Regionals!
Friday @ 9:49 a.m. by Joannaby joanna
So regional Class 6A and 5A baseball and softball pairings come out on Saturday, as will soccer regionals.
I had a conversation with North assistant Randy Griffitts — a guy I’ve known for an awful long time, who was a correspondent for us, who was one of our favorites because he’d cover anything and do it well — anyway, we chatted about the possible way the 6A regional involving North baseball could pan out.
As it sits right now — with the best info I have — Goddard is 17-3, Maize is 16-3, Northwest is 15-4 (Maize and Northwest play tonight), Campus is 15-3 (plays a doubleheader with Junction City tonight), North 16-4, Heights 13-7, Derby 7-11, Dodge City 6-11, Garden City 6-12, East 6-13, South 4-13, Southeast 2-17.
OK, Goddard finished its season with a win over Carroll on Thursday, so it’s the No. 1 seed right now. So what happens if the rain hits tonight and no more games are played (regional seedings are Saturday morning)? We would be looking at Goddard as the 1 seed, Maize 2, Campus 3, North 4 and Northwest 5 (based on winning percentage because one less game)
What could really make things interesting is if Northwest beats Maize and Campus splits with Junction City. That would mean Northwest, Maize, Campus and North are all 16-4. Hello, coin flip for seeds 2 through 5.
I’m loving this! Drama, intrigue. Anyway. It’s an interesting way to end the season and will make for two good regionals next week.
May 10th, 2008 at 10:47 am
Apparently the Wichita Eagle didn’t think it was “interesting” enough news to publish the game results in their Sport Section that Maize took care of Northwest in short order on Friday night on the big diamond. There wasn’t even a box score and apparently no reporter present, but the stands were packed. Great offense and defense on the part of the Eagles.
As far as the WICHITA EAGLE…where were you?
May 10th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Did the Maize/Northwest coach call the score in? I would say no, they did not.
As for the regionals, Goddard got the #1 seed. In baseball of softball, you might ask, BOTH.