Heat plays havoc with the schedule
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- June
- 9
Boy was it brutal today. Temperatures nearly hit 100, the air was thick and humid, and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky to block an angry sun. Pace University, where I was, didn’t have a stick of shade anywhere around the field except for a tiny patch way out beyond centerfield. I can see why Section 9 would want to keep its players out of that.
That being said, everyone probably could have played today. It would have been miserably uncomfortable, but it was possible. Somers and Cornwall played and nobody died of heat stroke. A one-day delay wouldn’t be a big deal, except Tuesday is supposed to be as miserable as today. Which could mean another delay until Wednesday when the heat finally breaks. Kennedy and Keio would have to play Wednesday, Thursday, and a doubleheader Saturday. Tough to win a state title like that.
We still don’t know what the plan is for tomorrow. The school and sectional administrators will decide tomorrow if conditions are playable. If so, Kennedy will be at SUNY New Paltz against Marlboro, Keio will be at Rye Neck against Millbrook, and Mamaroneck will be at Pace against Minisink Valley. All games would be at 5 p.m. There are also alternative plans if they decide to play when the sun goes down. Keio could move to Lakeland and Mamaroneck to Clarkstown South. Both fields have lights. Not sure what Kennedy’s backup is, if it has one.
But again, all of this should be written in pencil. It’s all very tentative. When the decision is made tomorrow I’ll post it immediately on the blog. Check back often in the late morning/early afternoon.
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Josh Thomson has done some of everything since joining The Journal News in
March 2003. He began working for the Gannett weeklies during the winter of
2002 as a freelance writer. He joined the daily staff soon after and has
since covered various high school and pro sports. Away from sportswriting,
Josh lives in Westchester and spends his free time either with his
fiancee, Sarah, or expertly managing his various championship-winning
fantasy sports teams. He's visited 21 major-league baseball stadiums and
insists that Fenway Park and Wrigley Field are the best by far. Josh
graduated from Carmel High School in 1998, then went to Boston University,
where, in 2002, he received a degree in communications with a minor in
history. 
Jake Thomases has covered baseball, hockey, girls basketball, and girls soccer for the Journal News since arriving in 2003. He previously interned at The Poughkeepsie Journal while attending Vassar College. He is socking money away under his mattress to buy the Knicks, at which time he will trade Jerome James to Cleveland for a ham sandwich.
long island canceled too so they face the same problem of lots of games in short order