LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Football teams at Fort Campbell and Fort Knox high schools were sidelined Friday by the federal government shutdown, which has paused extracurricular activities at the schools for military families.

The schools on the historic Army posts remain open for normal instructional activities, but the congressional stalemate has left the students and their families in limbo when it comes to other school-related pursuits. Fort Knox is in central Kentucky while Fort Campbell straddles the Kentucky-Tennessee border.

Both football teams were scheduled to play Friday but their games were postponed. But the halt to extracurricular activities — even practices — applies to much more than football.

The Fort Campbell High girls volleyball team was on a historic run, having compiled an 1

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