Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy athletes ordered to skip tournaments

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials have ordered that student athletes at a Henry County private school closed because of swine flu not participate in upcoming tournaments.

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Tim Dowdy, head of Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy, told WXIA-TV that the track and baseball teams will miss regional and state playoffs scheduled for this week. He said the decision is understandable but “heartbreaking for our students.”

Health officials confirmed Monday that a 14-year-old student at the academy has swine flu.

It’s the second confirmed case of swine flu in Georgia. A 30-year-old Kentucky woman was hospitalized in LaGrange while attending a wedding, though she is counted as a Kentucky case by the CDC.