COVID update: Fewer games canceled in Week 4

Rabun County quarterback Gunner Stockton (14) looks for a receiver during the second half of Friday's game against Pope.

Credit: Daniel Varnado/Special to the AJC

Credit: Daniel Varnado/Special to the AJC

Rabun County quarterback Gunner Stockton (14) looks for a receiver during the second half of Friday's game against Pope.

At least 14 high school football games scheduled for Week 4 in Georgia have been canceled, postponed or forfeited with seven others added to the schedule. That remains below the first three weeks, where about 25 games on average have been called off.

Game cancelations and reschedules remain on the rise as schools across Georgia continue to deal with COVID-19 concerns.

There were 19 season openers that weren’t played. Here are the affected games:

CANCELED/POSTPONED GAMES

Friday, Sept. 10

ACE Charter vs. Pataula Charter - canceled

Beach vs. Groves - canceled*

Bradwell Institute vs. West Laurens - canceled

Cedar Shoals vs. St. Pius - canceled

Creekside Christian vs. Clarkston - canceled

Dade County vs. Trion - canceled*

Mundy’s Mill vs. Mount Zion (Jonesboro) - canceled*

Rabun County vs. Walhalla, S.C. - canceled*

Southwest vs. Baldwin - canceled

Thomson vs. Ware County - canceled

Wheeler vs. Osborne - postponed indefinitely

Forfeited

Crescent (S.C.) to Hart County

Jordan to Spencer

Miller Grove to Pebblebrook

* - Cancelations create new matchups: Baldwin vs. Brookwood; Flowery Branch vs. Gainesville; Rabun County vs. Murphy (N.C.); South Atlanta vs. Mundy’s Mill; St. Pius vs. Johns Creek; Stone Mountain at North Springs; Trion vs. Howard (Tenn.); West Laurens vs. Beach

Friday, Sept. 3

Duluth vs. Stone Mountain - canceled

Peach County vs. Griffin - canceled

Valdosta at Bainbridge - canceled

Athens Academy at Commerce - canceled*

Brantley County at Jeff Davis - canceled*

ACE Charter vs. Tattnall Square - canceled

Alexander vs. Cartersville - canceled

Beach vs. Savannah Country Day - canceled

Beacon Hill, Va. vs. Camden County - canceled*

Brantley County vs. Jeff Davis - canceled*

Cedartown vs. Calhoun - canceled

Chattooga vs. Sonoraville - canceled*

Commerce vs. Athens Academy - canceled*

Flowery Branch vs. Gainesville - canceled

Griffin vs. Peach County - canceled

Hampton vs. Perry - canceled*

Hancock Central vs. Burke County - canceled*

KIPP Atlanta vs. Chamblee - canceled*

Liberty County vs. Effingham County - canceled

**Loganville Christian vs. Strong Rock

Lovejoy vs. Eagle’s Landing - canceled*

Berrien vs. Bacon County - canceled

Mundy’s Mill vs. Rockdale County - canceled

**Early County vs. Mitchell County - canceled

**Brookwood vs. Walton - canceled

**Rabun Co. vs. ELCA

Stone Mountain vs. Duluth - canceled*

**Temple vs. Heritage-Ringgold - canceled

Terrell Co. vs. Atkinson County - canceled

Wayne Co. vs. Richmond Hill - canceled*

Westside, Macon vs. Central, Macon - canceled*

Windsor Forest vs. Jenkins - canceled*

Josey vs. Laney - Postponed

Heritage, Newnan at Chattahoochee County - moved to Oct. 8

Forfeited

Howard to Northside- Warner Robins

Heritage (Conyers) to Johns Creek

Valdosta to Bainbridge

* - Cancelations create new matchups: Jenkins at Jeff Davis; Augusta Christian at Athens Academy; Chamblee at Eagle’s Landing; Burke Co. at Richmond Hill; Central (Macon) at Pacelli; Duluth at Daniel, S.C.; Inlet Grove, Fla., at Camden County; Perry at Crisp County; Sonoraville vs. Fannin County

** - Contract not voided; forfeit possible

Friday, Aug. 27

Screven County vs. Savannah Christian - moved to Oct. 7

Heritage-Ringgold vs. Ringgold - postponed indefinitely

Alexander at Lithia Springs - moved to Sept. 10

Bradwell Institute at Liberty County - postponed indefinitely

Richmond Hill at Burke County - now on Sept. 10

Veterans at West Laurens - moved to Sept. 17

Rutland at ACE Charter - moved to Sept. 17

Hancock at Wash.-Wilkes - moved to Sept. 24

Screven County at Savannah Christian - now on Oct. 7

Forsyth Central at Etowah - moved to Oct. 29

Alcovy vs. Newton - canceled

Baldwin at Washington County - canceled

Berrien at Lanier County - canceled

Cambridge at South Forsyth - canceled

Chattooga at Pickens - canceled*

Copper Basin, Tenn., at Fannin County - canceled

Glascock County at Wheeler County - canceled*

Glenn Hills at Richmond Academy - canceled*

Groves at Josey - canceled

Jenkins County at Telfair County - canceled

Lakeview Academy at Darlington - canceled*

Pacelli at Riverside Military - canceled

Perry at Harris County - canceled

Tattnall County at Toombs County - canceled

Temple at Villa Rica - canceled*

Whitefield Academy at Elbert County - canceled*

Forfeited

Atkinson County to Jeff Davis

Sprayberry to Collins Hill

* - Cancelations create new matchups: Augusta Christian at Richmond Academy; Chattahoochee County at McNair; Commerce at Pickens; ELCA at Ware County; Johns Creek at Carrollton; LaGrange at McIntosh, North Atlanta vs. Therrell; Ringgold at Gilmer; Rockmart at Villa Rica; Lanier County at Wheeler County; Whitefield Academy at Darlington

Friday, Aug. 20

Armuchee vs. King’s Academy – canceled*

Burke County vs. Benedictine - moved to Oct. 1

Cairo vs. Fitzgerald - moved to Sept. 17

Cedar Shoals vs. Clarke Central - moved to Oct. 28

Clarke Central vs. Cedar Shoals - moved to Oct. 29

Crisp County vs. Tift County - canceled*

Drew at Coffee - canceled or postponed

Glascock County vs. GSIC - moved to Nov. 5

Heritage-Ringgold vs. Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe - postponed indefinitely

Jonesboro vs. Mount Zion - moved to Sept. 24

McNair vs. Forest Park - canceled*

North Clayton vs. Riverdale - moved to Sept. 24

Pickens vs. Gilmer - canceled

Randolph-Clay vs. Dougherty - postponed indefinitely

Richmond Academy vs. Hancock Central - canceled

Riverwood vs. Sprayberry - canceled*

Savannah vs. Memorial Day - canceled

Screven County vs. Southeast Bulloch - moved to Sept. 10

Sumter County vs. Westover - canceled*

Towns County vs. Pinecrest Academy - canceled*

Wheeler County vs. Telfair County - moved to Oct. 22

* - Cancelations create new matchups: Forest Park will play Riverwood; Westover will play Tift County; Towns County will play King’s Academy