Like so many other high school football teams in Missouri, Gallatin fell victim to COVID-19 and saw its season end without a chance to compete in the playoffs.
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The Bulldogs were slated to travel to Hamilton to face the Hornets in the first round of Class 1, District 7. Gallatin wasn’t the only D7 team forced to drop out of the race. Putnam County reported a positive COVID case as well and as a result forfeited to South Harrison on Friday night.
District 7 semifinals for this week are set. #4 Hamilton travels to #1 South Harrison. #3 Princeton will head to #2 Milan in the other contest to determine the district’s championship matchup.
In District 8, #1 Mid-Buchanan will host #5 Polo and #2 East Buchanan will host #3 West Platte on Friday.
Pattonsburg, the #4 ranked team in 8-Man, District 3, won by forfeit over Albany last week and will now travel to face #1 North Andrew on Friday.
The list of program cancellations is long and includes at least 23 schools who have either opted out of the season early or were forced to call it quits. The list includes teams from Missouri 8-man all the way up to Class 6.
According to Mosports.com, teams that never made it to the playoffs include Albany, Braymer, St. Paul Lutheran’s, St. Joe Christian, St. Joe Central, St. Joe LeBlond, Keytesville, Greenfield, Gallatin, Putnam County, Schuyler County, Slater, Doniphan, Parkview, Webster Groves, Kirkwood, Cape Girardeau Central, Hollister, Portageville, Lee’s Summit North, Lutheran South, Perryville, Principia, Poplar Bluff, Rockhurst and Oak Park.
The next round of cancellations has already started. Holt High School in Wentzville has dropped out now after winning its first round contest in Class 6, District 2. Social media is currently abuzz about whether teams who lost their first round games should be able to advance if their first round opponent then drops out prior to the semifinal games being held.
At this point it would be unrealistic to believe that there won’t be more cancellations before Friday night. So far, the Missouri State High School Activities Association is mum on the subject.