Rain pushes Cameron Softball Tournament to one-day, four-game event

The overnight rain of early Friday morning has postponed the scheduled games for the 2018 Cameron Softball Tournament, leaving 12 teams ready to play four games each to decide a champion on Saturday.  The Trenton Lady Bulldogs final two games of the event, to be played at 2 o’clock, and either 5 o’clock or 6:30, will both be broadcast on Hot Country Z 101.7.

The pool play format of the tournament will remain in place, with Trenton, in Pool D, playing Savannah on Saturday morning at 8 o’clock on Field 2, and DeKalb at 12:30 on Field 3.  Savannah and DeKalb meet at 11 o’clock on Field 1.  No matter the results of the Pool D games, those three teams are guaranteed to next play in 2 o’clock “semifinal” games, divided into four-team tournaments for 1st, 5th, and 9th place.  

Other pool play games set for the morning and early afternoon will be:

Pool A : Cameron vs. Mid-Buchanan (8 AM – Field 1), Cameron vs. S.J. Central (9:30 AM – Field 1), Mid-Buchanan vs. S.J. Central (12:30 PM – Field 1)

Pool B : S.J. Benton vs. Excelsior Springs (9:30 AM – Field 2), S.J. Benton vs. Maysville (11:00 AM – Field 2), Excelsior Springs vs. Maysville (12:30 PM – Field 2)

Pool C : S.J. Lafayette vs. Lawson (8:00 AM – Field 3), S.J. Lafayette vs. Platte Valley (9:30 AM – Field 3), Lawson vs. Platte Valley (11:00 AM – Field 3)

The bracket games will begin at 2 o’clock, with the “tournament” for first place to be played on Field 1, the “5th place” tournament on Field 2, and the “9th place” tournament” on Field 3.  

Here is the schedule for the remainder of the day:

2:00 PM:

Field 1 : #1 Pool A vs. #1 Pool D 

Field 2 : #2 Pool A vs. #2 Pool D

Field 3: #3 Pool A vs. #3 Pool D

3:30 PM:

Field 1 : #1 Pool B vs. #1 Pool C

Field 2 : #2 Pool B vs. #2 Pool C

Field 3 : #3 Pool B vs. #3 Pool C

5:00 PM:

Field 1 : Loser of 2 PM game vs. Loser of 3:30 PM game (3rd place game)

Field 2 : Loser of 2 PM game vs. Loser of 3:30 PM game (7th place game)

Field 3 : Loser of 2 PM vs. Loser of 3:30 PM game (11th place game)

6:30 PM:

Field 1 : Winner of 2 PM game vs. Winner of 3:30 PM game (Championship Game)

Field 2 : Winner of 2 PM game vs. Winner of 3:30 PM game (5th place game)

Field 3 : Winner of 2 PM game vs. Winner of 3:30 PM (9th place game)