North Hunterdon has moved its North 2, Group 4 title game to Saturday due to bad weather expected Friday. Brearley and Phillipsburg also will play different days. (File photo)
“We’re Athletic Directors, not meteorologists.”
That’s what Hillside head coach Barris Grant told Central Jersey Sports Radio when asked if his Comets had been approached by Old Tappan – their opponent in the North 1, Group 1 title game – about moving the contest due to the heavy rain that’s possible Friday night, as the remnants of what will be Hurricane Nicole make their way past – and perhaps through – New Jersey.
Needless to say, the game is not being moved, and the two will square off as scheduled Friday night at 6:00 for the North 1, Group 1 title.
Also staying put is Edison’s game down at Lenape in the Central Jersey Group 5 title tilt. That’s also scheduled for 6 pm.
Decisions on start times and days rest with the home team, the higher seed, though moving it often winds up becoming a collaborative effort between schools, as it did with three other Big Central Conference teams.
The first to announce they were moving their game was Phillipsburg. That word came Thursday morning, when the Stateliners moved their North 2, Group 4 title game up a day. They will now face West Orange at the same time, just a day earlier, 7 pm Thursday at Maloney Stadium off Route 22.
Two other games, however, moved to Saturday. Brearley and Mountain Lakes will play for the North 1, Group 1 title at noon, as will North Hunterdon and Randolph for the North 2, Group 4 title.
The Friday forecast as of 5 pm Wednesday from The Weather Channel calls for evening thunderstorms, overcast later in the overnight hours with occasional rain, and the potential for heavy rainfall, with winds out of the south-southwest at 10-20 miles per hour across much of the state. There could be a little rain Thursday, and Saturday is expected to be in the mid-60s and partly to mostly cloudy.
Central Jersey Sports Radio will have postgame reaction from the Phillipsburg-West Orange game on our website Thursday night, and you can follow reporter Chris Tsakonas for live updates on Twitter by clicking here.
Live coverage begins Friday at approximately 5:40 pm in Medford, where Edison will visit Lenape. We’ll have live-play-by-play of that game at 6, with Chris Tsakonas providing live updates of Hillside-Old Tappan. Postgame reaction will follow on cjsportsradio.com.
Saturday, we’ll have two more games, with live coverage of North Hunterdon-Ramapo starting at approximately 11:40 am. Kickoff will be at noon, and Chris Tsakonas will have live updates of Brearley-Mountain Lakes. Again, postgame reaction will follow on cjsportsradio.com.
Click here to listen live to both Friday and Saturday night broadcasts.
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