CHAPEL HILL, NC (WTVD) -- Just days before the start of the high school football season, Chapel Hill High School announced Monday that it will not field a varsity football team this season.
The school cited a low turnout of players, particularly at the upper-grade levels, as the reason.
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The junior varsity team will compete as scheduled.
"As a former football coach, this decision was a hard one for us to make," said Chapel Hill High Athletic Director Tim Bennett. "However, it is the right decision for our kids and program at this time."
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The school expects to rebuild the program and offer a competitive varsity football program next year, it said in a statement.
The Tigers struggled to a 1-9 mark last season.