Teams meeting for third time to kick off tourney
Published 9:29 pm Thursday, May 23, 2013
For the third time this season, the Brandywine Bobcats and Buchanan Bucks will meet on the softball diamond.
The first time the Bobcats and Bucks met back on May 14, the teams split a Lakeland Conference doubleheader, which gave Brandywine the league title.
Both games were decided by one run, so the Division 3 District semifinal in Buchanan June 1 should be very entertaining.
The Bucks and Bobcats will kick off the tournament at 10 a.m.
Bridgman and Cassopolis, the other two teams in the Lakeland Conference, will meet in the second semifinal at 11:30 a.m.
The championship game is scheduled for 1 p.m.
Cost is $5 per person and no passes will be accepted.
Division 2
Niles and Dowagiac will also meet for the third time this season.
The Vikings swept the Chieftains earlier this year in a doubleheader at Niles.
Both teams drew the pre-district contest Tuesday at Edwardsburg. The game is scheduled to begins at 4:30 p.m.
The winner advances to face Berrien Springs in the second semifinal June 1. It will be played 30 minutes after the completion of the first semifinal between defending state champion Lakeshore and the host Eddies at 10 a.m.
Lakeshore has swept both Edwardsburg and Niles this season.
The championship game will be played 30 minutes after the second semifinal.
Cost is $5 per person and no passes will be accepted.