The remainder of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School football season, including the Island Cup, will be cancelled due to a lack of available players.

Football coach Tony Mottola made the call on Saturday to not go forward with the rival game against Nantucket as injuries stacked up on the team, which was already down several players.

“Each week we have been trying to put it together,” Mottola said in an interview with Vineyard Times. “Their bodies are getting worn down…It kind of all came to a head and became a safety issue.”

The Vineyard team, which is 2-4 on the season, started in September with 36 players on the roster. A couple players dropped off, seven had season-ending injuries and six in the past week were dismissed from the team due to disciplinary reasons.

The team had

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