Several Thursday football games postponed due to hot weather forecast
Five football games involving Public League teams were scheduled for Thursday, but were postponed due to the continued heat heat wave.
The Philadelphia School District announced Wednesday afternoon that it elected to postpone all its athletics — practices and games — for Thursday because of the continued heat wave.
That decision forced the postponement of football games involving seven Public League squads.
The following contests were affected: George Washington vs. Kensington; Olney vs. Boys' Latin; Martin Luther King vs. Phoenixville; Central vs. Upper Dublin; and Archbishop Ryan vs. Frankford.
Boys' Latin, which is led by senior quarterback Malik Johnson, routed Prep Charter, 50-0, in its opener last Saturday night at the South Philly Super Site.
Ryan vs. Frankford, which was originally scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday at Northeast's Charlie Martin Memorial Stadium, is now scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Friday at Large and Dyre Streets in Frankford.
Frankford may have to play without first-year head coach Bill Sytsma on the sideline. Sytsma has been hospitalized since Saturday with a blood infection. In his debut last Friday night, the Pioneers fell to Bensalem, 28-27, on Dawson Fontaine's 22-yard field goal with four seconds remaining.
As of Wednesday, a trio of Thursday nonleague games were still scheduled to be played: Middletown South (N.J.) at Coatesville; Pottstown at West Chester East; and West Chester Rustin at West Chester Henderson.
The Martin Luther King-Phoenixville game is now scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday at Phoenixville.
Coatesville, which ranked No. 2 in Southeastern Pennsylvania behind St. Joseph's Prep, began its season last Saturday afternoon with a 37-6 romp over District 3's Harrisburg.
It marks the first game for Central Jersey's Middletown South, which went 5-5 overall last year.