PREP VOLLEYBALL
Scoreboard
Cibola 3, San Luis 0 Kofa 3, Yuma 0 NW Christian 3, YC 0
Local Schedule PREP VOLLEYBALL Cibola at Kofa, 6 p.m.
San Luis at Gila Ridge, 6 p.m.
Quick Hitters Cowboys’ Dalton placed on reserve COVID-19 list
The Dallas Cowboys have placed quarterback Andy Dalton on the reserve COVID-19 list on Tuesday, keeping him out a second straight game after he was sidelined by a concussion.
Dalton will be the first Dallas player to go on the COVID-19 list since before the season.
The loss of Dalton likely means a second consecutive start for rookie Ben DiNucci against undefeated Pittsburgh on Sunday.
The seventh-round pick replaced Dalton for last weekend’s 23-9 loss to Philadelphia. The Cowboys (2-6) have had three starting quarterbacks this season after star Dak Prescott broke his ankle in Week 5, ending his season.
Dalton was the starter in Cincinnati for nine years before the Bengals drafted Joe Burrow first overall in this year’s draft and released the former TCU standout. Dalton signed a one-year contract to be Prescott’s backup.
The 33-year-old Dalton got a concussion in a 25-3 loss to Washington on a hit that led to the ejection of linebacker Jon Bostic, who was also fined $12,000.
Broncos GM Elway, team president Ellis positive for COVID-19
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – The novel coronavirus has reached the highest levels of the Denver Broncos organization with general manager John Elway and team president Joe Ellis testing positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday.
The Broncos said in a statement that both Elway and Ellis have minor symptoms but are “doing well’ and will continue to work from home and in self-isolation and participate in virtual meetings while their health is monitored.
The team said contact tracing measures show that no players or coaches came into close contact with either Elway or Ellis recently.
“Based on a review of contact tracing data with the league, we are confident these cases originated independently outside team facilities,” the Broncos said. “There were minimal close contacts identified for each (no players or coaches) and those individuals have been notified.”
“While our facilities are closed for Election Day, coaches are conducting their game preparations today remotely as a precaution,” the team added. “Our organization will remain in communication with the NFL, making all decisions in consultation with the league and based on guidance from medical experts.”
The Broncos have had three assistant coaches go under the league’s COVID-19 protocols – Curtis Modkins, Mike Munchak and Ed Donatell – in addition to right guard Graham Glasgow. Others at the team’s headquarters also have been infected by COVID-19 in recent weeks.
Mississippi State’s Hill opts out to prepare for NFL draft
STARKVILLE, Miss – Mississippi State running back Kylin Hill tweets that he is leaving school to prepare for the NFL draft, citing his brother’s recovery from brain surgery and COVID-19, which also affected his mother.
In the first of two posts on his official Twitter account, the senior wrote that uncertainty because of the coronavirus pandemic “forced all of us to adapt as best as possible.” Hill said he decided to enter the draft after talking with his family and added, “This has been an incredibly difficult decision, but one that I feel is best for me at this time.”
Hill had missed most of the Bulldogs’ past three games, and first-year Bulldogs coach Mike Leach repeatedly said the player was not with the team for personal reasons. Just last week, Leach said he hadn’t talked with him but heard Hill was preparing to enter the NFL draft.
Hill explained his absence in another post.
“My family was hit with Covid bad and my brother recently had brain surgery & also got Covid including my mom,” Hill wrote.
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