It's been more than a month since the Lady Panther Invitational started on March 10, but the softball tournament is scheduled to come to a completion on Saturday at La-Z-Boy Park.
The eight-team tournament was originally supposed to be held on March 10-11, but the potential for bad weather forced the host Siloam Springs softball program to move the second day of the tournament to Saturday, April 15, before the tournament even began.
Lady Panther Invitational
March 10, April 15
La-Z-Boy Park, Siloam Springs
March 10 results
Game 1: Siloam Springs 12, Greenland 2
Game 2: Gentry 8, FS Northside 4
Game 3: Fayetteville 5, Harrison 2
April 15
Game 4: Pea Ridge vs. Hackett, 8:30 a.m.#
Game 5: Greenland vs. FS Northside, 10:30 a.m.#
Game 6: Harrison vs. Game 4 loser, 10:30 a.m.$
Game 7: Siloam Springs vs. Gentry, noon#
Game 8: Fayetteville vs. Game 4 winner, noon$
Seventh-place: Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6, 1:30 p.m.$
Fifth-place: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 1:30 p.m.#
Third-place: Loser Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8, 3 p.m.$
Championship: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 3 p.m.#
# Field 1
$ Field 2
Three first-round games were played on March 10. Siloam Springs beat Greenland 12-2, while Gentry defeated Fort Smith Northside 8-4 and Fayetteville topped Harrison 5-2.
The fourth first-round game, Pea Ridge versus Hackett, was moved to 8:30 a.m. on Saturday in a move that benefited both teams. Hackett, a 2A school, had some injuries in March that would have originally forced it to drop out of the tournament. Pea Ridge, meanwhile, wanted to be able to watch its boys basketball team compete in the Class 4A state finals that weekend.
Following the final first-round game, consolation round action begins at 10:30 a.m. on Fields 1 and 2.
Siloam Springs is scheduled to play Gentry in a winner's bracket semifinal at noon on Field 1, the Lady Panthers' regular home field. Fayetteville will play at noon on Field 2 against the winner of the Pea Ridge-Hackett game from earlier in the day.
The fifth- and seventh-place games are scheduled to take place at 1:30 p.m., followed by the third-place and championship games at 3 p.m.
Before the Lady Panthers (3-9, 2-4) play on Saturday, however, they'll play a 5A/6A District 1 doubleheader at Clarksville on Thursday.
On Tuesday, the Lady Panthers were scheduled to play a district game against Harrison. Results were not available at presstime.
Baseball
The Siloam Springs baseball team was scheduled to return to action at Harrison on Tuesday for a 5A/6A District 1 game with the Goblins.
The Panthers entered Tuesday's game having lost four of their last five games.
The Panthers (8-10, 3-4) are scheduled to play two more times this week -- both at home at James Butts Baseball Park.
The Panthers are scheduled to host Clarksville at 5 p.m. on Thursday for a 5A/6A District 1 game. Siloam Springs defeated Clarksville 12-1 on March 14.
Siloam Springs will then host Bentonville West at 5 p.m. on Friday in a rematch of the second game of the season from March 1. Bentonville West scored a run in the bottom of the seventh inning to clip the Panthers 6-5 in that contest.
Track and field
The Siloam Springs track and field program is entering the home stretch of the 2017 outdoor season.
The Panthers' junior high teams were scheduled to participate in a meet on Tuesday at Gentry. Results were not available at presstime.
The high school teams will compete at the Pioneer Relays on Thursday in Gentry.
On Monday and Tuesday of next week, Siloam Springs will host the eighth- and ninth-grade Northwest Arkansas Conference meets, respectively, at Glenn W. Black Stadium. Both meets begin at 3:30 p.m.
The varsity track team will head to Fort Smith for the annual McDonald's Relays on April 20.
The junior high regional meet will be held at Springdale Har-Ber on April 24.
The senior high's 6A-West Conference Meet is scheduled to be in Greenwood on April 27 with the Class 6A State Meet in Lake Hamilton on May 4.
The Meet of Champions will be May 13 in Russellville, followed by the state decathlon/heptathlon on May 17-18 in Cabot.
Sports on 04/12/2017