Updates: Snow cancellations for high school football, sports in South Sound on Friday
After waiting for so long, many high school football teams in the South Sound will have to wait just a little bit longer.
On Friday morning, some school districts in the area began announcing cancellations of extra-curricular activities on Friday because of the ice and snow. It includes high school sports practices and for football teams, their first taste of live in-game action against opponents since 2019, albeit in a scrimmage capacity.
Here’s what we know about who’s still playing and who has cancelled games and practices.
PUYALLUP SCHOOL DISTRICT
All in-person athletic activites are cancelled. That includes practices for all traditional fall sports, as well as the jamboree football games that were scheduled tonight: Bethel at Rogers and Graham-Kapowsin at Emerald Ridge.
TACOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT
All activities and athletics have been cancelled for Friday. This includes Lakes’ game at Mount Tahoma.
PENINSULA SCHOOL DISTRICT
Gig Harbor’s home exhibiton game against Curtis at Roy Anderson Field, originally scheduled for 5 p.m., has been moved up to 3 p.m. The districts athletic directors have advised coaches that student-athletes for all sports need to be sent home before dark, i.e. 5 p.m.
SUMNER-BONNEY LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Sumner’s home exhibition football game against Peninsula has been moved from its original 5 p.m. time slot to 3 p.m. at Sunset Chev Stadium. Bonney Lake will follow, with a game against Stadium at 4:30 p.m.
BETHEL SCHOOL DISTRICT
All Bethel School District activities are cancelled today.
Both of the district’s high school football exhibition games (Bethel at Rogers and Graham-Kapowsin at Emerald Ridge) were scheduled to be played at Puyallup School District sites. The Puyallup School District has cancelled all athletics for Friday night.
NORTH THURSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
School was cancelled for Friday and with it, all athletics and activites were also cancelled. This includes Capital’s football exhibition game against North Thurston.
OLYMPIA SCHOOL DISTRICT
All athletics have been cancelled on Friday, including River Ridge’s exhibition football game at Olympia High School.
PRIVATE
Bellarmine Prep cancelled its home exhibition game against Puyallup on Friday night.
This story was originally published February 12, 2021 at 11:22 AM.
