Tuesday afternoon at 4:30, AM 1400 KJFF will be featuring a Jefferson County Conference softball rivalry match as the Festus Tigers travel to DeSoto to face the Dragons. Festus enters the game at 1-1 in conference and 6-7 overall.
Tigers head coach Jeff Montgomery feels like his team and DeSoto’s are very similar this season.
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DeSoto is 4-9 overall and 1-0 in the conference. The Dragons suffered 3 one-run losses over the weekend in the Sullivan Softball Classic but battled back to finish off the tournament with a 9-3 win over Osage.
Head Coach Chris Woelich was proud of that fight from his girls and now expects them to be ready for the same from Festus.
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First pitch from DeSoto is scheduled for Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. with pregame at 4:15 on AM 1400 KJFF.