{"id":456139,"date":"2026-10-04T12:16:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T12:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/456139\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T12:16:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T12:16:33","slug":"bellaire-lamar-rivalry-game-canceled-due-to-staph-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/456139\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellaire-Lamar rivalry game canceled due to staph outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a result, Friday&#8217;s pivotal contest between\u00a0Bellaire and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/sports\/article\/aiden-mccown-caleb-holmes-propel-lamar-past-22450847.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Lamar Texans<\/a> at Delmar Stadium has been canceled. The canceled contest\u00a0was also tabbed as Lamar&#8217;s 2026 homecoming game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The decision is based on guidance from the HISD Health and Medical Department and the Houston Health Department Epidemiology team,&#8221;\u00a0Niggli\u00a0said in a statement on Thursday. &#8220;HISD is taking appropriate steps in response to the confirmed cases.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to the Cleveland Clinic, staph infection is a contagious disease caused by Staphylococcus bacteria entering the body through a cut, scrape, or other break in the skin. Managing staph is especially challenging for football teams because of constant skin-to-skin contact, high rates of nasal carriage and shared equipment.<\/p>\n<p>According to Niggli, under\u00a0UIL guidelines, the game will be recorded as a win for Lamar, now 3-2, giving them a three-game winning streak and their first in district play. Meanwhile, Bellaire&#8217;s forfeited loss drops their record to 1-5. Next week&#8217;s matchups for both clubs feature Lamar traveling to Alief Taylor on Thursday, Oct. 8, while Bellaire will host Houston Heights on Friday, Oct. 9.<\/p>\n<p>However, if Bellaire cannot reduce the spread of staph among their team, they may have to forfeit a second game for safety reasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As a result, Friday&#8217;s pivotal contest between\u00a0Bellaire and the Lamar Texans at Delmar Stadium has been canceled. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456140,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[90040,90778,16469,1704,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-456139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-chronhealth","tag-chronhighschool","tag-chronsports","tag-chronstaff","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}