The Friday night lights at H-Town are going to be dark for a while.

Henryetta Athletics announced Wednesday morning that either a player or staff on their football team tested positive for COVID-19, so the entire football program will be quarantined for two weeks until September 20.

HPS released a statement later in the day which said a faculty member and two students involved in unspecified “extra curricular activities” had tested positive for the virus.

HPS said they are attempting to decrease spread of the virus by following CDC guidelines and Health Department protocols, and according to the athletic department, contact tracing is taking place to inform those exposed to the virus.

“Those students and staff who are to be included in the district quarantine policy are currently being contacted by school officials,” the athletic department said Wednesday.

Neither the high school nor the middle school teams will practice or play games during the two weeks.

Friday’s high school game at Warner is canceled due to the quarantine, as is the middle school game at Okemah next Monday.

While the middle school team was included in the cancellations, the athletic department said they are not being quarantined right now since the exposure was only on the high school team.

The Henryetta Free-Lance reached out to Head Coach Lance Beck for comment, but he said since they were still gathering names of students in the contact tracing efforts, he was unable to provide any additional information at the time.

Athletic Director Justin Been did not respond to calls for comment.

The full announcement from Henryetta Athletics is as follows:

“We regret to inform you that due to a positive case within our high school football team/staff, all HS and MS football practices and games are canceled from Sept. 7th through Sept 20th. Games include Sept. 11th HS at Warner and Sept. 14th MS at Okemah. Those students and staff who are to be included in our district quarantine policy are currently being contacted by school officials.

“Middle Football players are CURRENTLY NOT included in quarantine, however MS practices and games have been suspended/canceled through Sept. 20th.” HPS’ statement read:

“We regret to inform you that a faculty member and 2 students that participate in extra curricular activities have tested positive for Covid-19. The students, faculty, and staff that were in close contact with these individuals have been notified and mandated to quarantine at home for 14 days. We are following CDC guidelines, protocols set by the State Department of Health and our school district, to decrease potential spread.

Should you have questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact our school office at (918) 652-6571.”

This comes after Henryetta lost at Prague 38-0.

The Knights are currently 0-2.