VALDOSTA —
The Lowndes Vikette softball Invitational begins Friday at Freedom Park in North Valdosta.
Seven teams will participate in the two-day event hosted by the Lowndes softball team, including Lowndes, Valdosta, Cook and Echols County.
Thomas County Central, Jeff Davis and Tift County will also participate in the Invitational.
Among the teams participating, all but Valdosta have a winning record so far this season. Tift County is 12-1, Jeff Davis and Cook both sit with 11-4 records.
Thomas County Central is 10-6-1, Lowndes and Echols County are both 6-4 and Valdosta is 1-6-2.
Each team will play at least four games this weekend.
Three fields will be used at Freedom Park to host the tournament.
Play begins Friday at 4:30 p.m. and Saturday at 9 a.m.
Each game will be held to a 90-minute time limit to help keep the tournament on schedule. *The first games Friday will feature Lowndes taking on Jeff Davis on Field 1, Echols County facing Cook on Field 2 and Thomas County Central visiting Valdosta on Field 3.
Tift County joins the action Friday with a 6:30 p.m. game against Jeff Davis, while Cook takes on Thomas County Central. Lowndes and Valdosta will meet for the first-time this season at 6:30 p.m. on Field 3.
In Friday’s nightcap, Lowndes will face region foe Tift County and Echols County will meet Thomas County Central.
On Saturday, Cook and Valdosta will meet at 9 a.m. on Field 2, while Jeff Davis and Echols County meet for the first-time this season on Field 3.
At 11 a.m., Thomas County Central meets Tift County and Lowndes faces Echols County.
Lowndes faces Cook for the second-time this week with a game on Field 3 at 1:30 p.m., while Echols County faces Tift County and Jeff Davis meets Thomas County Central.
The Invitational concludes at 3:30 Saturday with two games. Cook faces Tift County and Jeff Davis faces Valdosta.
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