This just in - fastpitch playoff seedings - Jaguars host playoff opener next Thursday

The Jaguars fastpitch team will open the Sub-Section 5A-West playoffs at home next Thursday, May 19 with a 4 p.m. game against ninth-seeded Swanville. If they win, the eighth-seeded Jaguars (3-13) would advance to the quarterfinal round the following day, when they would travel to top-seeded and state-ranked (#6) Osakis for a 5 p.m. game on May 20. Swanville is 1-9 overall, with their lone win coming on May 3 over St. John's Prep by a 25-3 margin.

The Jaguars have hosted a playoff opener every year since 2008. Since 2005, they have opened the playoffs only once - at Osakis in 2007. (They won that game in a blow out, too, beating Osakis 17-6 to begin their run to the Section 5A Final Four.)

2011 Sub-Section 5A-West fastpitch seeding:
1 - Osakis
2 - Royalton
3 - Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City
4 - Eden Valley-Watkins
5 - Browerville
6 - Kimball Area
7 - Upsala
8 - B-B-E
9 - Swanville
10 - St. John's Prep

Central Minnesota Conference fastpitch results on May 12/May 13:
Maple Lake 5, Eden Valley-Watkins 2
Maple Lake 10, EV-W 0
Pierz 12, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 7
Pierz 4, Kimball Area 3
Kimball Area 7, Pierz 6

Central Minnesota Conference baseball results on May 12/May 13:
Eden Valley-Watkins 5, Maple Lake 1
Holdingford 4, Kimball Area 2
Holdingford 2, Kimball Area 0
Pierz 7, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 2

Area fastpitch results on May 12/May 13:
Osakis 7, Royalton 3
Paynesville Area 14, Montevideo 1
Upsala 15, Swanville 6
NL-S 8, LP-GE 5
Albany 3, Sauk Centre 0

Area baseball results on May 12/May 13:
Upsala-Swanville Area 7, Osakis 1
Albany 12, Sauk Centre 0 (5 innings)
Browerville 4, Royalton 3
Eden Valley-Watkins 13, MACCRAY 1 (5 innings)
Minnewaska Area 10, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 0
Paynesville Area 8, Lac qui Parle Valley 4 (Bulldogs knock off West Central South Conference co-leader in a Friday double-header)
Lac qui Parle Valley 18, Paynesville Area 2
Paynesville Area 10, Montevideo 8
LP-GE 11, NL-S 1

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