(Jenn Roberts-Uhlig/CHSAANow.com)
AURORA — Surprise, surprise. Poor weather may run interference on this weekend’s state baseball tournaments.
Classes 5A through 2A are due to complete their championship brackets on Saturday, but that schedule could be thrown askew with rain forecast at each site at various times.
At all four sites — 5A in Denver, 4A in Lakewood, 3A in Greeley, and 2A in Pueblo — rain is projected overnight on Thursday, and through the morning on Friday. Depending on how much rain falls, that could cause unplayable playing surfaces Friday. There is a chance of rain on Saturday, as well.
The weather may not affect 2A as much, though, as that bracket does not play on Friday.
The following information has been relayed to all teams both on Wednesday, and again on Thursday:
It looks as if Mother Nature is wanting to challenge us again this weekend. Heavy storms are predicted for today, per the National Weather Service, which could create issues with playing surfaces at our 3A, 4A and 5A sites. Greg Pierson (3A) and [Bert Borgmann] (4A, 5A) will be on site early tomorrow morning to assess playability of fields should the forecasted moisture come in overnight. CHSAANow.com will be the primary site for weather updates and any postponements.
On Wednesday, it was relayed that Sunday will be an option should any of the tournaments not finish play on Saturday. Additionally, Metro State could be an option for both the 4A and 5A tournaments if an extra field is needed. (Metro State has a synthetic surface.)
We will provide updates as we get them, and also update brackets with new information should that be necessary. Links to those brackets:
Update, 4:10 p.m. Thursday: A CHSAA official visited both the 4A and 5A sites on Thursday afternoon, and neither site has received much rain to that point. Because of that, both tournaments remain on as scheduled — for now. Another status update will come Friday morning, so it is still possible that overnight rain will affect the schedule.
Update, 5:04 p.m. Thursday: The 3A tournament has been moved to a Saturday/Sunday schedule. More info is available here.
Update, 7:51 a.m. Friday: A decision on whether or not to play the 4A and 5A tournaments on Friday is due by 8:30 a.m.
Update, 8:30 a.m. Friday: The 4A and 5A tournaments have moved to a Saturday/Sunday schedule, as well. More info is here.
Update, 9:29 a.m. Friday: The 2A tournament has been postponed to Sunday. More info.