Trinity (Louisville, Ky.), the nation's No. 12 high school football team, must cancel its final regular-season game, quarantine for two weeks due to a positive COVID-19 result, leaving it one day to prepare for a Nov. 13 playoff game.
According to the
Louisville Courier-Journal, a reserve junior for the Shamrocks tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday, although he had been out of contact with the team since Wednesday. Trinity Athletic Director Rob Saxton told the newspaper health officials advised two weeks of quarantine since that contact, meaning practice could resume Nov. 12.
The Shamrocks improved to 6-0 with a 42-7 win over Bowling Green on Friday. The perennial Kentucky and national power has outscored foes 265-41, winning by almost identical scores each week: 44-7, 43-14, 48-10, 40-0 and 48-3 before Friday's victory.
They remain favorites to win their second straight 6A state title, and 27th overall, which ranks No. 1 in the state. Coach Bob Beatty has won 14 state crowns in 20 seasons since taking over the program in 2000.
According to the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there have been 108,642 total coronavirus cases in Kentucky as of Nov. 1 and 1,489 deaths. Over the past week, those totals are 11,700 cases and 82 deaths.
