Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012: PSAL, CHSAA, AIS shut down for the week

   Leading off today: New York City's PSAL and the metro area's CHSAA have called off all games for the remainder on the week in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

   The Catholic High School Athletic Association postponed games or matches until “next week at the earliest,” while the Public School Athletic Association website has a statement stating “all activities are postponed until further notice,” The Advance reported Wednesday.

   First-round CHSFL football playoff games have been pushed back to Nov. 10-11 at sites and times to be determined. A revised schedule for soccer, volleyball and other competitions may be firmed up over the weekend.

   More than two dozen regular-season football games are among the PSAL casualties. It was not immediately clear if the games will be postponed or canceled.

   postseason soccer and cross country meets as well as regular-season volleyball, bowling and fencing will also be postponed.

   Late Wednesday, Dylan Butler of MSG Varsity tweeted that all NYSAIS playoffs are suspended indefinitely pending a decision Monday on rescheduling.

   Section 1 officials were first out of the blocks in the morning, announcing schedule changes to address -- sort of -- football schedules. The Class A semifinals that originally were to have been played Tuesday and were moved to Thursday, will now be held Saturday, The Journal News reported.

   Winners will advance to next Wednesday's title game at Mahopac, which still did not have power as of this afternoon. The section is banking on being able to flip the switch in time for Sunday's quadrupleheader of championship games.

   With the semifinals moved to Sunday and the Class A final next Wednesday, Section 9 agreed to move the state quarterfinal in that class from Nov. 9 to Sunday, Nov. 11 -- no small inconvenience to the winner since the state schedule has Class A semifinals locked in for the following Friday.

   In order to keep the state quarterfinals schedule compact, Sections 1 and 9 agreed to move the Class C game to Nov. 11 at Mahopac as well. The Class AA, B and D quarterfinals will be hosted by Section 9 on Friday and Saturday of that weekend.

   The storm's damage also affected Section 9's football finals. The five sectional games were set for Friday and Saturday at Kingston's Dietz Stadium and Middletown's Faller Field. They will now be played on Saturday and Sunday.

   That helped accommodate some soccer games that also had to be postponed.

   There's no comparable good news in Section 1 for volleyball and the boys and girls soccer tournaments, as The Journal News reported that some teams could be staring at a schedule of four games in five days to stay on schedule for the NYSPHSAA quarterfinals.

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   Privately, there is sentiment building that the section may have to drop out of the state tournament in some sports. However, any such decision is certain to trigger outrage from coaches, players and parents in the affected sports. A source told the New York State Sportswriters Association that officials in at least one sport floated the idea of eliminating the lowest-seeded quarterfinalists to trim a round from the sectional schedule.

   Zed picks UVa: Silver Creek lacrosse star Zed Williams has verbally committed to the University of Virginia, the 6-foot-2 senior told The Buffalo News.

   Williams said he will sign a National Letter of Intent when the early signing period begins Nov. 14, having picked the Cavaliers over Syracuse, Ohio State and Albany.

   With a full season to go, Williams is already the state's career scoring leader with 554 points.

   Silenced: I hate it when I pick up good pieces of intel but have to skimp on the details in order to protect the innocent. Anyway, here it is:

   One of New York's most highly regarded scholastic sports prospects recently disappeared from Twitter in a flash after his mother got wind of the account. Until he got busted, the young man was tweeting a rate matched only by his athletic prowess.

   I suppose it'll be safe to dish the name, rank and serial number once he's signed a letter of intent.

   Extra points: Shooting guard Elisha Boone, who disappeared from Bishop Loughlin recently, has resurfaced at Quest Prep in Las Vegas, RecruitDirt.com reported last week. Boone reportedly already has an offer from Drexel and is on the radar of several other mid-majors.