The high school baseball championships will now be held over two days at Target Field

Rain rain go away.

Eight high school baseball teams with championship aspirations have grown tired of the nursery rhyme and are eager to head to Target Field for the title. They just need the weather not to wreak havoc when the Games take place.

The Minnesota State High School League had to adjust its schedule again on Thursday. Now the championship games will be played over two days, with the two smaller classes, Class 1A and 2A, playing on Friday and the two larger classes, 3A and 4A, playing on Saturday.

“That’s the plan for now, until it’s not. I’m not opposed to a sunny day,” Mounds View coach Nik Anderson said.

There is a chance of rain on both days.

The Class 1A championship – No. 4-rated Parkers Prairie (25-1) vs. No. 2-rated Springfield (24-2), according to the coaches association rankings – will kick things off Friday at noon. The Class 2A final between No. 10-ranked Foley (23-4) and Rockford (25-5) will follow about 45 minutes after the end of that game.

On Saturday, Mahtomedi (22-4) will face Totino-Grace (18-8) in the 3A title game beginning at 11 a.m., and 45 minutes after the end of that game, two Suburban East Conference powers, No. 7 East Ridge (20-6) and No. 4 Mounds View (20-8) will play for the 4A title.

“We try to keep everything positive,” Anderson said. “The players handle it best.”

The games were originally scheduled for Monday, but rain pushed them back to Friday due to the Twins’ series against Tampa Bay.

“Our players are dialed in,” Anderson said. “They know what awaits us. They are excited to play their last game.”