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Article: Lightning's opener is re-set for Saturday; Lancaster was supposed to open its inaugural minor-league football season last Saturday against the Central Penn Piranha, but the game was postponed due to muddy field conditions at City Island in Harrisburg.
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- Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA
- Article date:
- June 26, 2003
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Even though he's just 24 years old, Andrew Haines is an old-
school kind of guy when it comes to football.
That's why the Lancaster Lightning owner is still galled by the
the decision to postpone his team's season opener against the Central
Penn Piranha last Saturday.
The Lightning was supposed to make its minor-league football debut
at City Island Stadium in Harrisburg last weekend. But the heavy
rains leading up to the game left the field in a quagmire, and
stadium officials decided to reschedule the game for this Saturday at
7 p.m.
"As far as I was concerned -- hey, it's football," says Haines.
"If there's two feet of water on the field, you play. If there's two
feet of snow on the field, ...