Weather wreaks havoc with prep basketball games

On Saturday, the phrase “Going cold from the outside” had a totally different meaning to the state’s best basketball teams.

Poland and Warren Harding saw their regional championship games pushed back one day due to the blizzard blanketing the state.

Poland will meet Cleveland Benedictine today at 3 p.m. at the Canton Civic Center in a Division II final, while Harding will meet Lakewood St. Edward today at 2 p.m. at Cleveland State’s Wolstein Center.

All 12 of the boys regional championship games originally scheduled to be played Saturday have been pushed back to today. Both area teams were informed of the time change on Friday afternoon.

The postponements didn’t end there.

The 33rd girls state high school basketball championship games set for Saturday at Value City Arena were pushed back to Monday.

It’s the first time in state tournament history that games have been postponed.

For more details, read Sunday's Vindicator or visit Vindy.com.