{"id":1676,"date":"2023-05-02T07:51:56","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T11:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=1676"},"modified":"2023-05-02T07:51:58","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T11:51:58","slug":"norwell-bellmont-favorites-to-reach-sectional-final-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/02\/norwell-bellmont-favorites-to-reach-sectional-final-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwell, Bellmont favorites to reach sectional final again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Another season without a softball program for Marion High School has resulted in Bellmont and Norwell competing in just a five-team sectional this postseason. The loss of Heritage and Mississinewa from the field has also created a much different dynamic in this year\u2019s bracket from years past.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/98.158.76.108\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/8I7A0238-1-1024x774.jpeg?resize=640%2C484\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/8I7A0238-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C774&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/8I7A0238-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C227&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/8I7A0238-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C581&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/8I7A0238-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1161&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/8I7A0238-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1548&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/8I7A0238-1-scaled.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/8I7A0238-1-scaled.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Bellmont beat Norwell earlier this season 5-2 and won last year&#8217;s sectional final against the Knights at home. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The odds-on favorites will be Norwell and Bellmont to reach the final in a rematch of last year\u2019s Bellmont Sectional finals. The two teams met last week and Bellmont came away with a 5-2 victory.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bellmont 3A Softball Sectional<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Game 1 &#8211; Norwell (6-5) vs. Oak Hill (3-6)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Semifinal 1 &#8211; Bellmont (7-7) vs. Peru (2-8)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Semifinal 2 -Winner of Game 1 vs. Maconaquah (6-6)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another season without a softball program for Marion High School has resulted in Bellmont and Norwell competing in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1678,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[13,46,40,26],"class_list":["post-1676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-bellmont","tag-norwell","tag-softball","tag-sports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/8I7A9081-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}