Are Mid-Columbia football teams still playing Friday? Stay tuned

Friday’s Mid-Columbia football schedule has not gone up in smoke — yet.

With a full slate of games scheduled for Week 2, most schools are waiting until noon Friday to make a decision whether to play that night, or try and reschedule for Saturday.

Kennewick is scheduled to play at Cleveland High School in Seattle. That game still is a go, but athletic director Anna Fazzari said they would double check conditions in Seattle on Friday morning before they load up the bus.

Walla Walla’s game at Eastmont already has been to moved to Saturday at 3 p.m., while the Connell at Ellensburg game was canceled. All Ellensburg schools are closed until Monday because of the air quality.

Pasco’s Thursday game with Davis was moved to Saturday, with the freshman game at 10 a.m. and the varsity at 1 p.m. The site will depend on which city has the better air quality. If it is not safe to play at either location, the game will be canceled and not made up.

Nothing is set yet for Friday’s doubleheader at Lampson Stadium. Southridge, which is hosting Sunnyside at 8 p.m., will make a decision by 1 p.m. Friday.

“If not Friday, we might look toward Monday,” Suns AD Tim Wood said. “It makes for a short week, but they are willing do it.”

Kamiakin, scheduled to host Lewis & Clark at 5 p.m. at Lampson Stadium, will let fans know by 11 a.m. Friday.

“Our fall back plan is to try and go Saturday at 1 p.m.,” Kamiakin AD Casey Gant said. “That decision will be made Saturday at 8 a.m. If we can’t go then, we will lose that game.”

The Wenatchee at Richland game will be decided at 8:30 a.m., according to Richland AD Mike Edwards. If the game is not a go for Friday, a decision will be made later in the day to hopefully play Saturday.

Hanford, which is slated to play at Moses Lake, will make a decision by noon Friday. If need be, they will try to move the game to 4 p.m. Saturday.

By noon Friday, decisions will be made on the West Valley at Chiawana and Kiona-Benton at Wapato games.

The Othello at Royal and Dayton-Waitsburg at Columbia-Burbank games will be decided by 2 p.m. Friday

The River View at Grandview game will be decided at 10 a.m. Friday. If the game is not played Friday, the hope is to bump it to Monday, according to Greyhounds AD Scott Parrish.

Monday may be an option for the Zillah at Prosser game as well. Mustangs coach Corey Ingvalson said a decision will be made by mid-day Friday.

Tri-Cities Prep plans on heading to Lyle-Wishram. TCP coach Dan Whitsett said the Cougars have practiced outside twice this week, while his team has been in the gym. A final decision will be made by 10 a.m. If not Friday, they will try for Saturday.

In Hermiston, AD Larry Usher will let fans know by 8 a.m. if the home game with Lewiston is a go. If not, they will look at playing at 7 p.m. Saturday.

Other decisions already made include Goldendale at College Place postponed until Sept. 11 at 5:30 p.m., and Cle Elum at Wahluke was postponed.

Liberty Christian made the decision at 4 p.m. Thursday to cancel their home game with Jenkins. The game will not be rescheduled.

This story was originally published September 7, 2017 at 4:11 PM with the headline "Are Mid-Columbia football teams still playing Friday? Stay tuned."