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The Blitz: How Wayland Baptist dealt with a COVID outbreak during Week 2 of the 2023 season
Recently, Wayland Baptist had a COVID outbreak before Week 2 of its season. The administration and coaching staff used lessons learned during the shutdown in 2020 to continue operations while containing the spread of the virus.
Last week, Dave Campbell’s Texas Football managing editor, Greg Tepper, wrote about Runge High School forfeiting its first two games of the 2023 season due to a COVID-19 outbreak before eventually choosing to play an outlaw six-man schedule.
The situation at Runge was alarming as people recalled the shutdown when the coronavirus became a pandemic in 2020. Runge isn’t the only high school to cancel games because of the virus. Santa Paula High School recently canceled a game in California, and Duchesne canceled its scheduled game against Cardinal Ritter in Missouri.
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