The three defending state field hockey champions will have to wait a day to find out if they can return to the state final as rain postponed Wednesday’s field hockey regional championships.

Eastern Maine finals in Classes A, B and C will all be played Thursday.

The heavy rain has also forced Saturday’s state cross country championships to be moved to a course in Belfast.

Boys soccer semifinals were also rained out Wednesday and will be made up in time for Saturday’s regional championship games.

In Class C field hockey, the three-time defending champion Dexter Tigers will face Central of Corinth today at Husson College in Bangor. The game will be held on the Winkin Complex’s artificial turf at 1:30 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students.

Husson athletic director Gabby Price said the school is “delighted” to host the Class C field hockey regional.

“This is a great opportunity for us and one we hope we can build on in the future,” Price said in a statement.

Class B Winslow, which is seeking its fourth straight title, will host Waterville today at 2 p.m.

Class A Skowhegan, the winner of two titles in a row, hosts Gardiner at 2:30 p.m.

Saturday’s cross country meets will be held at the Troy Howard Middle School course in Belfast rather than at the University of Maine-Augusta course.

The schedule is tentatively the same, with races going off every 45 minutes starting at 10 a.m.

Brewer cross country coach Glendon Rand said MPA officials and meet director Marty Thornton toured the Augusta course Wednesday and found the start and finish lines and other areas of the course totally under water or washed out.

The Eastern Maine championships were held last Saturday in Belfast.

“There were one or two wet places but nothing dangerous,” Rand said.

“It’s nothing more than a safety issue,” said Thornton. “The Belfast course drains much better.”

Twin Brook Recreation Center in Cumberland, where the Western Maine Regionals were held, was also considered.

“Twin Brook isn’t really spectator-friendly,” Thornton said.

The course in Belfast is very much a fan-friendly course. If spectators stand near the start-finish area, they’ll see the runners four or five times.

All of the boys soccer semifinals will be played at the home fields of the higher-seeded teams with the exception of today’s 10:30 a.m. game between No. 3 Hermon and No. 2 Winslow. That game will be played at the MBNA Field in Northport, followed by a girls semifinal game between Winslow and Belfast at 1:30 p.m.

The girls game was postponed from Tuesday.

To get to the MBNA field at the Point Lookout Complex in Northport from the north, take Route 1 South through Belfast. Drivers will pass the Northport Campground approximately 4.5 miles from the field, Nealey’s Convenience Store at 3.3 miles, and Mountain & Sea Lodge 0.7 at miles. The entrance is on the right, directly across from the Maine Massachusetts House Art Gallery.

Meyers likes Rams’ chances

Moments after the Bangor girls soccer team beat his Lewiston girls Tuesday, Blue Devils coach Rick Meyers gave the Rams a big compliment.

“They should give the winner of Brunswick-Mount Ararat a good game,” Meyers said before he knew the Eagles of Topsham had won Tuesday’s other Eastern Maine Class A semifinal. “[Bangor is] physical and fast and that’s the kind of team that can beat a Brunswick and a Mount Ararat, I think.”

No. 4 Bangor will host No. 7 Mount Ararat in the Eastern Maine Class A final Saturday. It’s the first time the Rams have ever played in an Eastern Maine Class A soccer final.

The Eagles certainly have an edge in experience as they won the state title in 2001 and are perennial contenders. Brunswick was the 2002 Eastern Maine champ but lost in the state final.

Mount Ararat finished the regular season with a 10-3-1 record, with losses to Lewiston, Waterville, and Morse of Bath, who the Rams beat 1-0 in a quarterfinal game. The Eagles also played to a 1-1 tie against Brunswick.

They’ve been unstoppable in the postseason, outscoring their opponents 14-1 in three playoff games. Erika Stupinski leads the Eagles with more than 40 goals this season.

But Bangor has been impressive, too.

The Ram defense hasn’t given up a goal in the postseason, and the team has scored 10 goals so far.

Sophomore goalie Ilyse Angst said the Rams have played better early in postseason games, and that’s been a big difference. Indeed, Bangor controlled play in Tuesday’s game from early in the first half.

“We’ve had our few games where we’ve come out slow and that’s where we’ve gotten beat,” she said. “In the playoffs we’ve come out strong.”

Bangor lost its only game of the season 1-0 to rival Hampden. Mount Ararat beat the Broncos 5-0 in the quarterfinals.