High School Football

City league football schedule changing due to COVID-19 exposure

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PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Brashear’s football team activities are now on hold after Pittsburgh Public Schools officials were notified that someone with the team tested positive for COVID-19.

The individual was last with the team on Tuesday and wore his pads the entire time, but was not at Thursday’s game. The team will have to quarantine for two weeks now.

To allow the team the opportunity to compete in the playoffs, the District will reschedule next week’s playoffs to occur Saturday, November 7. The City League Football Championship and Consolation games will move to Saturday, November 14.

All team members and their families have been notified. As an added precaution, the school’s administration shared the communication below with all Brashear staff and families:

Good afternoon Pittsburgh Brashear families,

This is Principal Safran with a COVID-19 alert.

Today, we received confirmation that an individual associated with Brashear’s football team tested positive for COVID-19. The individual was last with the team on Tuesday, October 20. The individual did not attend the competition yesterday. Out of an abundance of caution, all football activities will stop immediately. Any student or staff in close contact with the positive case will be personally contacted with recommended next steps.

We are committed to sharing this type of information with you as the health and safety of our students, family and staff is our number one priority.

As reminder, the symptoms of COVID-19 include a fever, cough and shortness of breath, sudden loss of taste and smell. If you or a member of your family experience any of the symptoms above, we encourage to please follow-up with your primary care physician.