Runyon Field Sports Complex in Pueblo was left with standing water after rain on Thursday. (Courtesy photo)
AURORA — The Class 4A and 5A baseball tournaments have been delayed one day to a Saturday/Sunday schedule, and the 2A tournament has been delayed to Sunday.
It rained in the metro area nearly all day Thursday, and overnight into Friday morning, leaving the fields wet at host sites in Lakewood (All-Star Park, site of 4A), and Denver (All-City Stadium, 5A). Those fields held up well, but there is a 60 percent chance of more rain on Friday, according to the National Weather Service.
And so, the decision to delay the tournaments one day was made to ensure that there wasn’t a split schedule where one game was played, but not the second.
CHSAA assistant commissioner Bert Borgmann, who administers baseball, sent the following memo to schools on Friday morning:
While the fields held up well in yesterday and last night’s rain storms, there is a significant chance of additional storms this afternoon in the area. In attempting to maintain a level playing field for pitching, any postponement this afternoon could jeopardize that aspect of the game.
Weather for the next two days looks extremely favorable to maintain the integrity of the tournament.
So the 4A and 5A baseball tournaments will now resume on Saturday at 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., with games concluding on Sunday (also 10 a.m., and, if necessary, 12:30 p.m.).
Meanwhile, the Runyon Field Sports Complex in Pueblo — host of the 2A tournament — was hammered by rain on Thursday and it left standing water on the fields. The semifinals in that tournament were originally scheduled for Saturday, but have been moved to Sunday.
Game times in 2A remain the same, with the semifinals at 10 a.m. on Sunday and the championship at 1 p.m. on Hobbs Field.
Brackets have been updated here:
The 3A tournament was also moved to a Saturday/Sunday schedule on Thursday evening.
CHSAANow will continue provide further updates, should they be needed.