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NEK Teams Start Zone Tournaments -- July 22 Results

By Mike Smith

07/23/2012

Postseason play as started up in Kansas with zone tournaments starting yesterday as six of the eight Northeast Kansas league teams are participating in the zone tournaments for a chance to make it to the state tournament.

Yesterday three of the four Northeast Kansas league teams in the Zone 4 tournament got their postseason started. Frankfort and Royal Valley meet up with each other in the four versus five matchup and it was Royal Valley notching an 11-4 win to advance in the winner's bracket to play the one seed, Seneca this evening at 6:00pm, which you can hear on Kanzaland radio (103.9 KNZA & 92.1 KMZA).

The other first round matchup in the Zone 4 tournament was the three versus six matchup between Westmoreland and Holton, respectively. Westmoreland controlled from the game from the start winning it 14-1 over Holton in four innings; setting up a three versus two matchup tonight between Westmoreland and host Silver Lake.

Frankfort and Holton both fall into the loser bracket side in the Zone 4 tournament and await their opponents (the loser's of tonight's games) for games tomorrow. Updated full bracket of Zone 4 tournament bracket (click here)

Doniphan County and Hiawatha will start their postseason play tomorrow night in the Zone 1 tournament both playing at 6:00pm. Hiawatha will be the five seed and play four seed Baldwin, if Hiawatha wins they will play the one seed Wellsville at 8:00pm, if loss Hiawatha will play in the first elimination game of the zone at 8:00pm. Doniphan County will be the three seed taking on the two seed KC Cyclones, with the winner moving on in the winners bracket and the loser playing the loser of the Baldwin and Hiawatha game in the first elimination game at 8:00pm.