MARSHALL – Jackson County Central will play West Central Area in the elimination bracket of the Section 3AA softball tournament at 1 p.m. Saturday.
The Huskies are 10-11 on the season after splitting a pair of South Sub-Section games Tuesday, shutting out Renville County West/BOLD 10-0 and dropping a 5-3 decision to Pipestone.
The Knights are 9-7 after splitting two in the North Sub-Section, edging Minnewaska Area 14-13 before falling to Morris/Chokio-Alberta 9-3.
The teams did not meet during the regular season and have no common opponents.
If JCC wins, the Huskies would play again at 5 p.m. Saturday.
SECTION 3AA SOFTBALL
Tuesday, May 24
South Sub-Section
First round
Jackson County Central 10, Renville County West/BOLD 0
Pipestone 10, Redwood Valley 0
Windom 2, Minneota/Canby 1
Second round
Pipestone 5, Jackson County Central 3
Luverne 11, Windom 6
North Sub-Section
First round
Morris/Chokio-Alberta 11, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 1
West Central Area 14, Minnewaska Area 13
Dassel-Cokato 12, Montevideo 0
Litchfield 10, New London-Spicer 0
Second round
Morris/Chokio-Alberta 9, West Central Area 3
Dassel-Cokato 4, Litchfield 1
Saturday, May 28
At Marshall
Winner’s bracket
Morris/Chokio-Alberta (20-1) vs. Pipestone (11-9), 11 a.m.
Luverne (18-3) vs. Dassel-Cokato (12-7), 11 a.m.
Winners of first two games, 3 p.m.
Loser’s bracket
Windom (11-10) vs. Litchfield (9-13), 1 p.m.
Jackson County Central (10-11) vs. West Central Area (9-7), 1 p.m.
Windom-Litchfield winner vs. MCA-Pipestone loser, 5 p.m.
JCC-WCA winner vs. Luverne-DC loser, 5 p.m.