Cardinals ranked 2nd in districts, play at 4 p.m. Monday

The 25-4 Webb City Cardinals are seeded second in the Class 5 District 6 tournament, behind the host Willard Wildcats (26-7).

The Cardinals, on a 13-game winning streak, defeated the Wildcats 5-3 when they played here on April 28.

In the opening round on Monday at Willard, Webb City will play seventh-seeded Parkview at 4 p.m. Willard will play Central at noon, West Plains will play Hillcrest at 2 p.m., and Carl Junction, the third seed, will play McDonald County at 6 p.m.

Semifinals will be at 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, followed by the final at 6 p.m. on Friday.

Meanwhile, the Cardinals have one more regular-season game, which will be at home Thursday against Seneca.

On Tuesday, the Cardinals went to Joplin for a 1-0 win that gave them a perfect 6-0 record in the Central Ozark Conference West Division.

Mason Young worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the first inning and then held the Eagles in check, scattering five hits in the complete game shutout.

Braden Strickland’s double in the fourth inning was the RBI that won the game. Read more of Tim Workman’s account of the game here.

Last Thursday, the Cardinals got a 10-0 home win over Neosho. Then they went to Monett on Monday for a 13-3 win. Their winning streak now stands at 13.