Wayne American Legion Post 43 will host the Class B Area 5 Seniors tournament that gets under way Friday at Hank Overin Field.
West Point is the top seed and has a first-round bye for the seven-team, double-elimination tournament that runs through Tuesday, July 25. The winner of the tournament will move on to the Class B state tournament that starts Saturday, July 29 in Alliance.
Wayne is the sixth seed in the tournament and will take on third-seeded Ponca in the opening round Friday at 7 p.m. Other first-round matchups include fourth-seeded Lakeview taking on No. 5 Neligh at 2 p.m., with No. 2 seed O'Neill battling seventh-seeded Schuyler in a 4:30 p.m. tilt.
The tournament schedule is as follows (seed in parenthesis):
Friday, July 21
Game 1 — (1) West Point bye.
Game 2 — (4) Lakeview vs. (5) Neligh, 2 p.m.
Game 3 — (3) Ponca vs. (6) Wayne, 7 p.m.
Game 4 — (2) O’Neill vs. (7) Schuyler, 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 22
Game 5 — Loser game 2 bye.
Game 6 — Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 2 p.m.
Game 7 — West Point vs. Winner Game 2, 4:30 p.m.
Game 8 — Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 7 p.m.
Sunday, July 23
Game 9 — Loser Game 7 vs. Winner Game 6, 2 p.m.
Game 10 — Loser Game 8 vs. Winner Game 5, 4:30 p.m.
Game 11 — Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 7 p.m.
Monday, July 24
Game 12 — Loser Game 11 vs. Winner Game 9, 5 p.m.
Game 13 — Winner Game 10 vs. Winner Game 11, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, July 25
Game 14 — Championship, 5 p.m.
Game 15 — If needed, 30 minutes after Game 14 completion.
