Game 3 of Warren Central vs. Grenada softball series postponed until Tuesday

Published 10:45 am Monday, April 29, 2024

By Ernest Bowker

Warren Central softball coach Brian Ellis, left, talks to several of his players during Game 2 of their MHSAA Class 6A playoff series against Grenada. The deciding Game 3 of the series, scheduled for Monday, was postponed until Tuesday at 6 p.m. because of rain. (Chuck Hathcock/The Grenada Star)

Warren Central and Grenada will take a dramatic pause in their softball playoff series.

Monday’s rain forced the teams to postpone the deciding Game 3 until Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Warren Central’s Lucy Young Field.

The teams split the first two games of the MHSAA Class 6A series, with each winning on the road. Grenada won Game 1, 3-0, and Warren Central took Game 2 on Saturday, 11-3.

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The winner of Game 3 will advance to face South Panola in the second round beginning Friday in Batesville. South Panola, the Region 1-6A champion swept Ridgeland in its first-round series.

About Ernest Bowker

Ernest Bowker is The Vicksburg Post's sports editor. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post's sports staff since 1998, making him one of the longest-tenured reporters in the paper's 140-year history. The New Jersey native is a graduate of LSU. In his career, he has won more than 50 awards from the Mississippi Press Association and Associated Press for his coverage of local sports in Vicksburg.

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