With the two Adams County teams entering Sunday’s sectional draw as the only teams in the six-team field with winning records, both sides had to have been disappointed that a potential meeting between the two will come in the semifinal instead of in the championship game.
After escaping the shadow of the Eastside Blazers, last year’s sectional champ, the field is much different in 2023 for Adams Central and South Adams.
The top half of the bracket features all three ACAC teams in the field, with Bluffton and South Adams facing off first and the winner to meet tournament favorites Adams Central.
Bishop Luers drew the bye on the bottom half and they will play the winner of Whitko and Manchester. The three teams on the bottom half of the bracket have seven combined wins as of May 1st.
Adams Central dominated Luers 29-0 in a doubleheader earlier in the year, and they defeated Manchester 18-3 also. The Jets have yet to play Bluffton or South Adams in the conference slate this spring.
Manchester 2A Softball Sectional
Game 1 – Bluffton (6-7) vs. South Adams (6-5)
Game 2 – Whitko (1-9) vs. Manchester (3-11)
Semifinal 1 – Adams Central (10-2) vs. Winner of Game 1
Semifinal 2 – FW Bishop Luers (3-7) vs. Winner of Game 2