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HCC Sports Information
Thursday, April 23, 2009
The Hutchinson
Community College softball team will play host to Neosho County this
weekend in the best-of-3 opening round of the Region VI Tournament
at Fun Valley.
Game 1 of the series
will be at 2 p.m. on Saturday, with Game 2 about 20 minutes after
the conclusion of Game 1. If a third game is necessary, it would be
played at 2 p.m. on Sunday at Fun Valley.
Hutchinson (19-27
overall) earned the eighth seed and the final spot for a home site
after a 15-15 league record.
Neosho County
finished in a three-way tie with Dodge City and Cloud County for
ninth place and earned the ninth overall seed because the Panthers
won the tiebreakers with the Conquistadors and Thunderbirds.
Hutchinson swept its
doubleheader with Neosho County at Fun Valley on March 21. The Lady
Dragons won 4-0 and 9-2.
This is the first
year for this playoff format for Region VI Division II, which will
have two representatives at the NJCAA National Tournament in Normal,
Ill., in mid-May.
In the first phase,
the top eight finishers from the regular season will play the bottom
eight finishers in best-of-3 series this weekend. Those eight
winners will compete either in the District D or District E bracket,
which will be two four-team, double-elimination brackets at
Wichita’s Two Rivers’ Complex on May 2 and 3.
Hutchinson will be
in District D.
First-Round
Pairings – April 25-26 at home sites
District D
Playoffs
(16) Brown Mackie
(0-39) at (44-5) (1) Cowley – 2 p.m.
(9) Neosho County
(16-25) at (19-27) (8) Hutchinson – 2 p.m.
(13) Independence
(6-38) at (27-13) (4) Highland, 1 p.m.
(12) Kansas City, KS
(10-26) at (32-21) (5) Fort Scott, 2 p.m.
District E
Playoffs
(15) Hesston (4-26)
at (28-11) (2) Johnson County, 1 p.m.
(10) Dodge City
(17-20) at (22-23) (7) Labette, 1 p.m.
(14) Coffeyville
(5-31) at (37-11) (3) Pratt 1 p.m.
(11) Cloud County
(24-27) at (26-28) (6) Allen County, 1 p.m. |
