West Coast high school football games delayed as dangerous heat wave continues

Several high school football teams across the West Coast delayed their season-opening games on Friday as a dangerous heat wave continued to grip the region. Schools from Northern California to Washington state pushed back kickoff times to protect players and fans from triple-digit temperatures that refused to relent into the evening hours. Across California's Sacramento Valley, schools scrambled to adjust their schedules. River City High School in West Sacramento moved its evening games later, with junior varsity starting at 6 p.m. and varsity at 8 p.m. Schools throughout Placer and San Joaquin counties made similar schedule adjustments. According to guidelines published by the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA), all outdoor sports activities must stop when temperatures climb abov