Thursday, June 16, 2011

Ugly weather is back

In a baseball season marred by a host of postponed and suspended games, it's only fitting that there's a good chance of ugly weather in State College on Friday for the four PIAA championship games.

The finals have not been interrupted since 2003 when they could not be played Friday or Saturday. All three games took place the following Monday at Harrisburg's Riverside Stadium.

There's good news and bad news for Northern fans. Because the Class AAA game is the first of the day (it's scheduled for a 10:30 a.m. start), it's unlikely that weather will wash the game out. If tomorrow is like today, there should be a window to get at least one game in.

Now for the bad news. Because Tunkhannock's commencement ceremony is scheduled for Friday night, the game probably cannot start any later than noon. Remember, the original start time for this game was 1 p.m.

That means there likely needs to be a 90-minute window of good weather in State College on Friday. If that doesn't happen, find a hotel and stick around until Saturday.

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