Watertown Fastpitch Softball Association event runs Friday through Sunday at Koch Complex
Forty-five girls teams from four states will compete for five division championships Friday through Sunday in the Watertown Fastpitch Softball Association's Premier Throwdown Tournament at Koch Complex.
Teams will play pool games on Friday night and/or Saturday and be placed in single-elimination brackets on Sunday.
The tourney includes eight Watertown teams: U10 Flare; U12 VanLaecken Orthodontics Force, Purple and Black; U14 Premier Force; U16 Wildfire and Raging Thunder; and U18 Impact.
Here are the tourney pairings:
10-and-Under
Koch Complex Field 1
Saturday: West Fargo (N.D.) Fusion Blue vs. Madison Rage, 8 a.m.; Bismarck (N.D.) Sparks Gold vs. Watertown Flare, 9:30; Brandon Valley Blitz vs. Brookings Outlaws, 11 a.m.; Watertown vs. West Fargo, 12:30 p.m.; Madison vs. Brandon Valley, 2 p.m.; Bismarck v. Madison, 3:30 p.m.; Brookings vs. West Fargo, 5 p.m.; Watertown vs. Brandon Valley, 6:30 p.m. and Bismarck vs. Brookings, 8 p.m.
Sunday: Bracket games at 8, 9:30 and 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
12-and-Under
Koch Complex Fields 6-7
Saturday: West Fargo Fusion Blue vs. Mandan (N.D.) Nitro-Dannenfelzer, 8 a.m. (6); Brookings Outlaws-Hinricher vs. Watertown Purple, 8 a.m. (7); Watertown Black vs. Brookings Outlaws-DeGroot, 9:30 a.m. (6); Mandan Nitro-Kohl vs. Madison Crush, 9:30 a.m. (6); Sioux Falls Flash vs. Harrisburg Tornadoes, 11 a.m. (6); Watertown VanLaecken Orthodontics Force vs. Lac qui Parle Valley (Minn.) Eagles, 11 a.m. (7); Mandan Nitro-Kahl vs. Lac qui Parle Valley, 12:30 P.M. (7); Watertown Purple vs. West Fargo Fusion Blue, 12:30 p.m. (6).
Sioux Falls vs. Outlaws-DeGroot, 2 p.m. (6); Outlaws-Hinricher vs. Mandan Nitro-Dannenfelzer, 2 p.m. (7); Mandan Nitro-Kahl vs. VanLaecken Force, 3:30 p.m. (7); Lac qui Parle Valley vs. Crush, 3:30 p.m. (6); Outlaws-Hinricher vs. West Fargo, 5 p.m. (6); Sioux Falls Flash vs. Watertown Black, 5 p.m. (7); Mandan Nitro-Dannenfelzer vs. Watertown Purple, 6:30 p.m. (6); Harrisburg vs. Watertown Black, 6:30 p.m. (7); Crush vs. VanLaecken Force, 8 p.m. (6); and Outlaws-DeGroot vs. Harrisburg, 8 p.m. (7).
Sunday: Silver Bracket Field 6 (Games at 8, 9:30 and 11 a.m.; and 12:30 and 2 p.m.); Gold Bracket Field 7 (Games at 8, 9:30 and 11 a.m.; and 12:30 and 2 p.m.).
14-and-Under
Koch Complex Fields 1-2-3-4
Friday: Watertown Premier Force vs. Mandan (N.D.) Nitro, 8 p.m. (1); and West Fargo (N.D.) Fusion Blue vs. Marshall (Minn.) Tigers, 8 p.m. (4)
Saturday: Harrisburg Riptide vs. Brookings Outlaws 09, 8 a.m. (2); Brandon Valley Thunder vs. West Fargo Fusion Blue, 9:30 a.m. (3); Harrisburg Inferno vs. Lac qui Parle Valley (Minn.) Eagles, 9:30 a.m. (2); Lac qui Parle Valley vs. Mandan Nitro, 11 a.m. (2); Fargo-Moorhead Blaze vs. Sioux Falls Flash, 11 a.m. (3); Brandon Valley vs. Marshall, 12:30 p.m. (3); Fargo-Moorhead vs. Riptide, 2 p.m. (2); and Marshall vs. Yankton Fury Gazelles, 2 p.m. (3).
Premier Force vs. Lac qui Parle Valley, 3:30 p.m. (4); Mandan Nitro vs. Inferno, 3:30 p.m. (3); Yankton vs. West Fargo, 5 p.m. (3); Brookings vs. Sioux Falls, 5 p.m. (2); Fargo-Moorhead vs. Brookings, 6:30 p.m. (2); Premier Force vs. Inferno,. 6:30 p.m. (3); and Brandon Valley vs. Yankton, 8 p.m. (3).
Sunday: Silver Bracket Field 3 (Games at 8, 9:30 and 11 a.m.; and 12:30 and 2 p.m.); Gold Bracket Field 2 (Games at 8, 9:30 and 11 a.m.; and 12:30 and 2 p.m.).
16-and-Under
Koch Complex Fields 2-3-4
Friday: West Fargo (N.D.) Fusion Blue vs. Watertown Wildfire, 6:30 p.m. (4).
Saturday: Watertown Raging Thunder vs. Fargo-Moorhead Blaze, 8 a.m. (4); Rampage vs. Mandan (N.D.) Nitro, 8 a.m. (3); Brookings Outlaws 07 vs. Raging Thunder, 9:30 a.m. (4); Fargo-Moorhead vs. Brookings, 11 a.m. (4); Rampage vs. West Fargo, 12:30 p.m. (2); Mandan Nitro vs. West Fargo, 5 p.m. (4); Rampage vs. Wildfire, 6:30 p.m. (4); and Wildfire vs. Mandan Nitro, 8 p.m. (4).
Sunday: Field 4 (Silver Bracket games at 8 and 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.) and (Gold Bracket games at 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 and 3:30 p.m.).
18-and-Under
Koch Complex Fields 1 & 4
Friday: Sioux Falls Flash vs. Fargo-Moorhead Blaze Orange, 6:30 p.m. (1).
Saturday: Watertown Impact vs. Nebraska Golden Girls Severance, 8 a.m. (1); Sioux Falls Diamonds Elite vs. Lac qui Parle Valley (Minn.) Eagles, 9:30 a.m. (1); NGG Severance vs. Fargo-Moorhead, 11 a.m. 91); Sioux Falls vs. Impact, 12:30 p.m. (1); Marshall (Minn.) Tigers vs. Diamonds Elite, 2 p.m. (4); Fargo-Moorhead vs. Impact, 2 p.m. (1); Fargo-Moorhead vs. Lac qui Parle Valley, 3:30 p.m. (1); Sioux Falls vs. NGG Severance, 5 p.m. (1); Lac qui Parle Valley vs. Marshall, 6:30 p.m. (1); and Fargo-Moorhead vs. Marshall, 8 p.m. (1).
Sunday: Field 1 (Silver Bracket games at 8 and 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.) and (Gold Bracket games at 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 and 3:30 p.m.).
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