Cherry Creek’s baseball field was wet and covered in snow on Sunday. It actually was a fairly common site around the state, and is among the reasons the 5A and 4A tournaments have been postponed one day. (Jack Eberhard/JacksActionShots.com)
DENVER — The start Class 5A baseball double-elimination state tournament has been postponed one day, and will now start this coming Saturday instead of Friday.
The change was made necessary because at least one district will not complete play until Wednesday due to unplayable fields, according to Bert Borgmann, the CHSAA assistant commissioner in charge of baseball.
Game times, and sites, for the 5A Final 8 are still to be determined.
The 3A and 4A tournaments will remain on the Friday/Saturday schedule for its first day of the double-elimination tournament. Those districts are all expected to complete play by Tuesday.
“At this point, 3A and 4A will keep on the same schedule, if we can,” Borgmann said.
The move to Saturday/Sunday for the first weekend of the 5A tournament will not affect the Friday/Saturday schedule for the second weekend. That remains in place, and would only change should further weather interfere.
Schedules for the district brackets are constantly updating with the latest information: