Softball sectional play slated to begin today
Fifth-seed Elkins will travel to No. 4 RCB
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ELKINS -- Weather permitting, high school softball sectional play is set to get underway today.
In the Class AA, Region 2, Section 1 tournament, fifth-seed Elkins travels to No. 4 Robert C. Byrd today.
The Lady Flying Eagles swept the season-series with the Lady Tigers, taking a doubleheader at home back in March.
Philip Barbour, meanwhile, is the second seed and hosts No. 3 Liberty on Wednesday.
The Lady Colts (15-8) split with the Lady Mountaineers during the regular season, each winning at home.
The losers of the Elkins-RCB and Liberty-PB contests meet Thursday at the highest seed in an elimination game.
The Liberty-Philip Barbour victor faces either Lincoln, Elkins or RCB in a winner's bracket finale Thursday at the highest seed.
The winner between Elkins and RCB travels to top-seed Lincoln on Wednesday.
The sectional title game is tentatively scheduled for next Monday.
All contests are at 6 p.m.
In Class AAA, Region I, Section 2 action, Buckhannon-Upshur is the third seed and begins play today at No 2 Bridgeport.
In Class A, Tygarts Valley is the third seed in the Region II, Section 2 tourney and visits No. 2 South Harrison at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, while in Region II, Section 1 action, Tucker County is the fourth seed and entertains No. 5 East Hardy today.
Doddridge County and Petersburg are the top seeds, respectively, in those sectional tournaments.