Postponements cause major disruptions in PCL schedule; other county squads also affected

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to cause disruptions for high school and college teams, Pacific Coast League athletic directors have had to make a number of postponements in boys and girls basketball schedules.

Just one out of three scheduled boys games were played Tuesday night with Portola defeating Irvine 86-36.

Woodbridge’s boys game with Beckman was postponed “out of caution,” according to Woodbridge Athletic Director Brian Walsh.

Also Tuesday, Northwood was forced to postpone both the boys and girls basketball games due to COVID-protocol within its program, according to Brandon Emery, co-athletic director.

Northwood was scheduled to face Laguna Hills Tuesday and Irvine Friday. Emery said the Irvine game will be rescheduled for Monday, Jan. 24 and the Laguna Hills game on Monday, Jan. 31.

Also Tuesday, the Portola vs. Irvine girls basketball game was postponed, according to Portola Athletic Director Peter Abe. No reason was given for the postponement.

Portola (3-0) is scheduled to meet Woodbridge (4-0) Friday at Portola in a girls game. It is not clear whether that game will go on as scheduled. The boys game has already been postponed, Walsh said.

UPDATES:

—Corona del Mar athletic director Dennis Wilbanks confirmed that the boys basketball team has postponed games scheduled Wednesday vs. Los Alamitos and Friday vs. Newport Harbor due to COVID-protocol within the CdM program. No make-up dates have been announced.

—The Ocean View at Segerstrom boys basketball game scheduled for Wednesday night has been postponed with no makeup date set. Ocean View does not have enough healthy players for the game, said Athletic Director Tim Walsh.

—Estancia athletics announced on Twitter that games with Orange Wednesday and Costa Mesa Friday have been postponed due to COVID-protocol within the Estancia program. No make-up dates were announced.

A number of postponements for Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday were announced Tuesday.

—Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone; timburt@ocsportszone.com