So far this fall season, there have been several tournaments that have had some great fields. The Dale Invitational, Roff Tournament, Hydro-Eakly Labor Day Tournament, and the Okarche/AmPo Invitational all come to mind.

You can add another tournament to that list. Silo High School is hosting their annual Silo Tournament this weekend and it looks to be a good one.

Five teams in the field are ranked in the top ten for Class A of the OSSAA rankings: Oktaha (#1), Silo (#5), Dale (#6), Tushka (#8), and Wright City (#9). Latta is #13 in A while Tupelo is ranked #3 in Class B.

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Team Capsules

• Oktaha Tigers (16-0), A (#1): Quality wins: Wright City, Byng, Latta, Dale (2x), Rattan, Wister (2x), Tushka
• Red Oak Eagles (10-11), A: Quality wins: Varnum (2x), Stonewall
• Tupelo Tigers (13-3), B (#3): Quality wins: Roff, Kiowa, Calera, Silo, Asher, Stonewall, Varnum, Moss
• Silo Rebels (10-3), A (#5): Quality wins: Stonewall, Byng, Wister, Purdy (MO), Calera
• Tushka Tigers (12-3), A (#8): Quality wins: Latta (2x), Wright City, Byng, Ft Cobb-Broxton, Kiowa, Calera
• Wright City (13-4), A (#9): Quality wins: Silo, Navajo, Sentinel, Stuart
• Latta Panthers (9-6), A (#13): Quality wins: Tushka, Moss, Calera, Rattan, Stonewall, Preston, Asher
• Dale Pirates (9-5), A (#6): Quality wins: Roff, Ft Cobb-Broxton, Tupelo, Latta, Arapaho-Butler, Ripley

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Bracket

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Bracket Breakdown

• The first thing that jumps out is the Silo/Tupelo matchup in the first round. The Tigers beat the Rebels in the finals of the Tupelo Tournament a few weeks ago. Silo had a few players out then, but they are back and the young players have that much more experience.
• The Tushka/Wright City is a rematch of a game that Tushka won in 8 innigs on August 22.
• Dale has gone 3-7 in their last 7 games. Latta has shown they can play with the top teams as they handed Preston their first loss last week, and beat Rattan a couple week ago.
• The potential Oktaha/Silo matchup in the semis would be huge. Oktaha has beaten current #2, #3, #6 (2x), #8, #9, #11, and #13. A win over Silo would be another notch in their already impressive resume. A win over Oktaha would put Silo in the state title contender category (if they aren’t already there).
• In the top half, I have to go with Oktaha. Although the game would be played at Silo, Oktaha is at the point where they should be picked until they lose and at this point I don’t know if they will.
• In the bottom half, you could make a case for any 4 of the teams. I would go with the hot team and that is Tushka at this point. After starting 2-2, Tushka is 10-1 and their lone loss came against Oktaha in which Tushka was leading until the 6th inning.

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Schedule & Scores

Thursday

• 12:00 Latta vs Dale
• 2:00 Oktaha vs Red Oak
• 4:00 Tushka vs Wright City
• 6:00 Silo vs Tupelo

Friday

• 12:00 Oktaha/Red Oak loser vs Silo/Tupelo loser
• 2:00 Tushka/Wright City loser vs Latta/Dale loser
• 4:00 Tushka/Wright City winner vs Latta/Dale winner
• 6:00 Oktaha/Red Oak winner vs Silo/Tupelo winner

Saturday

• 10:00 Consolation game
• 12:00 3rd Place game
• 2:00 Championship game

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