{"id":257304,"date":"2025-09-26T23:46:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T23:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/257304\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T23:46:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T23:46:12","slug":"strong-storms-cancel-phoenix-area-hs-football-game-asu-game-still-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/257304\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong storms cancel Phoenix-area HS football game, ASU game still on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\"><b>PHOENIX (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 The severe monsoon thunderstorms that brought travel chaos to the Phoenix area are also impacting scheduled sporting events on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">The high school football game between ALA West Foothills and Arcadia High School was called off around 3:30 p.m. Dozens of other high school football games scheduled for the Valley are still set to start at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Over at Arizona State University, their football team is set to take on TCU on national television. While Sparky\u2019s Tailgate, hosted by ASU Alumni, was canceled, the kickoff is still set for 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Fans planning to attend the tailgate event ahead of ASU&#8217;s big game will have to change their plans due to storms in the valley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Heavy rain, hail and lightning have been seen across the Valley on Friday, with the severe storms starting in the morning. No major damage has been reported, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2025\/09\/26\/flooded-freeways-roads-cause-phoenix-traffic-mess-amid-monsoon-storms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2025\/09\/26\/flooded-freeways-roads-cause-phoenix-traffic-mess-amid-monsoon-storms\/\">freeways were partially flooded<\/a> and the storms <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2025\/09\/26\/monsoon-storms-bring-hail-rain-across-arizona-flash-flood-warning-place\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2025\/09\/26\/monsoon-storms-bring-hail-rain-across-arizona-flash-flood-warning-place\/\">made Phoenix Sky Harbor the most delayed airport in the world<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/page\/send-us-your-feedback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Please click here to report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? 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