The Spartans fastpitch softball team will play the Camas Papermakers Friday in Bainbridge’s first game at the Class 3A state softball tournament.
The Papermakers (10-2 regular season, 14-1 overall) clinched a berth at state by beating Bonney Lake 9-3 in the quarterfinals of the 3A West Central 3/Southwest Washington 4 Bi-District Tournament.
Camas comes into the district as a number-one seed because of the Papermakers’ victory over Kelso in district play.
The Bainbridge-Camas game is at noon Friday, May 25 at the Regional Athletic Complex in Lacey.
Opening ceremonies for the state tourney are at 11 a.m.
The winner of the Bainbridge-Camas game will play the winner of the Mountain View-Juanita game at 4 p.m. Friday.
The loser of the Bainbridge-Camas contest will head to consolation play to face the loser of the Mountain View-Juanita game at 2 p.m. Friday.
The top four teams play at 9 a.m. Saturday, with the championship game to follow at 2:30 p.m.