Perry, who left home with "a pair of shorts and two T-shirts," said he had no idea whether his house was among the roughly 577 homes destroyed by two fires in Bastrop County that had burned 34,800 acres by Tuesday night. He did know that two of his assistant coaches and at least two of his players had lost their homes to the wind-driven flames .
"It looks like a war zone out there," Perry said. "We've got friends who have lost their homes. This is a daunting task. Football is about the furthest thing from my mind."
On Friday night, Perry's team shut out Seguin to even its record after two games. By Tuesday, the Bears' football season had been pushed into the background, as a handful of high schools in Central Texas postponed or cancelled sporting events and other extracurricular activities in the wake of the devastating fires.
Tuesday's varsity volleyball matches involving teams from Bastrop, Cedar Creek, Vandegrift, Rouse and Smithville high schools were called off.
Bastrop and Cedar Creek also won't play Friday after the Bastrop Independent School District cancelled classes for the rest of this week.
The decision also meant Bastrop's football team won't play its scheduled game against Akins on Friday night.
Cedar Creek, which won't field a varsity football team until next year, will not play its scheduled junior varsity game on Thursday. Coach Dan Hernandez said he had contacted most of the 85 to 90 juniors, sophomores and freshmen who play football for Cedar Creek, which opened in 2010.
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