Friday Night Wash-Out: Bishop Mac/HCA postponed

David Raley hadn't even talked to his players yet, but the dejection in his voice was evident.

"We're just breaking the news to the kids right now," the first year Hernando Christian coach said early Friday evening.

Apparently, a band of rainstorms that swept through the county late Friday afternoon had rendered the Lions' field at Ernie Weaver Park unplayable. Hernando Christian's first game - and Raley's first as a head varsity football coach - was rained out.

There's no word on when, or if, Bishop McLaughlin and Hernando Christian will make up their game.

The rain apparently has ruined what was sure to be a festive debut for the Lions. Not only was it the first game of the season, and the first game as head coach, but it was the first night game in school history. Earlier this summer, HCA reached an agreement with the county to play its games at Ernie Weaver, a public park in Brooksville.

For the Lions' first three seasons, games had been held on Friday afternoons.

 

--DAVID MURPHY
dmurphy@sptimes.com