Snow, freezing temperatures cause delay for Oregon’s wrestling state championships

Whereas circumstances had been alleged to look much less snowy on Thursday, the quantity of snow that fell on Wednesday (coupled with freezing temperatures in a single day) have led to the Oregon Faculty Actions Affiliation suspending the primary day of the wrestling state event.

Late on Wednesday evening, the OSAA posted on social media that Veterans Memorial Coliseum wouldn’t allow them to make use of the power on Thursday. Which means that the primary day that they may begin the boys 4A, 3A, 2A/1A and 4A/3A/2A/1A ladies tournaments will likely be Friday.

The OSAA has mentioned that it might ship out a revised schedule as quickly as doable. As of Wednesday evening, that schedule shouldn’t be accessible.

The unique schedule (new to this faculty yr) was to have the smaller faculty state tournaments (4A, 3A, 2A/1A and 4A/3A/2A/1A ladies) run on Thursday and Friday whereas the larger colleges (6A, 5A and 6A/5A ladies) would run on Friday and Saturday. For years, the state has beforehand had all the state tournaments run concurrently with the championship matches all operating on Saturday.

That is removed from the one sporting occasion affected by the climate. Portland Public Faculties canceled all practices on Wednesday and Thursday. A number of Three Rivers League sporting occasions additionally needed to be moved, both to earlier within the day or to a later date.

— Nik Streng, nstreng@oregonian.com, @NikStreng