Lady Mules-Central earlier tipoff

The Lady Mules and Lady Tigers were scheduled to play this game Jan. 7 but weather postponed it to tonight. Brown said he's hoping to beat the weather this time.

Here's the forecast from the National Weather Service for the Poplar Bluff area:

Winter storm warning in effect from midnight tonight to midnight cst friday night...

Today...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight...Snow likely and a chance of sleet in the evening... Then snow after midnight. Snow may be heavy at times after midnight. Snow and sleet accumulation of 2 to 4 inches. Lows in the lower 20s. Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.

Friday...Snow. Snow may be heavy at times in the morning. Snow accumulation of 3 to 6 inches. Total snow accumulation 5 to 9 inches. Highs in the mid 20s. Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.

Friday night...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow in the evening... Then a chance of snow showers after midnight. Lows around 14. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.

Saturday...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 20s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.

Saturday night...Mostly clear. Lows around 5.

The DAR will have early press runs Friday (10 a.m.) and for Sunday's paper (11:30 a.m. Saturday) to try to get the paper out safely while readers can view the paper (for free) online here this weekend. The change in printing schedule will mean that Saturday's games will not be included in the Sunday edition so we'll post them on Semoball late Saturday night and publish them in Monday's edition.