While it has not been a kind postseason to several area softball teams this year, there are still a few of squads looking to punch their ticket to the state tournament this evening.
On the Mahaska Zone Network, you’ll hear the Sigourney softball team looking for an upset against the #2 team in Class 1A, New London. That game will take place in Ottumwa tonight at Huston Field, and the first pitch will be delivered at 7 PM. Our pregame on 104.9 FM KBOE and kboeradio.com will begin at 6:45, with Katelyn Buckalew and Emery Songer on the call. Sigourney enters the contest 26-11, but will need to play a very good game to knock off the 29-2 favorites from New London.
Also in Class 1A tonight, Region 6 will determine its representative at state, and Lynnville-Sully will be looking to get the job done to get back to Fort Dodge. The 34-3 Hawks had to walk-off in their last game to get to this point, but the 5-4 win was good enough against Martensdale-St. Marys on Friday. They will play Murray, who pulled an upset on Wayne in Corydon last week. Murray enters a sizeable underdog in terms of the bracket, but have a very impressive 27-4 record entering tonight’s game despite being unranked. That game takes place in Pleasantville at 7 PM tonight.
In Class 3A, Prairie City-Monroe is looking to get a big upset as well, as they’ll take on the #1 team in the state in Solon. That game is in Grinnell tonight at 7 PM as well.
Upsets have been the name of the game so far, especially in regards to our area teams, as top seeded Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont, Pella Christian, and Oskaloosa all fell in their regional brackets last week. They were far from the only teams in their classes to get knocked off prematurely, however.
In Class 4A, Saturday night was a rough one for favorites, as #2 Indianola was upset by Pella, 4-0, and #5 Carlisle was knocked off by Boone, 5-3. Throw in #4 Oskaloosa’s loss and the fact that #3 Winterset is facing #7 Norwalk tomorrow in their regional final, there will at most be only four of the top eight ranked teams in the state in Fort Dodge playing for a state title.
In Class 2A, #2 Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont and #6 Pella Christian both were beaten, so these results show that really anything can happen when this time of the year comes in all sports.
