Wichita ? One of Lawrence High baseball team’s best performances, Friday’s 10-6 drubbing of No. 2-seeded Olathe East, featured an anti-climactic follow-up.

Buckets of rain drenched Lawrence-Dumont Field and the Wichita area with 31â2 inches of water, postponing all of Saturday’s 6A state baseball tournament action.

“I’m bummed just because we had such great rhythm. We were hot,” Stoll said. “(But) these kids are pretty resilient.”

Overland Park Blue Valley Northwest and Manhattan were deadlocked in an extra-inning 5-5 tie Saturday when weather conditions made the field unplayable. The teams will continue the contest at 12 p.m. Monday. Lawrence High (14-8) will face Blue Valley West (15-8) 30 minutes after that game, and the championship game will follow.

LHS could not play today because of commencement ceremonies, and the Wichita Wranglers will play host to a Tuesday game, making that day out of the question.

Although officials have not issued a ruling, the tournament likely will skip its customary third-place game.

“They have not told me yay or nay on that,” Stoll said. “But I would be very surprised if they play that consolation game.”

Despite two extra days of rest, Daniel Green will not start against Blue Valley West. The senior ace pitched five innings to defeat Olathe East but has a sore elbow. Stoll, though, said Green could see action in relief.

“We’ve got to put his career ahead of winning a baseball game,” he said. “With his elbow being as tender as it has all year long, there’s no way I would rush him out there.”

Instead, sophomore Dorian Green, Saturday’s scheduled thrower, will start Monday’s game.

The postponement becomes a fitting end to the 2007 season, which has included more rainouts than Stoll ever has witnessed during his 11 years coaching high school baseball.

“We’ve been weaned for this,” Stoll said, “because it’s the roughest spring I can remember.”

With No. 1-seeded Goddard, No.2-seeded Olathe East and No. 3-seeded Wichita Heights eliminated during Friday’s play, the state bracket has opened up nicely for the No.7-seeded Lions.

Stoll, however, compared the offensive potency of Blue Valley West to his own team.

“Those guys can really swing the bat,” he said. “We mirror each other pretty well.”