{"id":5578,"date":"2018-12-04T16:37:55","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T16:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schsl.org\/?p=5578"},"modified":"2018-12-04T18:31:57","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T18:31:57","slug":"state-football-championship-schedule-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.schsl.org\/index.php\/2018\/12\/04\/state-football-championship-schedule-change\/","title":{"rendered":"State Football Championship Schedule Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Tuesday, December 4, 2018<br \/>\n<\/strong>Tammie Newman, Director of Communications\/Public Relations\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 tnewman@archive.schsl.org\u00a0 \/\u00a0 803.896.0417<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>State Football Championship Schedule Change<\/u><\/em><\/strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n<p>After monitoring the inclement weather predictions for Saturday, the South Carolina High School League has made the necessary schedule change for AAA-AAAA-AAAAA competitions.\u00a0 The expectation of extreme temperatures, rain, sleet and possible ice presents major safety concerns for not only our students, but also fans traveling to the venue.<\/p>\n<p>All scheduled games for Saturday, December 8 at Williams-Brice Stadium are now moved to Friday, December 7 at Williams \u2013Brice Stadium for the following times:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1:00 pm &#8211;\u00a0 AAAA<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>4:00 pm &#8211; AAA<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>7:30 pm &#8211; AAAAA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jerome Singleton, Commissioner, states, \u201cThe safety of our student-athletes, as well as the strong fan base they have garnered this season, is our primary focus. We realize this is an inconvenience for some but we hope everyone can understand the priority for this weekend must indeed be providing the safest environment possible. Knowing the high school sports fans of South Carolina, Friday is sure to be THE biggest day of football for the entire state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This precautionary measure is not solely for the Columbia area, but the upstate as well. The weather conditions place everyone at high risk for not only injury during play but also travel.\u00a0 This detailed process would not be possible without the assistance and support from the University of South Carolina staff and athletic department. Again, your willingness to make the needed adjustment to your state championship schedule is very much appreciated. \u00a0Game tickets pre-purchased for the AAA-AAAA-AAAAA games will be honored on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><em>*The A and AA games scheduled for Friday, November 7 at Benedict College remain the same.<br \/>\n<\/em><em>5:00 pm &#8211; A<br \/>\n<\/em><em>8:00 pm- AA<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-excerpt\">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Tuesday, December 4, 2018 Tammie Newman, Director of Communications\/Public Relations\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 tnewman@archive.schsl.org\u00a0 \/\u00a0 803.896.0417 State Football Championship Schedule Change\u00a0 After monitoring the inclement weather predictions for Saturday, the South Carolina High School League has made the necessary schedule change for AAA-AAAA-AAAAA&#8230;\n<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.schsl.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5578"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.schsl.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.schsl.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.schsl.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.schsl.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5578"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/archive.schsl.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5580,"href":"https:\/\/archive.schsl.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5578\/revisions\/5580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.schsl.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.schsl.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.schsl.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}