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. For the second straight week, an early lead helped Commerce cruise to victory. The Tigers got their first score from the defense and put up 41 points in the first half to topple Towns County last Friday 51-7. The easy win allowed Commerce to work on some areas of their game, including using their junior varsity for the second half.