JACKSONVILLE, Fla. โ Fridayโs varsity football game between the Mandarin Mustangs and the Nease Panthers was postponed โdue to impacts of COVID-19,โ according to an email from the Duval County School District.
โAs the Mandarin team was gathering to make the trip to Nease for the game, we became aware of a player testing positive.
With no time to bring in the Department of Health for contact tracing, the game had to be postponed,โ a spokesperson said in a prepared statement.
The district said that earlier Friday, contract tracing had been completed on another Mandarin High case, and decision was made to proceed.
However, a new case surfaced and with no time to perform contact tracing, the district postponed the game.