{"id":8545,"date":"2025-04-30T07:34:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T12:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=8545"},"modified":"2025-04-30T07:34:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T12:34:48","slug":"national-trail-conference-softball-tournament-pairings-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/uncategorized\/8545-national-trail-conference-softball-tournament-pairings-released\/","title":{"rendered":"National Trail Conference Softball Tournament Pairings Released"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>The pairings for the National Trail Conference Softball Tournament have been released. The tourney will be played on several diamonds at Evergreen Hollow Park.<\/p>\n<p>Windsor\/Stewardson-Strasburg drew the No. 1 seed followed by South Central, Effingham St. Anthony, Altamont, Dieterich, Neoga, North Clay and St. Elmo\/Brownstown.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament opens play Monday, May 5 with four games. Windsor\/Stew-Stras and St. Elmo\/Brownstown meet at 4:15 p.m. while South\u00a0 Central and North Clay also meet at 4:15 p.m. In 6 p.m. games, Altamont and Dieterich square off and St. Anthony takes on Neoga.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament continues Wednesday, May 7 and will end Friday, May 9 with the championship game to be heard on KJ Country 102.3.<\/p>\n<p><strong>National Trail Conference Tournament<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, May 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Game 1 &#8212; Windsor\/Stewardson-Strasburg vs. St. Elmo\/Brownstown, 4:15 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Game 2 &#8212; South Central vs. North Clay, 4:15 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Game 3 &#8212; Altamont vs. Dieterich, 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Game 4 &#8212; St. Anthony vs. Neoga, 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, May 7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Game 5 &#8212; Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 4:15 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Game 6 &#8212; Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 4:15 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Game 7 &#8212; Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Game 8 &#8212; Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, May 9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Game 9 &#8212; Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 7, 4:15 p.m. (third place)<\/p>\n<p>Game 10 &#8212; Winner Game 6 vs. Winner Game 8, 4:15 p.m. (consolation championship)<\/p>\n<p>Game 11 &#8212; Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 7, 6 p.m. (championship) <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(LISTEN ON KJ COUNTRY 102.3)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pairings for the National Trail Conference Softball Tournament have been released. The tourney will be played on several diamonds at Evergreen Hollow Park. 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