Snowstorm postpones events

ASSOCIATED PRESS
The season's first big snowstorm in the Northeast disrupted college basketball games, high school football championships and horse racing Saturday, but New England ski resorts got just what they were looking for.
Rutgers called off its men's and women's basketball games, with a foot of snow having fallen by midday in northern New Jersey. The No. 22 Scarlet Knights women's team was scheduled against Temple; the men were to have played Monmouth. No makeup dates have been set.
In New York, where hundreds of flights were canceled at area airports, the Fordham men's and women's basketball games were delayed a day.
The New York Islanders' NHL game against Chicago proceeded. Fans who attended and ticket-holders unable to make it were offered free tickets to another game.
Horse racing shut down at Aqueduct and Yonkers Raceway in New York, at Laurel in Maryland and at Charles Town in West Virginia.
The National Weather Service issued blizzard warnings for parts of Maine, Connecticut, southeastern New York and New Jersey. Forecasters warned as much as 2 feet of snow was possible by Sunday in parts of Massachusetts and Vermont.
In Connecticut, the Quinnipiac at Central Connecticut State men's basketball game was postponed as was the Bentley College hockey game at Sacred Heart.
High school football championships in Connecticut and Massachusetts were put off.
In Pennsylvania, the NCAA Division III football quarterfinal between Bridgewater and Lycoming was pushed to today.