ITEM PHOTO BY KATIE MORRISON
Grace Rogato Field at Breed had the tarp on in preparation for state tournament play.
By STEVE KRAUSE
The wet weather, combined with lack of field availability, has resulted in several changes to the spring MIAA high school tournament schedule.
Everything on the schedule was washed out Tuesday — the second day of a persistent wet spell that forced postponements and sent athletic directors scurrying.
St. John’s Prep, which is in the winners’ bracket final of the Division 1A baseball tournament (Super 8) does not have a time or a date scheduled for its game with St. John’s of Shrewsbury. When it’s finally scheduled, and played, it’ll be at Campanelli Stadium in Brockton.
In Division 1 North, Malden Catholic is now on for tonight (7) at Andover in the quarterfinal.
Marblehead will play Gloucester tonight (7) at Fraser Field in the Division 2 North semifinals while Danvers waits for today’s Burlington/Masconomet winner to play Thursday at Fraser at a time to be determined.
Division 3 is far behind, as Swampscott’s game against Austin Prep at Morelli Field in Melrose is now on for this afternoon (3:45). It was originally scheduled to be played Monday. Bishop Fenwick awaits to play winner of the game in the semifinal Thursday at Fraser Field at a time to be announced.
On the other side, Lynnfield is due to play Latin Academy this afternoon (4) at Trinity Stadium in Haverhill in the North semifinal.
In Division 4 North, Winthrop travels to O’Bryant for the North quarterfinal at 4 p.m.
In softball, the North semifinal games will all be played at Breed Middle School in Lynn, with the finals on for Saturday and Sunday at Endicott College.
Medford and Billerica are on for one Division 1 North semifinal game Friday (4) while the other slot is still up for grabs with Newton North/Methuen and Woburn/Lowell vying for the two spots. The winners will be play Friday at 7 p.m., also at Breed.
In the Division 2 semifinals, Dracut is due to play Danvers tonight (5) with the other game scheduled for Thursday at 7:30. The other spot is yet to be determined. Swampscott plays at Wilmington tonight (6) at Aprile Field in one quarterfinal while Gloucester hosts Burlington (4:30) in the other.
The Division 3 North semifinals are also Thursday. The only team that’s made it through to the semis is St. Mary’s, and the Spartans will play at 3 p.m. against either Brighton or Austin Prep. The final is scheduled for Saturday (2).
Chelsea plays Latin Academy in Brighton this afternoon at 4, in one quarterfinal game; and Amesbury is at Whittier (3:30) in the other one.
The Lynn Classical boys tennis match against Belmont, which was scheduled for Monday at Breed, will finally be played today (4), in the same location. It’ll be a quick turnaround should the No. 4 Rams win, as they will play either No. 1 North Andover or No. 9 Masconomet in the Division 2 semifinal Thursday at the site of the highest seed.
Lynnfield’s girls tennis match will be today (3:30) against Manchester-Essex at the high school.