The text from Jesse Nayadley was short and sweet:
"No games Wednesday. We will try again (Thursday).
With that Nayadley, the District 5-AAA tournament director, announced the third delay in as many days.
Four games were scheduled for Wednesday and the same schedule will be in place Thursday, if the tournament can resume.
The boys and girls championship games are scheduled for 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. with the third-place games slated for 3 p.m.
and 4:30 p.m.
The championship matchups pit Bradley County’s No. 1-seeded Bearettes (20-5) against No. 2 Walker Valley (20-6) at 6 p.m. and the top-seeded Bradley Central (19-8) Bears taking on bitter rival No. 2 Cleveland (17-7) at 7:30 p.m. for the boys’ title.
Third-place games will tip off the day’s action.
For the girls, No. 3 Cleveland (15-12) plays No. 4 Soddy-Daisy at 3 p.m. and host fourth-seeded Ooltewah (15-16) battles No. 7 Soddy-Daisy (11-17) at 4:30 p.m.
All four games will be played at Ooltewah High School.
With all the delays, the Region 3-AAA games are expected to begin on Monday (girls) and the boys will play on Tuesday night. Those games start at 7 p.m. local time. District 5-AAA is paired with District 6-AAA.
Quarterfinal girls regional games will be played on Feb. 23 at the higher seed’s home court. Boys quarterfinals are set for Feb. 24. All those games will begin at 7 p.m. local time.
On Feb. 25, the Region 3-AAA boys and girls semifinal games will be played at Ooltewah at 4, 5:30, 7 and 8:30 with the championship games now set for Feb. 26 at 6 (girls) and 7:30 (boys).
The District 5-AAA Schedule
Girls Third Place
(4) Soddy-Daisy vs. (3) Cleveland, 3 p.m.
Boys Third Place
(4) Ooltewah vs. (7) Soddy-Daisy, 4:30 p.m.
Girls Championship
(2) Walker Valley vs. (1) Bradley Central, 6 p.m.
Boys Championship
(2) Cleveland vs. (1) Bradley Central, 7:30 p.m.
Region 3-AAA Tournament
Feb. 23 – Girls Quarterfinals at higher seed, 7 p.m.
Feb. 24 – Boys Quarterfinals at higher seed, 7 p.m.
Feb. 25 – Girls, Boys Semifinals at Ooltewah High, 6 and 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 26 – Girls, Boys Championships at Ooltewah High, 6 and 7:30 p.m.
(E-mail Larry Fleming at larryfleming44@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter @larryfleming44)