Screven County has called off its first three football games after the school system announced late Monday a move to virtual learning through Labor Day.
That brings to 14 the number of opening games in Georgia that have been postponed or canceled because of COVID-19 concerns.
Screven, a Class A Public school between Augusta and Savannah, won’t play Southeast Bulloch on Aug. 20, Savannah Christian on Aug. 27 or Hephzibah on Sept. 3 as scheduled but has open dates Sept. 10 and Oct. 8 and hopes to salvage at least one of those games in one of those calendar slots.
In Clayton County, Jonesboro vs. Mount Zion and Riverdale vs. North Clayton now will be played Sept. 24.
In South Georgia, Cairo and Fitzgerald now will play Sept. 17.
Other games that are off the books this week are Savannah vs. Memorial Day (canceled), Towns County vs. Pinecrest Academy (canceled), Wheeler County vs. Telfair County (rescheduled for Oct. 22), Glascock County vs. GSIC (now Nov. 5), Clarke Central vs. Cedar Shoals (postponed indefinitely), Burke County vs. Benedictine (now Oct. 1), Sumter County vs. Westover (canceled), Randolph-Clay vs. Dougherty (postponed indefinitely), Crisp County vs. Tift County (canceled) and Richmond Academy vs. Hancock Central (canceled).
Westover and Tift County, whose opponents canceled, will play each other Friday in Tifton. Towns County, which lost its opponent, will play The King’s Academy at Kell High School in Marietta instead.
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