In the wake of the tragedy surrounding the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington D.C., Nassau County has opted to postpone the start of the high school football season until the weekend of Sept. 22. The decision was made after an early morning meeting last Thursday between the athletic executive boards of Nassau and Suffolk County.

"We feel that everyone is due a certain time of mourning," Todd Heimer, Nassau County's Athletic Association's executive director, said. "This event has such far reaching tentacles into our system of kids, parents, schools and communities we felt that this was the best decision."

Sports Radio Network (WSRN), which had planned to debut its coverage of high school football with a rematch of last year's Conference I Championship game between Farmingdale and Freeport, has also decided to cancel its coverage of the Sept. 22 contest between Manhasset and Locust Valley.

"Our hearts and minds are with the families and friends of the victims of this tragedy," Rob Goldenberg, Sports Radio Network CEO, said. "We will be trying to regroup, and will be finalizing our schedule by the end of this week. We agonized over our decision to wait an extra week to debut our coverage, however under the circumstances we just feel that this is the appropriate thing to do," Goldenberg said.

"We are certainly all disappointed, but sports takes a back seat to life, and the amount of time and effort needed not only for preparation, but for marketing and promotion needs to be filled with mourning right now."

As it stands right now, WSRN will debut its High School Football Game of the Week on Sept. 29, with coverage of the Baldwin-Massapequa game. The High School Football Game of the Week, which will be presented live and exclusively on the Internet, can either be accessed from Sports Radio Network's official website at http://www.sportsradionet.com or from http://www.sportsjuice.com.

Sat 9/22 Locust Valley at Manhasset 7:30 p.m.

Sat 9/29 Baldwin at Massapequa 2 p.m.

Fri 10/5 Hewlett at Mac Arthur 7:30 p.m.

Sat 10/6 Mepham at Garden City 2 p.m.

Sat 10/13 Bethpage at Wantagh 2 p.m.

Sat 10/20 Plainview JFK at Oceanside 2 p.m.

Fri 10/26 Uniondale at Farmingdale 7:30 p.m.

Sat 10/27 Lawrence at Hewlett 2 p.m.

Fri 11/2 Baldwin at Farmingdale 7:30 p.m.

Sat 11/3 Plainedge at Glen Cove 2 p.m.

Sat 11/10 Great Neck S at Great Neck N 2 p.m.

Nassau County Playoffs TBA