This coming weekend’s state football playoff schedule has resulted in Fairbanks High School having to switch a couple of winter sports dates.
The Lady Panther girls basketball team was scheduled to tip off the 2019-20 season at West Liberty-Salem on Saturday.
The West Liberty football squad will play West Jefferson in a Division V regional championship game on Saturday at Sidney Memorial Stadium.
The FHS-WLS girls hoop contest has been rescheduled for Friday evening on the Tigers’ home court.
The junior varsity game will tip off at 6 p.m., with the varsity contest to follow.
Fairbanks’ freshman, JV and varsity boys basketball teams were scheduled to open the season on Friday, Nov. 30 at Jonathan Alder.
Since the Pioneer football team is having a long playoff run, the members of that team who play basketball will not be ready for a late November hoop contest.
The Fairbanks-Jonathan Alder boys basketball games have been switched to Saturday, Dec. 21, at Alder.
The freshman contest will begin at 4:30 p.m.
That game will be followed by the reserves and then the varsity game.