Shelbyville High School’s football team will not play for a second straight week due to rising numbers of COVID-19 cases within the program.

Shelbyville’s Hoosier Heritage Conference game Saturday afternoon at New Castle has been canceled.

The Golden Bears did not host Delta Friday night because of positive COVID-19 cases, in addition to contact tracing protocols, within the program.

The fate of Shelbyville’s week five game at Greenfield-Central on Sept. 17 is not yet determined.

There is no timeline in place for when the football program will play again this season, according to Shelbyville athletic director Jennifer DeMuth Hensley. There will be another meeting Friday to discuss the program’s health.

No other Shelbyville athletic events have been canceled because of COVID-19 within the Shelbyville student body.

Saturday’s game at New Castle and Monday night’s junior varsity football game are cancelled, though.

There also are positive cases within both soccer programs but no cancellations have been made as of early Wednesday afternoon.