Softball playoff pairings announced
Mother Nature again interfered with the scholastic schedule on Tuesday as the regular season for softball winds to a close.
The pairings for the sectional and district tournaments were released on Sunday.
In Division II, St. Marys has a record of 11-4 overall and 5-2 in the Western Buckeye League.
They have four games remaining — at Shawnee today, at Spencerville Friday, home against Bellefontaine next Monday and at Elida on Tuesday. (The Elida game was pushed back a week.) They will also participate in an invitational at Coldwater this Saturday.
Eight of the 10 WBL teams are in the University of Northwest Ohio sectional.
St. Marys is the #2 seed and will face the winner of the game between #6 Van Wert and #7 Celina. That contest will be one of four sectional finals on May 13, all at 5 p.m.
The other first round matchup is #10 Napoleon at #8 Shawnee. The winner will face top seed Bryan.
In the other sectional finals, it will be #5 Defiance at #4 Elida and #9 Kenton at #3 Bath.
The district semifinals will be May 19 at 4 and 6 p.m, and the district final is set for May 21 at noon.
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Minster and New Bremen are in the same sectional in Division IV.
The Lady Wildcats are the top seed. They are 5-0 in Midwest Athletic Conference play and 16-5 overall. They have two games left — at Coldwater today and home against Versailles on Thursday.
Minster will take on the winner between #12 Waynesfield-Goshen and #11 Spencerville in a sectional final on May 12 at 5 p.m.
New Bremen is the 10th seed and drew a first-round matchup with the #9 seed, Upper Scioto Valley. They will play next Monday at 5 p.m. The winner will take on #2 seed Crestview.
Other first-round games are #7 Marion Local at #5 St. Henry; #8 Ridgemont at #4 Fort Recovery; and #13 Perry at #6 Parkway.
Besides Minster and Crestview, #3 Lincolnview also earned a firstround bye.
The district semifinals are May 17 and the district final will be May 20, all at Wapakoneta.
Regionals will be played from May 25-28, and the state tournament will be held June 2-4 at Firestone Stadium in Akron.