Kathleen Ellyn/ChieftainEHS Principal Blake Carlsen and EHS Superintendent Brad Royse watch grimly as their football season goes up in smoke.

There will be no Homecoming game for Enterprise football this Friday.

The Football Field house, which contained all of the football equipment and uniforms, was gutted by fire this morning.

Both Enterprise and Joseph Fire Departments responded to the fire at approximately 7:30 a.m. Marcie Teeney of Joseph reported the fire. Teeney had been working on the stands nearby, preparing for Homecoming, when she saw the smoke.

“I couldn’t get into the building and I couldn’t get a hose,” she said. “I just couldn’t do anything but call the fire department.”

School Superintendent Brad Royse and Principal Blake Carlsen grimly watched their football season go up in smoke as firemen cut holes in the roof with chainsaws and suited up with breathing apparatus to enter the building.

“It’s disheartening,” said Royse.

The cause of the fire has not been determined.