Remnants of Hurricane Francine may impact Georgia high school football schedule

Heavy rains are expected, with the possibility of isolated tornadoes

Gary Adornato | Sep 12, 2024

Hurricane Francine, which has now been downgraded to tropical storm status, is expected to drop as much as six inches of rain and possibly launch isolated tornadoes as it passes through Georgia this weekend. They may play havoc with the state's schedule of high school football over the weekend. / Provided by NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES East. / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Tropical storm Francine, which made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane on Wednesday, is expected to impact Georgia on Thursday and Friday, dropping up to six inches of rain and possibly spawning isolated tornadoes in the state.

West Georgia is expected to see the most impact and the region is already under a flood watch which will extend into Friday evening. The timing of these weather developments could impact this weekend's schedule of Georgia high school football games. Not only will the weather make playing conditions difficult, but it could make traveling to and from the contest dangerous for athletes and fans.

At this point there have been no postponements announced with regard to Georgia high school football, but a number of high school and college athletic contests in the storm's path have been postponed in throughout the Southeast this week.

If games are postponed, the possibility exists that they will be played on Saturday and even Monday if weather conditions allow. Follow SBLive's Georgia High School Scoreboard for updates on any changes to the schedule as well as live score upates and finals on all games which are played.

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Published Sep 12, 2024

GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University, and in 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.