Three area playoff games have been pushed off the Friday night schedule as Tropical Storm Nicole makes its way to the state.
According to the National Weather Service, Nicole is forecast to make landfall between Melbourne and Cocoa Beach early Thursday morning.
The Palatka-Baldwin, Seminole-Mandarin and Choctawhatchee-St. Augustine playoff games have been moved to Saturday at 6 p.m. There is still the potential for more movement as the storm’s path and projections develop. There are 14 other games involving north Florida programs still scheduled for Friday night. Six playoff games in south Georgia are also still unchanged in the traditional Friday night time slots.
Should Nicole arrive as a hurricane, it would be the first hurricane to hit the state in November since Kate in 1985. Several named tropical storms have hit Florida in November. Flagler Palm Coast at Bartram Trail Pace at Buchholz , 7:30 p.m. Middleburg at Escambia , 8:30 p.m. Wakulla at Pensacola Catholic , 8 p.m. Crescent City at Bradford Yulee at Baker County , 7:30 p.m. Boone at Apopka Tampa Bay Tech at Fletcher , 6:30 p.m. Riverside at Jackson , 6:30 p.m. Raines at White , 6:30 p.m.
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