Cleveland Tennessee is a little bit more of a drive than Sparta but the Cannon County Lions are just happy to be starting their 2020 football season tonight playing somewhere after having to cancel their scheduled season opener at home against White County.
A White County football player tested positive for COVID Wednesday forcing the cancellation of Friday's game.
Turns out Walker Valley High School another 5A school in Cleveland Tennessee had an opening on their schedule after cancelling their opener against Karns out of Knoxville.
Karns cancelled their first two football games of the season including practices out of concerns of COVID-19.
Tonight's contest between the Lions and the Mustangs in Cleveland will start at 7:00CST/8:00EST.