With the cancellation of their next two varsity football games announced this morning, the New Boston Lions become the first local football program to be impacted by COVID-19. Not the first school by any means, as every school in the area has been dealing with the virus since before school even started.
James Bowie was the first with a major impact. Their volleyball program was shut down for a time. Other schools have dealt with virus positive athletes, coaches, students and staff.
At least one local school district had as many as one-fifth of their faculty out due to the virus. The resurgence of cases across the county has to be directly related to the return of students to school campuses. North Lamar, who played locally recently, today cancelled football and volleyball games.
