The snow and ice that entered the area on Wednesday morning has forced the postponement of most of the high school sports schedule for this evening.
All four area basketball tournaments had been pushed back. Cambria Heights waited until 4 p.m. before eventually deciding to postpone the opening night of its boys tournament.
The Blue Pirate Boosters Holiday Tournament at Williamsburg and the County Seat Tournament at Central Cambria on the boys side, as well as the Huntingdon Lions Tournament, which has both boys and girls brackets, moved their opening round games from tonight to Thursday evening. The consy and finals at the County Seat Tournament will be played on Saturday afternoon.
Because of a scheduling conflict for later in the week, the organizers for the Huntingdon Lions Tournament will play all eight games on Thursday, beginning with Juniata Valley taking on Mount Union girls at 10 a.m. and concluding with the boys championship, scheduled for 8:30 p.m.
All eight teams will play twice in 12 hours.
"It actually reminds me of when we go play summer league games," Huntingdon coach Nick Payne said. "They schedule you to play two games a day so you don't have to travel.
"With the big court, it's going to be interesting. We're going to have to be in condition. That's going to be for all the teams."
High school boys basketball
Blue Pirate Booster Holiday Tournament
at Williamsburg
Central vs. Conemaugh Valley, ppd. to Thursday
Philipsburg-Osceola vs. Williamsburg, ppd. to Thursday
Cambria Heights Christmas Tournament
Glendale vs. Northern Cambria, 6
Moshannon Valley vs. Cambria Heights, 7:30
County Seat Tournament
at Central Cambria
Bishop Carroll vs. Blairsville, ppd. to Thursday
Central Cambria vs. Penns Manor, ppd. to Thursday
Huntingdon Lions Christmas Tournament
at Juniata College
Southern Huntingdon vs. Juniata Valley, ppd. to Thursday
Forbes Road vs. Huntingdon, ppd. to Thursday
High school girls
Huntingdon Lions Christmas Tournament
Juniata Valley vs. Mount Union, ppd. to Thursday
Huntingdon vs. Southern Huntingdon, ppd. to Thursday
