Bardstown Football

Harrison County cancels game with Bardstown

School has been hit hard by flu absences

By Peter W. Zubaty

Bardstown football will get a second, unexpected bye week Friday — and a win — in the wake of Wednesday’s cancellation of school and all other activities in the Harrison County School System.

Harrison County’s student population has been hit particularly hard by the flu in recent days, with 450 out of 3,144 students absent Wednesday — nearly double the 270 from Monday, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported.

Bardstown football coach David Clark, who doubles as the school’s athletic director confirmed the cancellation, but said other details were hazy Wednesday evening, and he was still waiting on a follow-up phone call from Harrison athletic director Lee Kendall.

“There won’t be a game, and it won’t be made up,” Clark said.

In other cases where a team elected to cancel a game because of illness at the school, they were forced to forfeit, which means Bardstown would be credited for a 2-0 win over Harrison County.

Bardstown had a bye week Sept. 18, and dropped a 22-20 decision Sept. 25 at Hopkins County Central. The cancellation gives the Tigers two weeks to prepare for its visit to Danville. The Admirals have won the regular-season matchup of Class 2A District 4 rivals the past two seasons, but fell to the Tigers at home in the playoffs two years ago.

Danville is 1-5 so far this season, having dropped four straight. The Admirals are also coming off a bye week.

Clark said he would address his team Thursday morning at school.

“This all just came on my plate at 5 p.m. today.”