Softball: Faster to First schedule for today’s games

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Because the Nike Faster to First softball tournament at the Huntington Beach Sports Complex has 26 teams instead of 24, there is some unusual scheduling. More than half the teams are involved in pool play to reach the semifinals, others are in a straight bracket.

My suggestion: Don’t try to figure it out, just enjoy the games.

Here is the schedule for today/Friday:

Winners bracket, second round pool play
Corona Santiago vs. Sparks (Nev.) Spanish Springs, 11:30 a.m.
Corona Santiago vs. Ayala, 3:30 p.m.
LB Wilson vs. Belmont (Calif.) Notre Dame, 3 p.m.
El Modena vs. El Toro, 3:30 p.m.
Pembroke Pines (Fla.) vs. Belmont (Calif.) Notre Dame, 5 p.m.
LB Wilson vs. Pembroke Pines, 5:30 p.m.
Sparks (Nev.) Spanish Springs vs. Ayala, 5:30 p.m.
El Modena vs. Valencia, 5:30 p.m.
El Toro vs. Valencia, 7:30 p.m.

Winners bracket, second round
Anaheim Canyon vs. Austin (Texas) Westwood, 9:30 a.m.
Norco vs. Sacramento Sheldon, 11:30 a.m.
Winners bracket, quarterfinals
Norco-Sheldon winner vs. Canyon-Westwood winner, 1:30 p.m.

Fifth-place quarterfinals
Norco-Sheldon loser vs. Canyon-Westwood loser, 1:30 p.m.

Losers bracket, second round pool play
Phoenix St. Mary’s vs. Scottsdale (Ariz.) Chaparral, 9 a.m.
Camarillo vs. Peoria (Ariz.) Centennial, 9 a.m.
Phoenix St. Mary’s vs. Sierra Vista (Ariz.) Buena, 11 a.m.
Peoria (Ariz.) Centennial vs. Hollister San Benito, 11 a.m.
Camarillo vs. Hollister (Calif.) San Benito, 1 p.m.
Scottsdale Chaparral vs. Sierra Vista Buena 1 p.m.
North Las Vegas Rancho vs. La Palma Kennedy, 3 p.m.
Las Vegas Rancho vs. Phoenix (Ariz.) Sunnyslope, 5 p.m.
Kennedy vs. Phoenix Sunnyslope, 7 p.m.

Losers bracket second round
Norwalk vs. Vista Murrieta, 3 p.m.
Pacifica vs. Hart, 5:00 p.m.
Losers bracket quarterfinals
Norwalk-Vista Murrieta winner vs. Pacifica-Hart winner, 7 p.m.
17th place quarterfinals
Norwalk-Vista Murrieta loser vs. Pacifica-Hart loser, 7:30 p.m.

-- Martin Henderson

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