One thing we have to deal with this time of the year in covering the high school basketball playoffs is the weather. It would seem to most people that last Friday, March 7th, it would be a no-brainer to postpone and re-schedule the PIAA playoff games in this part of the state with the forecast of 2-feet of snow on the way. But I know from dealing with this type of situation in the past, it's not always a given. Many times I was sure they would postpone PIAA playoff games, only to have them played in miserable and at times, dangerous weather. Like what happened to Saint Joseph's High School near Pittsburgh a week before. According to an article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, it was snowing all day in Pittsburgh on Friday February 29th. St Joe's was scheduled to play a game in Ebensburg, in the mountains of central Pa. near Johnstown. Apparently they called the PIAA to try and get the game re-scheduled, only to be told to either make the trip and play or forfeit the game. The athletic director made the decision to not go. St. Joe's ended their season in the playoffs with a forfeit. You see, still fresh in the minds of the St. Joe's students, teachers and parents was the fact that one of their seniors was killed in an auto accident a week before Christmas.They made the decision to not risk any more lives, No one disagreed with the decision. It's too bad the PIAA did not see it that way. That's why, last Friday it was still a surprise to me that the games were postponed. So I applaud the PIAA for a resonable and sound decision about not playing games in bad weather. It's not always the case.. Just ask St. Joe's.