Currently there are 4 active cases of Covid-19 Allen as of Wednesdays reports.

Allen High School and Junior High athletic activities are on hold due to a coach testing positive for COVID-19 this past week.

Allen athletic director Chad Colbert said the school is expected to resume workouts on August 5 ^th , giving the teams only five days of practice before the Moss Lady Pirates come to town to take on the Lady Mustang softball team. Those start of the fastpitch season is August 10 ^th at 5:00 pm for the junior high team followed by high schoolers at 6:00.

Colbert said on a typical summer day, approximately 40 male high school and junior high are on campus for workouts and another 30 female athletes attend workouts. He said all the workouts take place from 6-10 a.m.

Allen Superintendent Jeff Hiatt made the announcement that a coach had tested positive for COVID-19 on the school’s Facebook page at Wednesday evening, July 22 ^nd .

“We had one of our coaches test positive for the COVID-19 virus today. The Pontotoc County Health Department was notified. Also, our athletic staff has contacted each parent/ guardian of student athletes that might have been in contact with our coach through summer workouts,” Hiatt said via the announcement.

“We are looking into what coaches and students were in direct contact (with the affected coach) at the workout,” the release continued. “We take the safety of our students, families and staff very seriously and want everyone to be safe. We will continue to communicate with the Pontotoc County Health Department. We will disinfect all areas of the school that might have been exposed.”

August 10 ^th is also the official preseason start date for high school football practice.

COVID cases have soared in recent weeks in Pontotoc County.