The Estevan Girls Softball Association will be hosting the U14 B Girls South Provincial Championship along with the U18 Girls B Provincial Championship at the Pleasantdale Softball Park.
First up in the tournament will be six teams in U14 division on July 3 to 5.
The Estevan peewee Elite play the Oxbow Southeast Supreme on July 3 at noon, to open up the tournament.
Opening ceremonies will be at 6 p.m. followed by the final game on that day.
“That night, the home team (Estevan) will play following that, so hopefully we will get a good crowd out,” said Estevan Girls Softball Association vice-president Rhonda Blanchette.
The following day, Estevan will play another two games. They are matched up against the Weyburn Long Creek Haulers, starting at 11:30 a.m. Their final game that day is at 4 p.m. against the Melville Mills.
The top four teams after the round-robin will advance to the championship round.
In that round, the top team will play the fourth place team, and the second and third place teams will be matched up. The winner of those games will play in the final.
Blanchette expects a good turnout for the tournament.
“It’s kind of local area teams, so I’m sure we’ll get lots of people coming from out of town too,” she said.
The U18 tournament also features six teams, and they will play July 10 to 12
The Estevan midget Elite will start off the tournament against the Moose Jaw Ice on July 10, at noon.
Later that day, they will play against the Twin City Angels at 6:30 p.m.
Next games for the Elite are on July 11, against the Unity Panthers at 10:30 a.m. For their final game that day will be versus the Saskatoon Elecs at 6 p.m.
The top four teams after the round-robin will advance to the championship round.
In the championship round, the first place team will play the second place team, and third place will play fourth place.
The team to win the first and second place game will advance to the final and the team to lose, will play in the semi-final against the winner of the other game.
Once the semi-final is finished, the winner advances to the final.
The top two teams will advance to westerns in Lloydminster from July 31 to August 3.
Blanchette believes there should be a lot of people at the U18 provincial tournament.
“It’s good ball to watch. So, I’m sure we’ll get lots of people from the community to just want to come out and watch,” she said.
Overall, Blanchette thinks the peewee team and midget team can win their respective tournaments.
“I think our local teams will do really well. They’ve played most of these teams before and we have strong teams and strong coaching this year. So, we’re hoping that on those weekends, we can have an Estevan champion,” she said.
