Rain makes a mess of district baseball schedule

Wet fields Monday again delayed the start of four high school district baseball tournaments that involve Southeast Missouri teams. But among those that did play, two have produced unlikely championship rounds.

At Poplar Bluff, fourth-seeded Jackson and seventh-seeded North County will play at 3 p.m. Wednesday for a Class 4 district title and a berth in the sectional round after both used upsets to sneak into the finale. Jackson knocked off top-seeded Festus 6-3 on Monday, just before North County defeated sixth-seeded DeSoto 4-1.

The Class 2 tournament at Twin Rivers has also produced an unlikely championship pairing; third-seeded Twin Rivers and fifth-seeded Neelyville will play at 4 p.m. Tuesday for the championship after Monday's upset wins over Malden and Senath-Hornersville.

At least four other tournaments have yet to complete the first round. Rain on fields at Brentwood, Potosi, Risco and St. Vincent have kept almost 20 area teams from playing a postseason game, but those tournaments are scheduled to try again Tuesday.

Get the updated brackets and times on the MSHSAA's baseball page.