Cheyenne Mountain to forfeit Saturday’s football game against Pine Creek due to low numbers

Cheyenne Mountain will forfeit its football game against Pine Creek on Saturday.

The team entered last week’s game against Widefield with enough players to play, but academics, eligibility and injuries have thinned the roster for this week, and the lack of available players resulted in the decision to forfeit.

The decision has only been made for this week. Cheyenne Mountain is planning to play its next game against Vista Ridge on Oct. 13.

“It’s a current moment thing,” Cheyenne Mountain athletic director Kris Roberts said. “The bottom line is we didn’t have enough numbers to play the game this week.”

“Part of participating is making sure the high school experience is positive and safe, and in order to ensure that with the limited number of participants, we made the best decision on behalf of our kids and school community,” Roberts said.

The school sent the following letter to parents on Monday:

Dear Football Parents:

Unfortunately, I am writing to inform you that a number of circumstances have required us to forego and forfeit the varsity football contest against Pine Creek High School on Saturday October 6, 2018

Based on a combination of injuries, academic eligibility, and feedback from our coaching and athletic training staff, we simply do not have enough varsity football players available to safely participate in this week’s contest.

Our hope is that next week potentially brings the return of more players who are injured or ineligible, resulting in our having an appropriate number of varsity players for participation in the subsequent contests on our schedule. Updated practice information during this time will be forthcoming directly from Coach Saravis.

The sub-varsity contest scheduled for Saturday October 6, 2018 versus Pine Creek High School will take place as scheduled at Pine Creek High School.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,

Kris Roberts
Assistant Principal / Athletic Director
Cheyenne Mountain High School