Chester ISD cancels rest of football season

[AggiesAreWe]

The Chester ISD school board decided to cancel the last two football games this season due to lack of numbers on the team, safety precautions. Chester will forfeit their remaining two games to Evadale and West Hardin.

[justryansmom]

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The Chester ISD school board decided to cancel the last two football games this season due to lack of numbers on the team, safety precautions. Chester will forfeit there remaining two games to Evadale and West Hardin.
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I HATE this!!! But it is probably for the best...so no one else gets injured. My thoughts and prayers are with y'all Chester Yellow Jackets!

[BOSoxfan4life]

Sad to see and must have been a hard decision.  I just hope for a speedy recovery for the injured guys. 

[Rebel Yeller]

I feel bad for the kids from Chester. I know they would have suited up and played hard in both of their remaining games. I know they are proud of their athletes in Chester as they are in every other school. This is one of those things that you cant predict at the begining of the year.

Has Chester considered dropping to 6-man football. I heard that their cost a couple of weeks ago was 59 which is less than it was two years ago. Chester had a simular situation three years ago when they played Evadale at the end of the season. They only had 12 players to start the game and two got hurt during the game so the Jackets finished with 10 players.

I am by no means saying they cant compete, but at some point you want to see the kids compete at a level where they know they are among equals. That is the reasoning for the Division1 & 2 district alignments beginning next year in 1A and now I believe 2A as well.

I know there are not as many schools playing 6-man in SETX as there are in Central and West Texas, but it is an option that is available to a smaller enrollment school and Chester is the smallest 1A in the state playing 11 man football.

Good luck on the rehab and we look forward to seeing the Jackets on the courts and diamonds later this year.

[RETIREDFAN1]

Best wishes to the kids who were injured and prayers for a speedy recovery.....

[Chester86]

Start gearing up for baseball, and hopefully the team can have a great season.