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Serving Whitman County since 1877
GENESEE – The Genesee High School football season ended after a player tested positive for COVID-19 last Saturday.
It came before the team’s rescheduled game at Prairie on Monday night, one of two games left in the regular season.
The timing of the positive test would put quarantined players out for longer than time allowed to play the games.
“We don’t have the time remaining, we just need to be done,” said Kelly Caldwell, Genesee High School athletic director. “We talked all along that if you had something happen in mid-late October, that would probably be the end of your season. Unfortunately, that happened to be us.”
The team finished 4-2. They started the season with four wins before losing two in blowouts.
The players were told Sunday the season would end.
Four Colton kids were starters, including sophomore quarterback Angus Jordan.
“A mixed bag for them - happy they got to play, but a surprising end,” said Jim Moehrle, Colton athletic director.
The positive test was the second to hit the Bulldogs, as their Sept. 19 game was canceled after a coach tested positive. At that point, the team went on hold as players were quarantined for two weeks.
Garth Meyer is a former Whitman County Gazette reporter.
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