The snowstorm that hit Minnesota on Friday is having an impact on high school sporting events scheduled for the weekend.
Weekend storm disrupting high school sports schedules
January 17, 2020 at 9:24PM
Minnehaha Academy, which has one of the top ranked boys' basketball teams in the nation, announced via Twitter that it would not participate as planned in a high school basketball showcase scheduled for Saturday in LaCrosse, Wis. Minneapolis North was also scheduled to participate.
An hour later, organizers of the Midwest Players Classic announced the tournament had been rescheduled for Feb. 1 with a revised field.
Social media updates from schools around the state were being posted advising of other postponements and cancellations.
The Star Tribune's high school sports hubs are also listing dozens of games that aren't being played as planned.
You can check out those lists, which have been updated throughout the day, below:
Clicking twice on the status field on those pages will group all of the games that have been called off at the top of the listing.
Also, not all of the changes are posted. But for many districts and private schools, the policy is that if school has been closed, after-school activities have been called off, too.
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Six players plus head coach Garrett Raboin and assistant coach Ben Gordon are from Minnesota. The tournament’s games will be televised starting Monday.
