Many sports events across the United States were called off last week after the tragedies that took place in New York and Washington Sep. 11, including Saturday’s football game between Cerritos College and College of the Canyons.

The game was cancelled by a mutual agreement between the schools after Canyons president Dianne Van Hook called off all games taking place on the Santa Clarita campus.

Falcons quarterback Mike Harrison said that the cancellation of the game “sucks” but added that there is “nothing we can do about it.”

Athletic Director and Interim Instructional Dean of Physical Education and Athletics Michael McPherson said that he was “very surprised” and “thought everything was on schedule” when he got the call Thursday night.

He also said that he is “looking at trying to reschedule the game.”

Both teams have an open date on Oct. 13, when all the teams from the Mission and Western State Conferences have their midseason break.

After their 21-19 win over Bakersfield Sep. 8, the Falcons (1-0) moved to the top spot in the Southern California segment of the Commission on Athletics/California Community Colleges Football Coaches Association poll and were ranked fourth in the nation by J.C. Grid-Wire.

The Falcons’ next game will take place Saturday against Fullerton College.

Kickoff is 1 p.m. at Titan Stadium on the campus of Cal State Fullerton.

Fullerton is 2-0 with wins over Santa Barbara 21-0 and West L.A. 31-19