NTC Baseball Tournament Pairings Released

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Published on September 29 2022 8:18 am
Last Updated on September 29 2022 8:43 am
Written by Millie Lange

The National Trail Conference Baseball Tournament will begin Friday with one game and continue Monday and Wednesday with the third place and championship games set for Saturday, Oct. 8.

Drawing the top seed was Effingham St. Anthony followed by Altamont, South Central, Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg, Dieterich, North Clay (Louisville), Neoga, Brownstown/St. Elmo and Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City.

The opening contest will feature Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City at Brownstown/St. Elmo at 4 p.m. Friday.

Monday's games will have the winner of the first contest at St. Anthony, Dieterich at WSS, Neoga at Altamont and North Clay at South Central, all 4 p.m. games.

The winners advance to Wednesday at 4 p.m.  with the winners of games 2 and 3 meeting at 4 p.m. and the winners of games 4 and 5 meeting, also at 4 p.m. Losers advance to the third place game at 10 a.m. and winners to the championship game at noon, scheduled to be played at Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg Saturday.

St. Anthony and Altamont finished the NTC season with 7-1 records followed by South Central and Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg 6-2, Dieterich, North Clay and Neoga 3-5,  BSE 1-7 and CHBC 0-8.

NTC Tournament

Friday, Sept. 30

Game 1 -- Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City at Brownstown/St. Elmo, 4 p.m.

Monday, October 3

Game 2 -- Winner Game 1 at St. Anthony, 4 p.m.

Game 3 -- Dieterich at Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg, 4 p.m.

Game 4 -- Neoga at Altamont, 4 p.m.

Game 5 -- North Clay at South Central, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, October 5

Game 6 -- Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3, 4 p.m.

Game 7 -- Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 4 p.m.

Saturday, October 8

At Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg

Game 8 -- Loser Game 6 vs. Loser Game 7, TBD (third place)

Game 9 -- Winner Game 6 vs. Winner Game 7, TBD (championship)