Don Ketchum
Former Staff Writer, AZPreps365.com

O'Connor Softball Festival runs Thursday through Saturday

March 27, 2013 by Don Ketchum, AZPreps365


 

The Sandra Day O’Connor Softball Festival begins Thursday (March 28) and continues Friday (March 29) and Saturday (March 30) at Phoenix Sandra Day O’Connor, 35th Ave. and Happy Valley Road.

There will be pool play on Thursday and Friday, with the elimination bracket on Saturday. Tournament championship and third-place games begin at 3 p.m.

Thursday pool play

Varsity field

9 a.m. – Phoenix Sandra Day O’Connor vs. Avondale Westview. 10:45 a.m. – Yuma Gila Ridge vs. Glendale Cactus. 12:30 p.m. – Gila Ridge vs. Glendale Raymond S. Kellis. 2:15 p.m. – Sandra Day O’Connor vs. Yuma Cibola. 4 p.m. – Sandra Day O’Connor vs. Peoria Sunrise Mountain.

Junior Varsity field

9 a.m. – Glendale Deer Valley vs. Glendale Raymond S. Kellis. 10:45 a.m. – Peoria Sunrise Mountain vs. Yuma Cibola. 12:30 p.m. – Deer Valley vs. Glendale Cactus. 2:15 p.m. – Sunrise Mountain vs. Avondale Westview. 4 p.m. – Cibola vs. Westview.

Friday pool play

Varsity field

9 a.m. – Phoenix Sandra Day O’Connor vs. Yuma Gila Ridge. 10:45 a.m. – O’Connor vs. Glendale Raymond S. Kellis. 12:30 p.m. – Yuma Cibola vs. Glendale Deer Valley. 2:15 p.m. – Peoria Sunrise Mountain vs. Gila Ridge. 4 p.m. – Sunrise Mountain vs. Deer Valley.

Junior Varsity field

9 a.m. – Glendale Raymond S. Kellis vs. Glendale Cactus. 10:45 a.m. – Yuma Gila Ridge vs. Glendale Deer Valley. 12:30 p.m. – Avondale Westview vs. Cactus. 2:15 p.m. – Yuma Cibola vs. Cactus. 4 p.m. – Westview vs. Raymond S. Kellis.

Saturday elimination bracket

9 a.m. Yuma Gila Ridge vs. Peoria Sunrise Mountain (V). 11 a.m. – Glendale Deer Valley vs. Avondale Westview (JV). 11 a.m. – Glendale Cactus vs. Phoenix Sandra Day O’Connor (V). 9 a.m. – Yuma Cibola vs. Glendale Raymond S. Kellis (JV). 1 p.m. -- Gila Ridge-Sunrise Mountain winner vs. Deer Valley-Westview winner (JV).  Cactus-Sandra Day O’Connor winner vs. Cibola-Raymond S. Kellis winner (V). 3 p.m. – Tournament championship game (V). Tournament third-place game (JV).