WELLINGTON — District 13-6A rivals Santaluces and Wellington played a grand total of seven minutes before a lightning delay halted play on Oct. 16, and the game was subsequently postponed.
After an initial weather delay pushed the kickoff back to 7:37 p.m., Wellington took the opening kickoff and moved quickly into Santaluces territory, aided by Jay'Lan Tyler's 20-yard run and a personal foul penalty against the Chiefs.
From the 32-yard line, Tarrens Catul caught a short pass over the middle but fumbled, and Santaluces safety Elijah Vilna returned it to the 50-yard line. At that point, officials signaled another stoppage at 7:44 p.m.
The teams returned to their locker rooms and waited more than an hour before the game was called at around 9. The Chiefs
(4-3, 3-2 in district) and Wolverines (5-2, 2-2) will make it up on Monday, Oct. 26.
While Oct. 15 may have been the final official day of South Florida's "rainy season," inclement weather has taken a toll on the Week 9 high school football slate in Palm Beach County.
As of 9:45 p.m., more than a half dozen games had experienced lightning delays or were postponed altogether. Those games include Palm Beach Central at Jupiter, Melbourne Central Catholic at Pahokee and Coral Glades at Boca Raton.
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Lightning wreaks havoc on Palm Beach County high school football slate
