National Trail Conference Baseball Tournament Pairings Released

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Published on September 29 2023 8:24 am
Last Updated on September 29 2023 8:36 am
Written by Millie Lange

The high school baseball season will end for National Trail Conference teams with the conference tournament scheduled beginning today and finishing out with the third place and championship games Friday, October 6.

Effingham St. Anthony finished atop the NTC regular season standings with a perfect 8-0 record followed by Altamont (7-1), South Central (5-3), North Clay (4-4), Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City (4-4), Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg (3-5), Dieterich (2-6), Brownstown/St. Elmo (2-6) and Neoga (1-7).

Today's game features No. 8 Brownstown/St. Elmo against No. 9 Neoga at 4 p.m. at St. Elmo.

The tournament continues Monday with St. Anthony against the winner of that contest at Paul Smith field at 4 p.m. No. 4 North Clay will host No. 5 CHBC at 4 p.m. No. 2 Altamont is home to No. 7 Dieterich, also at 4 p.m. and No. 3 South Central will host No. 6 Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg at 4 p.m. at Kinmundy.

Games 6 and 7 will be played at 4 p.m. at fields to be determined Wednesday.

The third place game will be at 4 p.m. and the championship at 7 p.m. at Altamont Friday, Oct. 6.

The Wednesday games can be heard on KJ Country 102.3 and 979 XFM. Friday's games will be heard on KJ Country 102.3.

National Trail Conference Tournament

Friday, Sept. 29

Game 1 -- Neoga at Brownstown/St. Elmo, 4 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 2

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

Game 3 -- Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City at North Clay, 4 p.m.

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

Game 5 -- Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg at South Central, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 4

Game 6 -- Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3, 4 p.m. (site TBD)

Game 7 -- Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 4 p.m. (site TBD)

Friday, Oct. 6

At Altamont

Game 8 -- Loser Game 6 vs. Loser Game 7, 4 p.m. (third place)

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