2000 State Softball Tournament Results

The eight State Softball Tournament was held October 12 and 13, 2000 at Seymour Smith Fields in Omaha. Directors were Bill Lewis, NSAA; Duane Haith, Omaha Public Schools; Sue Mehaffey, Omaha Public Schools; and Paul Pennington, Omaha Central High School.

Six district champions and two wild card teams from each class comprised the field. The Class A wild card teams were Omaha Burke and Omaha Marian. The wild cards teams in Class B were Blair and Cozad. There were 72 programs that competed during the 2000 softball season. Paid attendance: 3,832.

Class A

First Round

Papillion-LaVista 2, Grand Island 1

Omaha Westside 6, Millard

North 3

Omaha Marian 3, Omaha Burke 1

Millard South 1, Fremont 0 (9 in.)

First Round Loser’s Bracket

Grand Island 5, Millard North 3

Fremont 1, Omaha Burke 0

Second Round Winner’s Bracket

Papillion-LaVista 2, Omaha

Westside 0

Millard South 2, Omaha Marian 0

Second Round Loser’s Bracket

Omaha Marian 1, Grand Island 0

(8 in.)

Omaha Westside 2, Fremont 0

Semifinal Winner’s Bracket

Papillion-LaVista 8, Millard

South 2

Semifinal Loser’s Bracket

Omaha Westside 2, Omaha

Marian 0

Final Loser’s Bracket

Omaha Westside 3, Millard

South 2

Championship Final

Papillion-LaVista (34-4) 2, Omaha

Westside (29-10) 0

Championship Coach:

Mike Govig

Class B

First Round

Ralston 11, Hastings 2

Elkhorn 6, Cozad 1

McCook 5, Columbus Lakeview 3

Beatrice 3, Blair 2

First Round Loser’s Bracket

Hastings 3, Cozad 1

Columbus Lakeview 1, Blair 0

(8 in.)

Second Round Winner’s Bracket

Ralston 1, Elkhorn 0

Beatrice 6, McCook 1

Second Round Loser’s Bracket

McCook 8, Hastings 1

Elkhorn 1, Columbus Lakeview 0

Semifinal Winner’s Bracket

Beatrice 2, Ralston 0

Semifinal Loser’s Bracket

Elkhorn 1, McCook 0

Final Loser’s Bracket

Elkhorn 2, Ralston 1

Championship Final

Beatrice (29-5) 2, Elkhorn (29-8) 0

Championship Coach:

Robin Schainost