BATON ROUGE - The incoming forecasted rain in the Baton Rouge area has caused several area football games to be pushed from Friday to Thursday.

The matchup between East Ascension and Prairieville has been moved to Thursday at 7 p.m., and the Walker at St. Amant game has been moved to Thursday as well, at the same time. Brusly's matchup with Tara in Brusly will also be moved to Thursday at 7 p.m.

Central Private's game will also be played Thursday night against Ben Franklin, while North Iberville plays St. John at North Iberville High School, also on Thursday night.

A few kickoffs for Friday's games have also been changed. Southern Lab's game against White Castle has been moved up to a 5 p.m. kickoff, and the Denham Springs-East St. John game has been nudged up to 6 p.m.

Games moved to Thursday:

• Prairieville at East Ascension, 7 p.m.
• Walker at St. Amant, 7 p.m.
• Tara at Brusly, 7 p.m.
• St. John at North Iberville, 7 p.m.
• Albany at Jewel Sumner, 7 p.m.
• Ben Franklin at Central Private, 7 p.m.

Kickoff times altered for Friday:

• East St. John at Denham Springs, 6 p.m.
• White Castle at Southern Lab, 5 p.m.