A Kansas high school has canceled its 2024 varsity football season.

 

 Officials from Osawatomie High School say they will forfeit all of their 2024 varsity high school football games this fall due to a lack of returning upperclassmen to the team.

 

 The lack of older players would mean that the team would be made up of mostly freshmen and sophomore students and school officials felt it would be a matter of player safety. They do not want younger, smaller players competing against more mature athletes.

 

The school plans to shift some of their traditional fall activities such as Homecoming to accommodate the lack of Friday football.

 

Osawatomie won't be completely without football this fall. The school will still field a junior varsity team for the younger players.