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Due to the impending weather, District 10 soccer tournament director Andy Krahe has announced the postponement of today’s games as well as the games on Tuesday. Also, District 10 volleyball tournament director Don Wigton announced that the volleyball matches have been postponed until Wednesday.

Also, the volleyball playin-match between Iroquois and Corry has been postponed. Corry School District has called for an early dismissal today. Per school policy, the volleyball team cannot compete tonight. As a result, Corry and Iroquois will meet at Cochranton High School on Wednesday at 4 p.m. The winner would then head to Meadvillle High School to take on Conneaut at 8 p.m. in the D-10 Class AA quarterfinals. The entire volleyball schedule Tuesday was moved to Wednesday.

Below is an updated schedule.
District 10 soccer playoffs
Boys
Class A
Semifinals
Thursday
At Franklin High School
Mercer vs. North East, 7 p.m.
Site, time to be determined
Mercyhurst Prep vs. Fairview

Championship
Saturday
Site, time to be determined

Class AA
Quarterfinals
Wednesday
At General McLane High School
Wilmington vs. Saegertown, 5 p.m.
At Franklin High School
Conneaut vs. General McLane, 5 p.m.

Semifinals
Thursday

Championship
Saturday

Class AAA
Championship
Wednesday
At Veterans Stadium
McDowell vs. Cathedral Prep, 7 p.m.

PIAA subregional
Saturday
Site, time to be determined
District 10 champion vs. DuBois

Girls
Class A
Semifinals
Thursday
At Franklin High School
Mercer vs. Iroquois, 5 p.m.
Site, time to be determined
Fairview vs. Wilmington

Championship
Saturday

Class AA
Quarterfinals
Wednesday
At Franklin High School
Hickory vs. General McLane, 7 p.m.
At Harbor Creek’s Paul J. Weitz Stadium
Mercyhurst Prep vs. Grove City, 7 p.m.
At Veterans Stadium
Fort LeBoeuf vs. Villa Maria, 5 p.m.
At General McLane’s Linden Field
Slippery Rock vs. Harbor Creek, 7 p.m.

Semifinals
Thursday

Championship
Saturday

PIAA
Class AAA subregional
Wednesday
At Harbor Creek’s Paul J. Weitz Stadium
McDowell vs. DuBois, 5 p.m.

Class AAA subregional
Saturday
Site, time to be determined
State College vs. McDowell-DuBois winner

District 10 girls volleyball playoffs
Class A
Quarterfinals
Wednesday
At Meadville High School
Cochranton (at-large) vs. West Middlesex (at-large), 4 p.m.
Saegertown (at-large) vs. Kennedy Catholic (at-large), 4 p.m.
Byes: Sharpsville (Region 1 champion), Maplewood (Region 2 champion)

Semifinals
Thursday
At Meadville High School
Sharpsville vs. Cochranton-West Middlesex winner, 6 p.m.
Maplewood vs. Saegertown-Kennedy Catholic winner, 6 p.m.

Championship
Nov. 3
At Meadville High School
noon

Class AA
Play-in match
Wednesday
At Cochranton High School
Corry (at-large) vs. Iroquois (at-large), 4 p.m.

Quarterfinals
Wednesday
At Meadville High School
Fort LeBoeuf (Region 5 champion) vs. Grove City (at-large), 6 p.m.
Slippery Rock (Region 3 champion) vs. General McLane (at-large), 8 p.m.
Harbor Creek (Region 6 automatic) vs. Meadville (at-large), 6 p.m.
Conneaut (Region 4 automatic) vs. Iroquois-Corry winner, 8 p.m.

Semifinals
Thursday
At Meadville High School
8 p.m.

Championship
Nov. 3
At Meadville High School
2 p.m.

Class AAA
Championship
Wednesday
At Seneca High School
McDowell (Region 6 champion) vs. Mercyhurst Prep (at-large), 8 p.m.

–Tom Reisenweber

The District 10 Committee finalized its district alignment for most of the fall regions and all of the winter regions for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 school years Wednesday. Action was delayed on the spring regions.

Join Tom Reisenweber on the Varsity blog today at noon when he hosts a live blog to discuss the future regions and the changes ahead.

What do you like about the region alignments? What are the most exciting matchups that lie ahead? Which changes do you disagree with or which regions could have been aligned better? Do you miss the old Erie County, Metro, FCVC and other leagues?

Readers are welcome to ask questions or give feedback.

Also, sign up for the Varsity Letter, our weekly District 10 sports e-newsletter. This Friday’s edition will focus on the D-10′s original realignment eight years ago.

Finally, next week’s Varsity print edition (Feb. 15) will take an in-depth look at the regions for the next two-year cycle.

The coverage starts today when Tom chats with fans here on the Varsity blog. Join him at noon.

