Weather delays football action
Plainedge's RB, Andrew Jones (40, center), tries to get around Lynbrooks DB, Steven Marrandino (12, left). (Sept. 16, 2010) Credit: Richard Slattery
A football week already unusual because all of the public school games in Nassau and Suffolk were scheduled for Thursday became more chaotic when lightning forced postponement or suspension of many contests.
In Suffolk, 15 of 27 games were played to completion, counting the Eastport-South Manor at Sayville game which was ruled a 43-20 victory for Sayville when lightning struck with 1 minutes, 43 seconds remaining. The remaining games were rescheduled for either Friday, Sunday or Monday.
In Nassau, where the inclement weather struck first, only seven of 27 games were played to completion. The remaining 20 were either suspended or postponed.
Ed Cinelli, executive director of Section XI, the governing body of Suffolk's interscholastic athletics, said: "The schools have the option to play [Friday] or re-schedule the completion of any suspended games. Everything is tentative and we're all working on a schedule. Because of travel considerations and the players having to be home to observe a religious holiday by 6 p.m. , some teams will have to play Sunday."
The Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur starts at sundown tonight and ends tomorrow at sundown.
Here are some of yesterday's scenarios:
The Wantagh-Elmont game was postponed at halftime with Elmont leading 6-0. At Valley Stream Central, the hosts and Long Beach were tied at 21 and will begin play on Sunday at 2 p.m. with the start of the second half. At North Babylon, the Bulldogs led Half Hollow Hills West 35-21 when the game was halted with 4:50 left. It will be continued Friday.
The highly anticipated Lindenhurst at Sachem North game never got started because of lightning and will be played Friday at 2 p.m.
With Gregg Sarra
Updated weekend high school football schedule
Friday
Conference I
Hempstead at Massapequa, 3 p.m.
Baldwin at Herricks, 4 p.m.
Conference II
Calhoun at Garden City, 2:30 p.m.
Westbury at Bellmore JFK, 2:30 p.m.
Conference III
Lynbrook at Plainedge, 3 p.m.
Conference IV
Mineola at Clarke, 3:30 p.m.
Division I
Commack at Bay Shore, 3 p.m.
Patchogue-Medford at Sachem East, 3:30 p.m.
Northport at Floyd, 2 p.m.
Lindenhurst at Sachem North, 3 p.m.
Division II
Half Hollow Hills East at Comsewogue, 1:30 p.m.
Half Hollow Hills West at North Babylon, 3 p.m.
Division IV
Bayport-Blue Point at Mt Sinai, 2:30 p.m.
Glenn at Babylon, 2:30 p.m.
CHSFL
Holy Cross at St. Anthony's, 7 p.m.
Monsignor Farrell vs. Kellenberg at Hofstra, 7 p.m.
Saturday
CHSFL
Holy Trinity at Iona Prep, 1:30 pm
St. John the Baptist at Christ The King, 1:30 p.m.
Xaverian at Chaminade, 1:30 p.m.
Sunday
Conference I
East Meadow at Farmingdale, 1 p.m.
Conference II
Long Beach at Valley Stream Central , Fireman's Field, 2 p.m.
Wantagh at Elmont, 2 p.m.
Conference IV
Roosevelt at North Shore, noon
Floral Park at Friends Academy, 1 p.m.
Division II
Riverhead at Newfield, 11 a.m.
Division III
East Hampton at Rocky Point, 1 p.m.
Monday
Conference I
Port Washington at MacArthur, 4:30 p.m.
Division IV
Stony Brook at Hampton Bays, 6:30 p.m.
TBA
Conference I
Uniondale at Plainview JFK
Syosset at Oceanside
Conference II
New Hyde Park at Great Neck S.
Conference III
Valley Stream South at South Side
Carle Place at Division
Manhasset at West Hempstead
Bethpage at Glen Cove
Division II
Smithtown West at West Babylon
Schedule subject to change
