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Due to the threat of rain and, probably more important, thunder and lightning, the CIAC baseball has been postponed to Sunday (look below for the rescheduling). The first rounds of the boys lacrosse tournaments are still on, however.

(And here they are: Class L | Class M | Class S )

At first there had been some gloomy and doomy (sic) weather forecasts. Rain. Thunder. Lightning. Hail. Brimstone. Cats. Dogs.

But a quick check of our friends at The Weather Channel shows that the heavy stuff would barely touch our fair state… if at all.

So, probably an ill-advised preemptive strike by the CIAC. We could have played all of these games. This makes me angry ’cause now I’m working Sunday. Thanks CIAC.

Here’s today’s reading from Day 4:

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Before we can move on to today’s action, here are the links to the myriad of state tournament stories out there.

Greenhouse Effect: Amity ace shuts out Staples
Westhill ends Bunnell’s baseball season.
Thursday’s High School Roundup:

For the first time since Saturday, I’m off to cover a game for the print edition.

And it should be a good one: SCC runner-up Amity, which defeated South Windsor 9-0 (but didn’t call it in to our offices for publication) takes on Staples, the FCIAC champions, who will likely throw sophomore ace DAVID Speer (ahem, I accidentally confused him with a former family friend in Tuesday’s state tournament primer), the MVP of said FCIAC championship game.

Elsewhere, Amity’s will take on Bunnell in the Class LL softball second round. That game can be heard here on SportingNewsCT.com

Update (6:21 p.m.) — Class LL baseball: Amity 3, Staples 0; Class LL softball: Bunnell 7, Amity 1.

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It’s a gorgeous day for baseball and softball state tournament games, so if you’re sitting inside reading this, get outside and go to a game.

For those hopelessly stuck indoors, here’s the link for SportingNewsCt.com’s broadcast of Amity/South Windsor or Notre Dame-West Haven/Shelton in the Class LL tournament.

The CIAC will post all scores live as they come in for both baseball and softball. Here are the links:

BASEBALL
Class LL
Class L
Class M
Class S

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Lots and lots of state tournament games were postponed Tuesday because of the squalls that ripped through the region. Understanding that many of the locations must have been hopelessly deluged, I still believe some towns could have wait out the storm and played. Some did, but not nearly as many I thought.

Regardless, we had some intriguing goings on in the first round…

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Not that I put too much stock into the Register’s state baseball poll because it’s tough, really, to judge a team by one game. However, I think we should note the poll’s standings heading into the state tournament. When its all over, we can compare notes and see how everything shook out.

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Here are all the links you need for the regional championship games for softball and baseball.

SOFTBALL
FCIAC: Westhill 3, Fairfield Warde 2 (9) (at Sacred Heart)
SWC: Masuk 7, Newtown 1 (at DeLuca Field, Stratford)
SCC: Amity 5, Cheshire 3 (at Biondi Field, West Haven)
NVL: Naugatuck 4, Seymour 3 (at Naugatuck).

BASEBALL
FCIAC: Staples 3, Westhill 1 (at The Ballpark at Harbor Yard)
SWC: Masuk 6, Notre Dame-Fairfield 1 (at Bethel)
SCC: Notre Dame-WH 10, Amity 8 (at Yale Field)
NVL: Seymour 12, Woodland 4 (at Fuessenich Park)

VOLLEYBALL
FCIAC: Staples 3, Ridgefield 0
SCC: Shelton 3, Hand 1

We’re going to just provide the links for softball because, well, it’s just silly that we publish them here when it’s a much nicer presentation by Matt Fischer at CIAC. (translation: I’m too lazy to write all the HTML codes for another bracket when you can look at them yourself.)

The Rachele Fico Invitational (aka Class LL).

Class L

Class M

Class S

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