The Princeton Lady Tigers won their first three games of the season on Saturday, defeating Worth County, Stanberry, and North Harrison to take the championship hardware in the 8th Annual Bill Hill Memorial Softball Tournament in Albany.
The wins improve the Lady Tigers to 3-1, with Princeton downing Worth County 11-5, Stanberry 6-2, and North Harrison 3-2.
Gallatin, the #6 seed in the tournament, finished in sixth place, falling to Albany in the quarterfinal round 11-0, before rebounding with a 7-2 triumph over King City. In the consolation final, Worth County outscored the Lady Bulldogs 13-7.
The Grand River Conference’s Maysville Lady Wolverines took the championship in the 12 team Cameron Tournament, going 5-0 over the two-day event. On Friday afternoon, in Pool B, Maysville defeated St. Joseph Benton 11-2 and Lathrop 13-4. Lathrop beat Benton in the first Pool B game of the day.
Moving into bracket competition on Saturday, the Lady Wolverines downed Cameron 7-3 in the quarterfinals, Mid-Buchanan in a 10-4 semifinal blowout, and St. Joseph Central in the final 6-5.
The Trenton Lady Bulldogs finished in third place in Pool D, falling to 1-3 on the season with an 8-7 setback against Richmond and a 5-3 loss to Mid-Buchanan on Friday. Mid-Buchanan beat Richmond 9-8. However, THS moved its record to 3-3 and salvaged a .500 weekend with a strong performance on Saturday, beating Dekalb 6-2 and St. Joseph Benton 8-5 to win the consolation championship.
Here is the complete scoreboard from the 2019 Cameron Tournament:
Friday:
Pool A:
Cameron 8, DeKalb 6
St. Joseph Central beat Cameron (score unknown)
St. Joseph Central 15, DeKalb 1
Pool B:
Lathrop beat St. Joseph Benton (score unknown)
Maysville 11, St. Joseph Benton 2
Maysville 13, Lathrop 4
Pool C:
Excelsior Springs 12, Lawson 3
Platte Valley 10, Lawson 7
Excelsior Springs 8, Platte Valley 3
Pool D:
Richmond 8, Trenton 7
Mid-Buchanan 9, Richmond 8
Mid-Buchanan 5, Trenton 3
Saturday:
Championship Quarterfinals:
St. Joseph Central defeated Richmond (score unknown)
Excelsior Springs 8, Lathrop 5
Mid-Buchanan 4, Platte Valley 3
Maysville 7, Cameron 3
Consolation Semifinals:
Trenton 6, DeKalb 2
St. Joseph Benton 7, Lawson 4
Championship Semifinals:
St. Joseph Central 4, Excelsior Springs 0
Maysville 10, Mid-Buchanan 4
Consolation (Championship Bracket) Semifinals:
Lathrop 15, Richmond 4
Platte Valley 9, Cameron 0
11th Place Game:
Lawson 8, DeKalb 6
9th Place Game:
Trenton 8, St. Joseph Benton 5
5th Place Game:
Platte Valley 10, Lathrop 9
3rd Place Game:
Excelsior Springs 3, Mid-Buchanan 1
Championship Game:
Maysville 6, St. Joseph Central 5
