By CRAIG ADKINS
For The Reporter
ARCADIA – Friday night’s football game between host Hamilton Heights and Triton Central has been postponed to Saturday due to lightning and storms.
The heat was the issue at first, as the game temperature started out at a balmy 91 degrees with the heat index pushing 100. The officials gave the players a water break midway through the first quarter and a little longer of a break after the quarter ended.
A lightning delay was called at 7:50 p.m., and eventually the game was postponed. It will resume at 2 p.m. today. Tickets will not be required for admission to the conclusion of this game.
The Tigers scored first on the opening drive. They took four minutes off of the clock when running back Kade Stephens ran in a 22-yard touchdown for a 7-0 score.
Heights got its TD early in the second. The Huskies had a third and four at the Triton Central 16. Joey Sigler got the toss out of the backfield and sprinted 16 yards for the touchdown. Keegan Kavanaugh booted the extra point through to tie it 7-7.
The Huskies will have the ball third down and seven from the Tiger 36 with 6:22 on the second quarter clock.