(Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)
COMMERCE CITY — The Class 5A girls soccer championship game, already postponed a day, has been delayed Wednesday night.
With lightning in the area of Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, kickoff of the game between Ralston Valley and Columbine has been pushed back to roughly 6:15 p.m. Lightning remained in the area until 5:30 p.m.
The area within a six-mile radius of the stadium has to be free of lightning strikes for 30 minutes before players are allowed to enter the playing surface. They will then have 10 minutes to finish their warmup.
Thursday’s storm has also brought a pretty decent amount of rain, so when the game does kick off, it will be a soggy affair.
The 5A championship game was scheduled to start at 5 p.m. Thursday. It was originally slated for 7 p.m. Wednesday, but a hailstorm pushed back the 4A game ahead of it to 7 p.m., and so the 5A game was moved to Thursday to avoid starting after 9 p.m.
Further updates will be announced on CHSAANow.com, as well as CHSAA’s social media accounts.