District 10
Boys
Class AA quarterfinals
North East 1, Warren 0, North East wins the match 4-2 on penalty kicks
Grove City 2, Hickory 0

Girls
Class AA quarterfinals
Harbor Creek 4, Slippery Rock 2
Hickory 5, General McLane 0
Mercyhurst Prep 8, Cambridge Springs 0
Villa Maria 9, Titusville 0

District 5
Boys
Class A quarterfinals
Chestnut Ridge def Rockwood
Northern Bedford def Hope for Hyndman
Fannett-Metal def Windber
Conemaugh Township def North Star
Girls
Class A quarterfinals
North Star def Northern Bedford
Berlin def Tussey Mountain
McConnellsburg def Rockwood
Conemaugh Township def Everett

District 6
Boys
Class AA semifinals
Somerset 3, Philipsburg-Osceola 1
Bedford 2, Westmont Hilltop 1
Girls
Class AA semifinals
Forest Hills 4, Westmont Hilltop 2

District 8
Boys
Championship
Allderdice 7, Brashear 1
Girls
Championship
Obama Academy 2, Allderdice 1

District 9
Boys
Class A semifinals
Karns City 3, Northern Potter 2, Karns City advances on penalty kicks
Brockway 6, Brookville 1

The District 10 Committee held its first meeting of the school year on Wednesday at the Iroquois Fishing & Boating Club in Conneaut Lake. Here are some of the high points of the meeting.
Several schools will not be sponsoring specific sports for the 2011-12 school year. General McLane will not have a girls tennis team, while Maplewood will not have a boys soccer team and Titusville won’t have a boys tennis team.
-The committee reviewed a big change from the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association regarding co-operative agreements. The rule had been when two schools enter a co-op agreement for a sport, the sponsoring school would have to count the enrollment for both schools. The PIAA decided in July to pass a rule that the secondary school would only count half of their enrollment.
The new rule had a direct affect on Linesville football. Linesville and Conneaut Lake entered a co-op earlier this year when Conneaut Lake canceled its football program. Linesville would have moved from Class A to AA under the old rule, but with the new guidelines in place, the Lions still fall in the Class A range.
A result of the new rule can affect several D-10 sports teams. Cathedral Prep has the option of moving down from Class AAAA to AAA in basketball because of their co-op with Villa Maria being cut in half. Commodore Perry baseball could move down from AAA to AA, Conneaut Lake cross country from AAA to AA, Conneaut Valley boys soccer from AA to A and Jamestown softball from AAA to AA. All teams have until Aug. 17 to decide if they want to move down.
-The D-10 Committee also denied Farrell High School’s request to leave D-10 to become a member of District 7. The Steelers have gone back and forth between the two districts over the past two decades and were told if they came back to D-10, they would be staying. Farrell couldn’t start the process of getting approval from District 7 without being released from D-10.
-Andy Krahe and Nancy Mason joined the D-10 Committee. Krahe is the new athletic directors representative, while Mason is the female officials rep. Also, junior high rep Kirk Scurpa was named to the PIAA Board of Directors as the junior high rep.

– Tom Reisenweber

Four District 10 baseball playoff games scheduled to be played today at Jerry Uht Park have been rescheduled because of the effects of Wednesday night’s weather and the potential for more strong storms today.

Today’s three scheduled semifinal baseball games have been moved to Friday at Ainsworth Field. Mercyhurst Prep will meet Youngsville at 1 p.m. in Class A; North East and Saegertown will play at 3:30 p.m.; and Cathedral Prep will face Warren at 6 p.m.

The Class AAAA championship game between McDowell and Strong Vincent has been moved to Sunday at 1 p.m. at Ainsworth Field.

The National Weather Service forecast calls for a 90 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms today after 1 p.m. There is a 60 percent chance of rain during the day Friday.

BASEBALL
Class A semifinals
Conneaut Lake 3, West Middlesex 1
Class AA semifinals
Titusville 11, Hickory 9
Class AAA semifinals
Grove City 7,  Corry 3
SOFTBALL
Class A semifinals
Cochranton 1, Sharpsville 0 (9 innings)
West Middlesex 9, Maplewood 8
Class AA semifinals
Fairview 5, Northwestern 4
Titusville 6, Wilmington 3
Class AAA semifinals
Warren 2, Corry 0
Hickory 0, Fort LeBoeuf 0 suspended in fourth inning until Saturday at 11 a.m.

Kickoff to the District 10 football season has arrived even sooner than you might believe.

Kickoff, a first-of-its-kind magazine produced by the Erie Times-News sports staff, is now available exclusively at 70 Country Fair locations in northwestern Pennsylvania. Cover price is $5.

Kickoff is a full-color, glossy 112-page magazine filled with the details fans crave heading into training camp and the season: Breakdowns of every team in District 10 — plus new WPIAL member McDowell Senior High School — position battles to watch at camp, roster returnees, 2009 statistics, team schedules and more.

But Kickoff also is filled with unique stories:

• The people who knew late Girard coach Mina George well recall his lasting impact.
• Fans got to know Leonard Ford as he coached East High School to a winning record for the first time in 28 years during the 2009 season. Kickoff introduces you to a side of Ford fans might not know — the loyal and inspiring mentor who always has a minute to spare.
• The sparkling new Cathedral Prep Events Center adds yet another turf field to District 10, leading us to ask whether the once ubiquitous grass field is dying in northwestern Pennsylvania.

Plus, meet the Times-News Preseason Player of the Year, check out a Q&A with Fairview senior and Penn State recruit Jordan Kerner, get your first look at our D-10 preseason rankings and find trading card-style photos of select players from around the district.

Camps opened Monday, and the season starts Sept. 3. Kickoff will put you in the know for both important seasons.

Take a look at District 10′s new regional alignment in all sports after Thursday’s final vote on the matter by the District 10 Committee.