Hurricane Isaias put the high school sports schedule in flux last week. Every high school football game was rescheduled, with several switching multiple times, while nine area volleyball teams had their regular season finales cancelled ahead of the start of district tournament play this week.
Escambia County Public Schools and Santa Rosa County School District are closed on Oct. 12 and Oct. 13. Santa Rosa County announced Monday it will comply with Gov. Ron DeSantis's request to reopen on Oct. 14, though certain campuses won't reopen if deemed unsafe. Athletic activities that day, including games, are allowed to take place at the discretion of teams, players and coaches and if the facilities are safe.
Escambia County has yet to announce a plan for the rest of the week.
Here's what to know about how the hurricane has impacted both sports, along with which contests have been rescheduled.
Football
All seven district games that were postponed last week have been rescheduled, as the FHSAA mandates teams play all their district games.
Gulf Breeze-Escambia (District 1-4A), Booker T. Washington-Milton (District 1-4A), Pine Forest-Pensacola (District 1-3A) and South Walton-West Florida (District 1-3A) will all be made up on Nov. 3. Navarre-Tate (District 1-5A), Pace-Niceville (District 1-5A) and Northview-Blountstown (District 1-1A) will all be made up Nov. 4.
Jay-Marianna has been cancelled and Central-Rocky Bayou Christian has yet to announce a potential makeup date.
No changes have been made to this week's schedule, though there are six district games that will need to be made up if they're postponed: Pace-Navarre (District 1-5A), Booker T.-Choctawhatchee (District 1-4A), Escambia-Fort Walton Beach (District 1-4A), Milton-Gulf Breeze (District 1-4A), Pensacola-West Florida (District 1-3A) and Bay-Pine Forest (District 1-3A).
Central, who is supposed to host Vernon on Friday, has already cancelled Homecoming activities for this week but the game remains on the schedule.
Volleyball
District tournaments have been delayed and for some teams cancelled altogether with schools closed after the storm.
L.E.A.D. Academy was scheduled to travel to Tallahassee to face St. John Paul II in a District 1-1A quarterfinal on Oct. 12, but instead forfeited the match and ended their season.
In the Rural District 1 tournament, Northview was scheduled to face Laurel Hill in the quarterfinals on Oct. 12, with the winner facing Jay in one semifinal and Central taking on Baker in the other on Oct. 13. A new schedule has yet to be announced.
In District 1-3A, West Florida was supposed to travel to Freeport and Pensacola was supposed to host Walton in the quarterfinals on Oct. 12, with Pensacola Catholic hosting the Walton/PHS winner and South Walton hosting the Freeport/WF winner on Oct. 13. The quarterfinal games will now be Oct. 14, with the semifinals on Oct. 15 and the championship on Oct. 16.
In District 1-4A, Escambia was supposed to play Pine Forest in the quarterfinals on Oct. 13, with the winner advancing to play at Choctaw in the semifinals on Oct. 14. Booker T. Washington is scheduled to play Fort Walton Beach on Oct. 14 in the other semifinal. No schedule change has been announced.
In District 1-5A, Milton was scheduled to play at Gulf Breeze and Tate was scheduled to play at Niceville in the semifinals on Oct. 13. A new date has yet to be announced.
In District 1-6A, Pace was supposed to host Crestview in the semifinals on Oct. 13. That match has been moved back to Oct. 14, with the winner playing at Navarre in the district championship oin Oct. 15.
This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Hurricane Isaias reshuffles area football, volleyball schedules