Brewton 10U softball all stars heading to Tennessee for regionals
Published 2:59 pm Monday, July 18, 2011
After winning the state Cal Ripken 10- and under softball tournament a few weeks ago, the Brewton softball team will make the trek to Tennessee for the Southeast Regional tournament in Lewisburg this Thursday.
Brewton will be the lone team from Alabama and will match up against two teams each from South Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
Brewton will be one of 11 teams at the tournament and will be one of six teams in the American Division pool.
Other teams in Brewton’s pool are Land Run from South Carolina, Leesburg from Virginia, Ponte Vedra from Florida, Warren County from East Tennessee and Union West from West North Carolina.
In the National Division there will be five teams: West Ashley from South Carolina, Glen Allen from Virginia, Pitt County from East North Carolina, Oviedo from Florida and host team Marshall County from East Tennessee.
The tournament will begin Thursday, July 21, with Brewton taking on Lands Run and later playing Warren County.
On day two, Friday, July 22, Brewton will play Leesburg and will finish up pool play on Saturday, July 23 with Union East.
No game times were available as of press time.
The top two teams from each pool will advance to the single elimination bracket. The National Seed No. 2 will play the American Seed No. 1 while the American No. 2 will play National No. 1.
The two winners will advance to play for the championship.