Region 2B releases playoff schedules for softball, baseball, soccer
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Region 2B has released playoff brackets for softball, baseball and boys and girls soccer. The postseason begins May 28 for these teams.
In softball, Stuarts Draft (15-4) earned the second seed and a first-round bye. Draft has won 11 of 12 games heading into the playoffs. The Cougars will play June 2, hosting the winner of No. 3 Strasburg and No. 6 Buckingham at 6 p.m.
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Meanwhile, Fort Defiance (11-8), the fourth seed, is hosting No. 5 Page County May 28 at 6 p.m. The winner of that game will play at top seed Central Woodstock June 2 at 6 p.m.
The regional championship is scheduled for June 6.
In Region 2B baseball, the two Shenandoah District teams face off in the first round with No. 4 Stuarts Draft (11-9) hosting No. 5 Fort Defiance (7-12). The two teams split their regular-season meetings, with both winning at home. The winner of that game will play No. 1 Strasburg June 2 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Strasburg. The game is scheduled for 6 p.m.
On the other side of the bracket, No. 3 Clarke County hosts No. 6 Page County at 5 p.m. May 29, with the winner playing No. 2 Central Woodstock at 6 p.m. June 2.
In boys soccer, the two Region 2B teams in the Shenandoah District also match up in the first round. No. 4 Fort Defiance (6-10) hosts No. 5 Stuarts Draft (7-8-1) at 6:30 p.m. May 28. The two teams split their regular-season matches, both winning at home.
The Fort-Draft winner plays at No. 1 Clarke County June 2 in the semifinals.
No. 3 Madison County hosts No. 6 Stonewall Jackson in the other first-round game May 28, with the winner traveling to No. 2 Strasburg for the semifinals June 2. The championship is scheduled for June 4.
In girls soccer, it's a combined regional with 1B and 2B both included in the eight-team tournament. No. 2 Riverheads (11-3-2) will host No. 7 Strasburg. Riverheads is the only Class 1 team to qualify for the field. The game is set for 6 p.m. May 28.
The Riverheads-Strasburg winner plays the winner of No. 3 Central Woodstock and No. 6 Stonewall Jackson on June 2 in the semifinals.
In another quarterfinal match May 28, No. 5 Fort Defiance (7-8-1) plays at No. 4 Stuarts Draft (9-3-3) at 6 p.m. Draft swept Fort in the regular season, winning 6-1 and 5-2. The winner of that game plays the winner of No. 1 Clarke County and No. 8 Page County in the semifinals June 2.
The regional championship is scheduled for June 4.
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