Tournament sites have been set for the return of Slow Pitch softball, which will be played as a state championship event in the spring of 2017 for the first time since 2008. Sectional sites will be Southern Pines in Dublin and Olympic Park in Columbus, while the Final Four State Tournament, presented by Mizuno, will be held at Twin Creeks in Woodstock.
The Area-organized sport begins February 25 and the regular-season ends on April 8, 2017. Each of the eight designated Areas will be responsible for determining the two teams that will advance to post-season play.
Those teams will play in a double-elimination Sectional tournament at two sites, Southern Pines and Olympic Park, on Saturday, April 15. The first and second place finishers there shall advance to the Final Four double-elimination State Tournament at Twin Creeks on Saturday, April 22 2017.