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BY JIM WIENERS

Hazelwood Central High School will be one of 64 host sites for the 2009 Missouri State High School Activities Association Softball Tournament, which is scheduled to start Oct. 7 and end by Oct. 10.

Hazelwood Central will host Class Four, District Seven with Hazelwood East, Hazelwood West, McCluer North, McCluer and Riverview Gardens. The District Seven winner returns to Hazelwood Central on Oct. 14 for the Class Four Sectional Round against the winner from District Eight, which includes Pattonville.

Incarnate Word Academy and Rosati-Kain will be in Class Four, District Six at Ritenour High and that winner plays at Lafayette on Oct. 14. Trinity Catholic will be in Class Three, District Six at Lutheran North with McCluer South- Berkeley in the eight-team field and the winner plays Oct. 14 at St. Charles West.

The State Tournament will be held in St. Joseph, Mo., Oct. 23-24.

GIRLS TENNIS — Most area teams will be in Class Two, District Three at Pattonville in early October. All eight teams from the Suburban North will be at Pattonville including Hazelwood Central, Hazelwood East, Hazelwood West, McCluer North, McCluer, Ritenour and Riverview Gardens and two Parkway District schools,

Central and North will also be there. Incarnate Word Academy will be in Class Two, District Two at St. Joseph’s Academy while Lutheran North will be in Class One, District Three at Mary Institute-Country Day School. The top four teams from each district will compete in the state team tournament, beginning with the regional round on Oct. 12-14 while the top two singles players as well as the top two doubles teams advance to the state Oct. 23-24 in Springfield, which will also host the state team championships Oct. 22.

GIRLS GOLF — Four of the five Suburban North Conference teams — Hazelwood Central, Hazelwood East, Hazelwood West and McCluer North — will join Incarnate Word Academy in Class Two, District Two, Oct. 6 at Crystal Springs Quarry, Maryland Heights.