COVID-19 abruptly ends NHC’s season

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COVID-19 abruptly ends NHC’s season

Fri, 11/13/2020 - 02:59
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HARDIN – COVID-19 has ended Norborne Hardin-Central’s varsity 8-man football season. NHC coach and Richmond High School alumnus Kirk Thacker stated Nov. 5 in a text message that the Aggies had to forfeit their Nov. 6 District 2 Tournament meeting with North Shelby at Shelbyville. The loss followed NHC’s win by forfeit over Schuyler County to open the singleelimination tournament. “We’ve had several cases of COVID (at Hardin-Central),” Thacker said Nov. 6 by phone. “We had a young lady in the high school that contracted it. We also have some administration that has it. … Yesterday afternoon, we got a report that a junior high student had contracted (it), was positive. … We also have had a few other students that are in quarantine.” Because of the number of cases in the school district, the district opted to go to all-virtual instruction, effective Nov. 6, “and that all … team activities were to cease immediately,” Thacker said. “It’s just a sad end to a sad year,” he said. “However…

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