Rains delay Colfax-T/R collision

Colfax and Tekoa/Rosalia softball teams were scheduled to play Wednesday in the elimination round of the NE district softball tournament. The eliminations were the first of the final two rounds of the tournament at Franklin Park in Spokane with the final round booked Saturday.

The round of NE eliminations at Franklin were originally set for Tuesday, but they were moved back to Wednesday, too late to be reported in this week’s Gazette, because of rain.

Colfax moved to the Wednesday eliminations after bowing May 9 to Davenport 6-13 in its first NE playoff game at McDonald Park. Davenport played Colfax after defeating Reardan in the first round.

Rosalia will face Colfax after losing to Springdale in the first round of the May 9 playoffs at Ritzville.

Winner of the Colfax-Tekoa/Rosalia game Wednesday faced Liberty in a second elimination round at Franklin Park.

Survivors of the two-game sets in the Wednesday eliminations will play in the final elimination rounds of the NE Saturday back at Franklin. The final round will determine which four teams will advance to the state 2B finals May 26 and 27 in Yakima. One win for teams which advanced from the Wednesday action would advance them to a placing game for one of the four tickets.