(FARMINGTON) The Farmington Wood Bat Tournament gets underway Friday and will feature a round robin between Farmington, Festus, Winfield, and Pattonville. Regional Radio will have coverage of all of Farmington’s games during the tournament this weekend.
The first game for the 6-12 Knights will pin them against the 6-8 Winfield Warriors. Even with wooden bats required, Knights head coach Scott Hibbits says that his players are comfortable swinging the lumber.
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Hibbits also says he likes how his team is shaping up for this tournament because their strength as of late has been on the mound.
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Following that game, the Festus Tigers will take on Farmington. With wooden bats being used, Tigers head coach Jeff Montgomery has a bit of a different approach from Hibbits and says the game changes a little.
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Coach Montgomery knows the record isn’t where he wants it to be at 4-10, but his guys have played a challenging schedule.
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Coverage begins with the Flieg’s Equipment Pregame Show at 4:15 before the first game between Farmington and Winfield on AM-800 KREI. The Farmington/Festus game will follow on KREI and also on AM-1400 KJFF.