Park Hill South advances as St. Joe Central ends football season early due to COVID-19

High school football games and seasons involving schools in the Kansas City area continued to be canceled because of COVID-19 this week, including on Friday — game day for most.

St. Joseph Central announced through its athletic director, David Lau, Friday morning that it was forfeiting Friday night’s Missouri Class 5 district quarterfinal against Park Hill South.

“Tonight’s Class 5 District 8 football game between PH South and Central has been canceled due to COVID19,” Lau tweeted. “The safety of our students, student-athletes and coaches, as well as, Park Hill South is priority one.”

That brings to at least four, as of noon Frirday, the number of area teams who’ve canceled the remainder of their seasons because of COVID concerns this week:

Rockhurst Tuesday, Lee’s Summit North Wednesday, Oak Park Thursday and St. Joe Central Friday, paving the way for Park Hill South to move into the next round of the MSHSAA postseason via forfeit.

This story was originally published October 30, 2020 at 11:54 AM.