CURWENSVILLE – Defending champions Clearfield and Curwensville rated No. 1 seeds for the 2008 District 9 Softball Playoffs, according to pairings released Tuesday by District 9 Committee Softball Chairman Jerry Linsenbigler of Curwensville Area High School.
Clearfield is one of three teams entered in Class AAA, while 2007 state champion Curwensville is one of 12 teams in Class A.
Neither team will play on the first day of their respective tourneys.
The Lady Bisons go right to the May 28 Class AAA title game at a neutral site against the winner of the Punxsutawney-Bradford semifinal.
The Lady Tide gets a first-round bye, with its May 21 quarterfinal opponent to be determined Monday when No. 8 DuBois Central hosts No. 9 Clarion-Limestone. Curwensville will play at home in its tourney opener.
All games are scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m.
The pairings, with seeds and records including games played through May 12 in parentheses:
Class AAA
May 21
Semifinals – (1) Clearfield (11-4), bye; (3) Punxsutawney (10-6) at Bradford (12-4)
May 28
Championship – Clearfield vs Punxsutawney-Bradford winner at site TBA
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Class AA
May 19
Quarterfinals – (1) Moniteau (11-2), bye; (5) Brookville (6-9) at Redbank Valley (7-8); (6) Cranberry (6-9) at (3) Karns City (9-5); (2) Kane (11-4), bye
May 21
Semifinals – Brookville-Redbank Valley winner at Moniteau; Cranberry-Karns City winner at Kane
May 28
Championship – Semifinal winners at site TBA
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Class A
May 19
First Round – (1) Curwensville (16-1), bye; (9) Clarion-Limestone (8-5) at (8) DuBois Central Catholic (10-6); (12) Allegheny Clarion Valley (7-7) at (5) Clarion (11-3); (4) Elk County Catholic (13-4), bye; (3) Northern Potter (14-3), bye; (11) Brockway (9-8) at (6) Rocky Grove (12-5); (10) Keystone (8-6) at (7) Coudersport (11-5); (2) Smethport (16-1), bye.
May 21
Quarterfinals – Clarion-Limestone-DuBois Central Catholic winner at Curwensville; Allegheny-Clarion Valley-Clarion winner at Elk County Catholic; Brockway-Rocky Grove winner at Northern Potter; Keystone-Coudersport winner at Smethport
May 27
Semifinals – Curwensville game winner vs Elk County Catholic game winner and Northern Potter game winner vs Smethport game winner at sites TBA
May 29
Championship – Semifinal winners at site TBA
