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The Palo Alto, Menlo-Atherton and Sacred Heart Prep Central Coast Section Open Division football games have been postponed and rescheduled for this weekend due to unhealthy air quality caused by the Camp Fire in Butte County.
Those games had originally been scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Nov. 9-10, but were pushed back to Monday in the hopes the air would clear by then. AQI readings in the 160 range Monday morning caused administrators to reschedule the games again.
Palo Alto’s home game with Los Gatos has been rescheduled for Friday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m.; Menlo-Atherton’s game with Milpitas for Friday at 5 p.m.; and Sacred Heart Prep’s game with St. Ignatius to Saturday at 1 p.m.
“Our biggest concern is the health of the kids at Paly,” Palo Alto athletic director Therren Wilburn said.
The North Coast Section has also cancelled the majority of its playoff games that were to take place Monday.
With section playoffs being pushed back a week it stands to reason that the state playoffs will also be moved back. As it stands now CCS championship games would take place the same weekend as the scheduled opening round of the state playoffs.
The 10 section commissioners are reportedly meeting today with a statement expected from the state CIF by Tuesday.
“I don’t think they have a choice,” M-A coach Adhir Ravipati said. “So much of the state is being affected by the fires.”
