At least 14 high school football games scheduled for Week 4 in Georgia have been canceled, postponed or forfeited with seven others added to the schedule. That remains below the first three weeks, where about 25 games on average have been called off.
Game cancelations and reschedules remain on the rise as schools across Georgia continue to deal with COVID-19 concerns.
There were 19 season openers that weren’t played. Here are the affected games:
CANCELED/POSTPONED GAMES
Friday, Sept. 10
ACE Charter vs. Pataula Charter - canceled
Beach vs. Groves - canceled*
Bradwell Institute vs. West Laurens - canceled
Cedar Shoals vs. St. Pius - canceled
Creekside Christian vs. Clarkston - canceled
Dade County vs. Trion - canceled*
Mundy’s Mill vs. Mount Zion (Jonesboro) - canceled*
Rabun County vs. Walhalla, S.C. - canceled*
Southwest vs. Baldwin - canceled
Thomson vs. Ware County - canceled
Wheeler vs. Osborne - postponed indefinitely
Forfeited
Crescent (S.C.) to Hart County
Jordan to Spencer
Miller Grove to Pebblebrook
* - Cancelations create new matchups: Baldwin vs. Brookwood; Flowery Branch vs. Gainesville; Rabun County vs. Murphy (N.C.); South Atlanta vs. Mundy’s Mill; St. Pius vs. Johns Creek; Stone Mountain at North Springs; Trion vs. Howard (Tenn.); West Laurens vs. Beach
Friday, Sept. 3
Duluth vs. Stone Mountain - canceled
Peach County vs. Griffin - canceled
Valdosta at Bainbridge - canceled
Athens Academy at Commerce - canceled*
Brantley County at Jeff Davis - canceled*
ACE Charter vs. Tattnall Square - canceled
Alexander vs. Cartersville - canceled
Beach vs. Savannah Country Day - canceled
Beacon Hill, Va. vs. Camden County - canceled*
Brantley County vs. Jeff Davis - canceled*
Cedartown vs. Calhoun - canceled
Chattooga vs. Sonoraville - canceled*
Commerce vs. Athens Academy - canceled*
Flowery Branch vs. Gainesville - canceled
Griffin vs. Peach County - canceled
Hampton vs. Perry - canceled*
Hancock Central vs. Burke County - canceled*
KIPP Atlanta vs. Chamblee - canceled*
Liberty County vs. Effingham County - canceled
**Loganville Christian vs. Strong Rock
Lovejoy vs. Eagle’s Landing - canceled*
Berrien vs. Bacon County - canceled
Mundy’s Mill vs. Rockdale County - canceled
**Early County vs. Mitchell County - canceled
**Brookwood vs. Walton - canceled
**Rabun Co. vs. ELCA
Stone Mountain vs. Duluth - canceled*
**Temple vs. Heritage-Ringgold - canceled
Terrell Co. vs. Atkinson County - canceled
Wayne Co. vs. Richmond Hill - canceled*
Westside, Macon vs. Central, Macon - canceled*
Windsor Forest vs. Jenkins - canceled*
Josey vs. Laney - Postponed
Heritage, Newnan at Chattahoochee County - moved to Oct. 8
Forfeited
Howard to Northside- Warner Robins
Heritage (Conyers) to Johns Creek
Valdosta to Bainbridge
* - Cancelations create new matchups: Jenkins at Jeff Davis; Augusta Christian at Athens Academy; Chamblee at Eagle’s Landing; Burke Co. at Richmond Hill; Central (Macon) at Pacelli; Duluth at Daniel, S.C.; Inlet Grove, Fla., at Camden County; Perry at Crisp County; Sonoraville vs. Fannin County
** - Contract not voided; forfeit possible
Friday, Aug. 27
Screven County vs. Savannah Christian - moved to Oct. 7
Heritage-Ringgold vs. Ringgold - postponed indefinitely
Alexander at Lithia Springs - moved to Sept. 10
Bradwell Institute at Liberty County - postponed indefinitely
Richmond Hill at Burke County - now on Sept. 10
Veterans at West Laurens - moved to Sept. 17
Rutland at ACE Charter - moved to Sept. 17
Hancock at Wash.-Wilkes - moved to Sept. 24
Screven County at Savannah Christian - now on Oct. 7
Forsyth Central at Etowah - moved to Oct. 29
Alcovy vs. Newton - canceled
Baldwin at Washington County - canceled
Berrien at Lanier County - canceled
Cambridge at South Forsyth - canceled
Chattooga at Pickens - canceled*
Copper Basin, Tenn., at Fannin County - canceled
Glascock County at Wheeler County - canceled*
Glenn Hills at Richmond Academy - canceled*
Groves at Josey - canceled
Jenkins County at Telfair County - canceled
Lakeview Academy at Darlington - canceled*
Pacelli at Riverside Military - canceled
Perry at Harris County - canceled
Tattnall County at Toombs County - canceled
Temple at Villa Rica - canceled*
Whitefield Academy at Elbert County - canceled*
Forfeited
Atkinson County to Jeff Davis
Sprayberry to Collins Hill
* - Cancelations create new matchups: Augusta Christian at Richmond Academy; Chattahoochee County at McNair; Commerce at Pickens; ELCA at Ware County; Johns Creek at Carrollton; LaGrange at McIntosh, North Atlanta vs. Therrell; Ringgold at Gilmer; Rockmart at Villa Rica; Lanier County at Wheeler County; Whitefield Academy at Darlington
Friday, Aug. 20
Armuchee vs. King’s Academy – canceled*
Burke County vs. Benedictine - moved to Oct. 1
Cairo vs. Fitzgerald - moved to Sept. 17
Cedar Shoals vs. Clarke Central - moved to Oct. 28
Clarke Central vs. Cedar Shoals - moved to Oct. 29
Crisp County vs. Tift County - canceled*
Drew at Coffee - canceled or postponed
Glascock County vs. GSIC - moved to Nov. 5
Heritage-Ringgold vs. Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe - postponed indefinitely
Jonesboro vs. Mount Zion - moved to Sept. 24
McNair vs. Forest Park - canceled*
North Clayton vs. Riverdale - moved to Sept. 24
Pickens vs. Gilmer - canceled
Randolph-Clay vs. Dougherty - postponed indefinitely
Richmond Academy vs. Hancock Central - canceled
Riverwood vs. Sprayberry - canceled*
Savannah vs. Memorial Day - canceled
Screven County vs. Southeast Bulloch - moved to Sept. 10
Sumter County vs. Westover - canceled*
Towns County vs. Pinecrest Academy - canceled*
Wheeler County vs. Telfair County - moved to Oct. 22
* - Cancelations create new matchups: Forest Park will play Riverwood; Westover will play Tift County; Towns County will play King’s Academy
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