Concerns about COVID-19 contact tracing at Foundation Academy’s Tilden Campus has shuttered athletic activities at the Winter Garden school this week.
Friday’s football matchup of unbeatens pitting the Lions (3-0) at home against Orlando Christian Prep (2-0) has been canceled.
Mount Dora athletic director Bill Larkin said his school also had a vacancy to fill after its original season-opening opponent, Hawthorne, canceled due to a positive COVID-19 test within its school.
Foundation hopes to add a game against an opponent to be determined near the end of its regular season schedule on Oct. 23.
“This was just [a concern] with the general student population, which includes everybody, so we made a choice to take a precautionary measure,” Foundation president Dave Buckles said.