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Three area teams found out their football games scheduled for this week are off, making it all six weeks of the season so far games have affected by COVID-19.
Weir High announced Monday that due to quarantine, the Red Riders scheduled game with Marietta Friday at Jimmy Carey Stadium had been canceled.
The Red Riders, 1-3, next scheduled game is set for Oct. 1 at Wheeling Central.
Not long after, Buckeye Local announced that due to multiple reasons, including COVID cases and quarantine, the Panthers scheduled game at Shenandoah had also been called off.
This is the third game Buckeye Local has had canceled this season. Their Week 2 match up with Union Local was canceled due to the team being in quarantine, and last week the Panthers had to scramble to find an opponent, traveling to West Salem Northwestern, after Monroe Central was forced to cancel due to the virus.
The Panthers (1-3) are scheduled to return to the field on Oct. 1 hosting Caldwell.
Marietta and Shenandoah are now set to face each other on Friday.
Monday evening, a third game in the OVAC got called off when Madonna had to cancel its pivotal Class A meeting of the unbeatens with Cameron that was set for Saturday night at Jimmy Carey Stadium due to COVID issues.
Madonna, 4-0, was scheduled to have its bye week Oct. 1-2, but coach Dan Rovira said the team will be looking to play a game and would be talking with Cameron about potentially rescheduling.
Should nothing come to fruition, Madonna's next scheduled game is set for Oct. 8 against Toronto.