Martin County West is seeded seventh in the 14-team Section 2A softball tournament that will get underway on Tuesday.
The Mavericks will host Valley Conference rival and 10th-seeded Madelia in a single-elimination first-round game at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Fox Lake Area Sports Complex in Welcome.
Tuesday’s winner will advance to play at second-seeded New Ulm Cathedral in the first game of the double-elimination portion of the tourney on Thursday. The Greyhounds have a first-round bye.
The entire tournament then moves to Caswell Park in North Mankato starting next Saturday.
Nicollet is the defending Section 2A champion.
SECTION 2A SOFTBALL
First round
Tuesday, May 23
All games at 5 p.m.
Number in parenthesis indicates seed number
Upper bracket
Sleepy Eye Saint Mary’s (1) has bye
Red Rock Central/Westbrook-Walnut Grove (9) at Nicollet (8)
Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda (12) at Springfield (5)
Martin Luther/Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman (13) at Cleveland (4)
Lower bracket
New Ulm Cathedral (2) has bye
Madelia (10) at Martin County West (7)
Minnesota Valley Lutheran (11) at Sleepy Eye (6)
Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop (14) at Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey (3)