High school football season is off to an unpredictable start

Many schools canceled their home-opener football games at the last minute.

DOES RETURN THISEVENING.NBC 26'S JENNA BREEJOINS US LIVE FROMWEST DE PERE --JENNA, HOW IS THISYEAR'S SEASONOPENER GOING TO BEDIFFERENT?JON, THE TEAMS WHOARE GOING TO FACEOFF ON THIS FIELDBEHIND ME DIDN'TEVEN KNOW THEYWOULD BE PLAYINGEACH OTHER 24HOURS AGO.WEST DE PERE ANDHORTONVILLE GOTMATCHED UPYESTERDAYAFTERNOON --AFTER BOTH OF THEIRORIGINAL OPPONENTSCANCELED DUE TOCOVID-19 CONCERNS.BUT ALTHOUGH MANYSCHOOLS CANCELEDTHEIR GAMES -- MANYARE STILL PLAYING.DENMARK HIGH ISPLAYINGWRIGHTSTOWNTONIGHT.I CAUGHT UP WITHDENMARK FOOTBALLCOACH TOM NEUMAN,HE SAYS HE THINKSIT'S IMPORTANT THEKIDS STILL GET THEIRGAMES."Any sport, and obviouslyI'm biased towardsfootball, reallyaccentuates all of thosecharacteristics you wantfor young men and womengo have, you know youwant them to bedisciplined you want themto be tough you want themto be resilient.

And timeslike these call for all ofthose characteristics."THE STANDS WON'TBE NEARLY AS FULL --EACH PLAYER GETSTWO PASSES,USUALLY FOR MOMAND DAD.ONLY PLAYERSCOACHES AND REFSARE ALLOWED ON THEFIELD.TEAMS WILL BESEPARATED -- NOHANDSHAKING ORENTERING TOGETHER--UNTIL AN ACTUALPLAY HAPPENS.LIVE AT WEST DEPERE HIGH SCHOOL,I'M JENNA BREE, N-B-C26.THANKS JENNASTILL AHEAD ON N-