COVID Claims Manchester FB Game Friday
August 25, 2021 at 3:59 a.m.
COVID Claims Manchester FB Game Friday
By Anthony Anderson-
Addressing the situation Tuesday evening, Brandewie confirmed Monday’s news that the Squires’ high school football game Friday at Bluffton is canceled.
“We had a positive (COVID) case, and with contact tracing, we’ve had a position group get totally eliminated,” Brandewie said.
The decision to cancel the game was made Monday afternoon and the coach informed his players soon after that.
“There’s nothing we can really do,” Brandewie said, “but that doesn’t make it any easier to swallow. We were starting to put together our game plan Sunday night, and now we won’t be playing.”
Bluffton has since been able to replace the game with a home one against Hamilton Heights.
Brandewie expressed optimism that Manchester will be able to return to action next week, when the Squires are scheduled to host Wabash.
“That’s the way it seems right now,” the second-year head coach said. “If everything runs its course like we hope it will, the players should be able to practice Monday or Tuesday and we’ll prepare for Week 3.”
The Manchester-Bluffton matchup goes down as a “no contest,” per Brandewie, as opposed to a forfeit.
It was slated to be the Squires’ only non-Three Rivers Conference game of the regular season, hence their league schedule is not affected.
Manchester kicked off its season last Friday with a 42-6 win at North Miami, a victory that put the Squires in position to notch their first 2-0 start since 2009 if they do win their next game.
“I was most pleased with the effort, energy and enthusiasm,” Brandewie said of his team, coming off a 2-8 season. “We weren’t always schematically or technically correct, but we covered up some with how hard we played. I thought our guys gave us everything they had.”
Junior quarterback Brock Casper fired five touchdown passes, two of them to wideout Seth Gaerte, on his way to finishing 7-of-9 throwing for 209 yards.
Senior running back Braxton Ream rushed for 113 yards on 17 carries and added a 66-yard TD catch.
The Squire defense notched four takeaways, including sophomore Garrett Sites’ 36-yard return of a fumble for a touchdown.
Addressing the situation Tuesday evening, Brandewie confirmed Monday’s news that the Squires’ high school football game Friday at Bluffton is canceled.
“We had a positive (COVID) case, and with contact tracing, we’ve had a position group get totally eliminated,” Brandewie said.
The decision to cancel the game was made Monday afternoon and the coach informed his players soon after that.
“There’s nothing we can really do,” Brandewie said, “but that doesn’t make it any easier to swallow. We were starting to put together our game plan Sunday night, and now we won’t be playing.”
Bluffton has since been able to replace the game with a home one against Hamilton Heights.
Brandewie expressed optimism that Manchester will be able to return to action next week, when the Squires are scheduled to host Wabash.
“That’s the way it seems right now,” the second-year head coach said. “If everything runs its course like we hope it will, the players should be able to practice Monday or Tuesday and we’ll prepare for Week 3.”
The Manchester-Bluffton matchup goes down as a “no contest,” per Brandewie, as opposed to a forfeit.
It was slated to be the Squires’ only non-Three Rivers Conference game of the regular season, hence their league schedule is not affected.
Manchester kicked off its season last Friday with a 42-6 win at North Miami, a victory that put the Squires in position to notch their first 2-0 start since 2009 if they do win their next game.
“I was most pleased with the effort, energy and enthusiasm,” Brandewie said of his team, coming off a 2-8 season. “We weren’t always schematically or technically correct, but we covered up some with how hard we played. I thought our guys gave us everything they had.”
Junior quarterback Brock Casper fired five touchdown passes, two of them to wideout Seth Gaerte, on his way to finishing 7-of-9 throwing for 209 yards.
Senior running back Braxton Ream rushed for 113 yards on 17 carries and added a 66-yard TD catch.
The Squire defense notched four takeaways, including sophomore Garrett Sites’ 36-yard return of a fumble for a touchdown.
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