You can now add copper thieves to the list of bizarre reasons to call a sporting event.

Two Arizona high school football teams, Scottsdale Horizon and Anthem Boulder Creek, were all set to play a game Friday night when the Anthem stadium lights failed to turn on. The game was originally delayed for 90 minutes, then officially called 15 minutes after that when officials discovered that the copper from the wires of the stadium's lighting system had been stripped. The game was rescheduled and played Saturday night at a Glendale high school.

Police around the country have linked the thefts of copper, whose price has reportedly risen 70 percent in the last two years, to the sale of methamphetamines, as the metal is stolen and then re-sold.