Cumberland County high school football games face postponements amid stormy weather
This article will be updated with more information. As inclement weather arrives in the Cumberland County area, it forces local high school football games to shift due to heavy rains, along with thunder and lightning. Terry Sanford's game against Westover, originally scheduled for 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 18, is the first to be postponed in the Fayetteville area, rescheduled for 7 p.m. Monday. Douglas Byrd's matchup at Red Springs is in a 30-minute delay, with a new start time of 7:30 p.m., while Pine Forest's game against Cape Fear has been moved to Saturday, Sept. 19 at 1 p.m. Friday's Gray's Creek at E.E. Smith kickoff has been pushed from 7 to 8 p.m. and Seventy-First at Jack Britt has been pushed back an hour from its original time to 8:30 p.m.
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