Jefferson finished as the top seed and was to have taken on the number four seed Banks County Wednesday afternoon. Commerce and Dawson County were to have squared off in the other game. The winners' bracket final and the first losers' bracket games were also to have been played Wednesday. The team with two wins on the first day of the tournament is assured of making the sectional tournament at Lanier Point in Gainesville Oct. 10. The tournament is not played to completion.
Teams play until they win twice or lose twice.
The top four teams at the sectional event move on to the state tournament in Columbus Oct. 16-17, where they are joined by the top four teams from the south's sectional. All three slow-pitch classifications hold their state tournaments at the Columbus Softball Complex, site of the 1996 Olympic softball games and home to the Georgia Pride of the Women's Professional Softball League. After reaching the halfway point of the season, it's now time to focus on what waits at the end of the year, according to Commerce cross country coach Mark Hale. The Commerce girl runners must face three of the state's top Class A cross country teams at the region meet Oct. 28 in Gainesville. The boys' team will also run against tough competition in their region meet.