After Field Kindley had their game canceled earlier this week, Independence has also had their game canceled due to the entire Fort Scott team going into quarantine.

After discussion with the local health department and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Fort Scott determined that the whole football team needed to go into quarantine because football is considered a high-risk activity. Independence played at Fort Scott last week as a replacement game due to Wichita's district canceling their fall sports season. That decision has since been reversed.

Independence Public Schools announced in a Facebook post Wednesday that the Montgomery County Health Department had notified the school about the player in question. Individuals identified as close contacts will not be allowed to return to school for at least 14 days, but will have access to Remote Learning. All individuals identified as close contacts have already been notified.

Independence was scheduled to play at home against Fort Scott in the regularly scheduled match-up this Friday.