St. Thomas Aquinas, Norland football games canceled. Here are the details

With too much uncertainty over the track and timing of Hurricane Dorian, Bergen Catholic High School from Oradell, New Jersey, was forced to cancel its trip to South Florida.

Bergen was scheduled to take on St. Thomas Aquinas on Saturday at 7 p.m. at Brian Piccolo Stadium.

Norland High’s football game at IMG Academy in Bradenton was also canceled. Citing travel concerns, the Vikings and Ascenders were slated to play at 5:30 p.m. Friday after the game’s scheduled start was moved up from it’s original 7 p.m. start.

The teams last played in 2018, which was a 49-14 for IMG Academy. A South Florida team is scheduled to make the trip to Bradenton to play IMG’s national team next week. Northwestern faces the Ascenders on Sept. 6 at 7 p.m.

St. Thomas athletic director George Smith had moved the game to Friday night to accommodate the out-of-town team.

But, with the team not scheduled to fly out until Sunday morning, there was no guarantee they would be able to get out. Smith confirmed the news on Thursday afternoon.

St. Thomas, ranked No. 1 in the nation (USA Today, Super 25) will now play a nine-game schedule. With a scheduled bye week next week, the Raiders will not play again until Friday, Sept. 13 when they travel to play South Plantation.

This story was originally published August 29, 2019 at 2:32 PM with the headline "St. Thomas Aquinas, Norland football games canceled. Here are the details."