Rain plays havoc with playoff schedule

Heavy rain has resulted in the postponement of numerous postseason events, as well as a change in venue for some postseason clashes.

Thursday’s Bull Run District track meet at Strasburg High School was postponed. No makeup date has been announced.

The Class 4 Northwestern District boys’ and girls’ soccer tournaments are still scheduled to open today, but only the Handley girls will play on their home field. All six first round games will be played at venues with artificial turf, which includes two games at Handley’s James R. Wilkins Jr. Stadium.

Two girls’ games will be played at Handley. At 2 p.m., fourth-seeded James Wood will play No. 5 Liberty. No. 3 Handley will play No. 6 Millbrook at 4 p.m.

Both Sherando soccer teams will play at Shenandoah University. The third-seeded boys’ team will play No. 6 Liberty at 2 p.m., and the No. 2 girls’ team will play No. 7 Fauquier at 4 p.m. Anyone who attends either of these games will need to park in SU’s parking garage.

Liberty High School in Bealeton will host two boys’ soccer games. No. 7 James Wood will play No. 2 Fauquier at 4 p.m., and No. 5 Millbrook will play No. 4 Kettle Run at 6 p.m.

Regular season champions Handley (boys) and Kettle Run (girls) have first round byes.

Both the Class 4 Northwestern District baseball and softball tournaments that were scheduled to start today now will start on Monday with first round action.

In baseball, No. 7 Handley is at No. 2 Sherando (4:30 p.m.), No. 6 Liberty is at No. 3 Millbrook (6 p.m.) and No. 5 James Wood is at No. 4 Kettle Run (6 p.m.). No. 1 Fauquier has a bye.

In softball, No. 5 Millbrook is at No. 4 Sherando at 4:30 p.m., No. 7 Handley is at No. 2 James Wood at 6 p.m., and No. 6 Kettle Run is at No. 3 Liberty at 6 p.m. No. 1 Fauquier has a bye.

The semifinals and finals for all of the Class 4 Northwestern District tournaments are scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday. Both the regular season champions and the tournament champions (or the tournament runners-up if the regular season champion wins the tournament) will advance to the Region 4C tournament.

Tickets for all Northwestern District tournament games are $6. No school/local passes can be accepted for these games. Only VHSL, VHSCA, and VIAAA passes can be accepted.

The Northwestern District track & field meet scheduled for today at Skyline High School has been postponed and moved to Saturday at James Wood High School. Originally both Class 4 and Class 3 schools were going to compete, but now only Class 4 schools will participate in the meet, which will start at 1 p.m.

Also on Thursday, the Bull Run District released its brackets for its baseball, softball, boys’ soccer and girls’ soccer tournaments. The first round for these tournaments will take place Monday, the semifinals will take place Tuesday and the finals will be on Thursday. The top four Class 2 finishers in each of these tournaments will move on to the Region 2B tournament.

Clarke County is the No. 2 seed in baseball, softball and boys’ soccer and will host semifinal games in all three sports on Tuesday. The baseball team will play No. 3 Madison County at 5 p.m.; the softball team will play the No. 3 Central-No. 6 George Mason winner at 5 p.m.; and the boys’ soccer team will play the No. 3 Central-No. 6 Rappahannock County winner at a time to be announced.

Clarke County is the No. 3 seed in girls’ soccer. The Eagles will host No. 6 Strasburg at 7 p.m. in Monday’s first round.

Also on Monday, the Region 4C tennis tournament will start with semifinal play.

The boys’ semifinals will feature Heritage at Handley at 11 a.m. and Millbrook vs. Riverside at Stone Bridge High School at 2 p.m.

The girls’ semifinals will feature Dominion at Handley at 2 p.m. and Sherando at Riverside at 2 p.m.