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Paolo Uggetti, ESPN
Appalachian State has canceled its home football game scheduled for Saturday against Liberty due to damage caused by Hurricane Helene.
In a news release, the western North Carolina school said the hurricane has caused “severe impacts to App State, the town of Boone and surrounding areas.”
The game will not be rescheduled.
However, Liberty AD Ian McCaw told ESPN that, if possible, the program would like to add a 12th game this season to replace the game against App State. Liberty is currently 4-0 and would only be able to play 11 regular-season games if they aren’t able to find a 12th game, which could hurt their chances of securing a College Football Playoff bid.
Helene, which made landfall in Florida on Thursday night as a Category 4 hurricane, is producing “historic and catastrophic flooding over portions of the Southeast and Southern Appalachians,” according to the National Hurricane Center.
Close to 300 roads were closed and over 100 swift-water rescues had occurred so far in North Carolina, according to Gov. Roy Cooper. He added that the storm, particularly in western North Carolina, is causing life-threatening flash flooding, numerous landslides and power outages from downed trees.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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