Shelby County High School forfeited its October 29 football game against Fairdale so its players could attend the school's 8th Region volleyball final, USA Today reported.
Coach and athletic director Powell Miller told Courier Journal reporter Jason Frakes that he tried to move the football game to Wednesday or Friday, according to USA Today's account. The game was scheduled at Doss High School in Louisville because Fairdale's stadium was under construction, and Doss had its own Friday game.
The Courier Journal's Week 11 results list Fairdale as the 1-0 winner by forfeit.
The volleyball team reached the regional final after a 3-0 semifinal win over Eminence on October 27, according to LINK nky's tournament results. It lost the October 29 final to North Oldham, 3-1, at Eminence.