I was one of the few lucky enough to see the McNally Senior All-Star Field Hockey Game Saturday night. Some people will laugh and not be able to appreciate that. I know, because I used to be one of them.

Deciding when to postpone games is always a tough decision. There's always a chance that you'll look bad if you postpone and the weather gets better, or you don't postpone and the weather is awful.

That being said, the Maine Principals' Association certainly could have done a better job with regard to Saturday's state field hockey championships.

It didn't take long for the local field hockey teams to come up with a Plan B once the state championship games were postponed on Saturday. Skowhegan, the Eastern A champ, will host both Eastern B champion Waterville and Western B champ Maranacook in scrimmages this week.

As I write this on Thursday afternoon, weather.com is predicting a 70 percent chance of rain for Waterville on Saturday. But even if Saturday is a washout, these games will get played sometime, so here's a look at how the semifinals involving local teams shape up. Interestingly enough, four of the five matchups were one-goal games when the teams met in the regular season. The exception is the Maranacook-Wells game, as those two teams haven't met this fall.

This is still the first-round playoff preview, but there are a few games that needed to wait for the results of the prelims. Here they are:

A couple matchups are still to be determined because of preliminary round games, and we'll look at those on Tuesday. Right now, here's a look at the matchups we do know for certain involving local teams:

As always, this is the work of me (Matt, the guy in that photo).

The regular season winds down this week, and there are a couple important matchups on Tuesday, plus the KVAC games on Friday.

Here are a few extra items from some interesting games played on Thursday, including a milestone at Gardiner and two teams which almost got caught looking ahead to their next game.

As always, this field hockey list is solely the work of me (Matt, the guy in the outdated photo). It reflects games through Oct. 2.

Saturday's showdown between unbeaten Gardiner and six-time defending Class A champion Skowhegan should be a good one.

Monday's Hall-Dale/Winthrop field hockey game was such a good game in a great rivalry that I didn't have enough space to get everything in the story.

By Saturday, some field hockey teams will have finished their regular season, and will then have to wait a week and a half before their playoff games. That's another issue altogether, so before we get to that in the coming weeks, let's look at some of the best matchups in the area this week.

Maybe Thursday night's field hockey game between Belfast and Mt. View seemed so special because it was so rare. I'm not suggesting we over-saturate ourselves on night games, but this atmosphere could and should be re-created at other schools.

Note: This field hockey list is solely the work of me (Matt, the person in the photo). This will be a regular feature each Wednesday until the playoffs start in mid-October.

The field hockey picture became a little clearer this past week (for one thing, Edward Little was outscored 11-0 in its first two games after coming out as No. 1 in the Eastern A Heal points). This week starts off slow as far as intriguing matchups, but makes up for it near the end.

Here's a few extra tidbits from Thursday, including a fire at Mt. Blue and a Skowhegan player who is still on fire.

True, Skowhegan has outclassed its field hockey competition over the last four games, winning them by a combined score of 29-0. But whatever the context, the statistics for senior forward Sam Gifford are impressive.

The traditional Eastern A powers haven't started playing each other yet (aside from the Cony-Skowhegan Sept. 8) but there are still some interesting matchups this week. Here's a look at a few of them:

Maranacook has had to play the Eastern B/Western B game for the past few years. The Black Bears are consistently one of the top teams in the East, but run into a tough playoff draw in the West. This year, in their quest for a home playoff game, the Bears are getting more offensive.