hancock is scheduled to play Gulfport next week.
St. Martin said in a tweet that it is attempting to schedule a new opponent for Friday.
