Burnt Orange Report

Austin Rescheduled Events

By Karl-Thomas Musselman

From the Statesman...

Fitness

The Marathon Kids kickoff celebration scheduled for Saturday at the UT Mike Myers track and field stadium has been canceled. There is no rain date. Go to www.marathonkids.com for more information.

Arts

The prostate cancer awareness play "A Matter of Manhood" on Friday has been postponed. Huston-Tillotson University, King Seabrook Chapel, 900 Chicon St. 919-1877.

Schools

ACT — Testing scheduled for Saturday has been postponed at: Akins High School; Cedar Park High School; Round Rock High School. Students will be notified of the makeup date.

Bastrop school district — Elementary schools released at 11:30 a.m. Friday. Secondary schools released at 1:30 p.m. Friday. Afternoon pre-kindergarten and Head Start classes canceled Friday. All after-school activities on Friday and all weekend activities are canceled, including community-education classes and facility usage agreements.

Lake Travis ISD — All weekend extracurricular events will be rescheduled.

Baylor University — Friday classes canceled and all campus events and programs scheduled for Friday through Sunday are canceled.

Sports

HIGH SCHOOLS

* These area high school games, originally planned for Friday, have been rescheduled for tonight:

Temple at A&M Consolidated, 7 p.m.
S.A. Southwest at Seguin, 7:30 p.m.
San Marcos at S.A. East Central, 7 p.m.
Connally at Kerrville Tivy, 7 p.m.
Hendrickson at Lake Travis, 7:30 p.m.
Medina Valley at N.B. Canyon, 7:30 p.m.
New Braunfels at Del Valle, 7 p.m.
Rockdale at Hutto, 7:30 p.m.
Smithville at Giddings, 7:30 p.m.
Manor at Cameron Yoe, 7:30 p.m.
Caldwell at La Grange, 7:30 p.m.
Devine at Wimberley, 7:30 p.m.
Llano at Comfort, 7:30 p.m.
Salado at Somerville, 7:30 p.m.
Rogers at Lago Vista, 7:30 p.m.

* These games will be played Friday but at new times:

Lanier at Marble Falls, 6:30 p.m.
Jarrell at Lexington, 6 p.m.

* These games have been canceled:

Gonzales at Lockhart
Elgin at Houston Smiley

* Nike Invitational cross-country meet in The Woodlands, featuring several Austin-area teams, is canceled.

* Most Houston-area school districts canceled classes, games and other extracurricular events through Friday.

OTHER COLLEGE SPORTS

University of Texas Invitational — Friday through Sunday. The men's tennis tournament has been rescheduled for Oct. 28-30. Penick-Allison Tennis Center, UT campus. 471-3333.

* Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas Southern in Houston and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi canceled all sports events.

* Texas State's volleyball games at Lamar and McNeese State were canceled. UT-San Antonio canceled a cross-country meet of collegiate and high school runners Saturday.

PRO SPORTS

* Houston Astros are in Chicago this weekend.
* Houston Texans have an open date this week.