Montana District 1 Tournament

Tournament Schedule/Results:

Format: Round robin tournament, with all tournament participants advancing to the district finals. Round robin results are used to seed teams into specific bracket positions.

Tournament Results:

(Tournament Participants: Billings Big Sky, Billings Heights National, Boulder Arrowhead, Burlington Central, Laurel, and Project)

Billings Big Sky 3, Billings Heights National 2
Boulder Arrowhead 13, Project 1 (5 innings)
Laurel 15, Burlington Central 5 (4 innings)
Burlington Central 2, Heights National 1
Boulder Arrowhead 3, Laurel 0
Billings Big Sky d. Project
Boulder Arrowhead 15, Billings Heights National 5 (6 innings)
Burlington Central 3, Billings Big Sky 2
Laurel 11, Project 0 (4 innings)
Laurel 12, Billings Heights National 3
Boulder Arrowhead 5, Billings Big Sky 4 (7 innings)
Burlington Central 7, Project 1
Billings Heights National 12, Project 2 (5 innings)
Boulder Arrowhead 5, Burlington Central 4 (8 innings)
Billings Big Sky 11, Laurel 2

Round Robin Standings	W	L
Boulder Arrowhead	5	0
Billings Big Sky	3	2
Laurel	3	2
Burlington Central	3	2
Billings Heights National	1	4
Project	0	5

All tournament participants advance to the district finals. Round robin results are used to seed teams into specific bracket positions.

Ties are broken based on records in head-to-head competition among tied teams. If a clear winner cannot be determined from head-to-head results, the tie is broken by calculating the runs allowed ratio for all teams involved in the tie. Runs allowed ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of runs allowed in all games by six. (The runs allowed are divided by six irrespective of the actual number of defensive innings a team played.) The team with the lowest runs allowed ratio advances. If the tied teams are competing for multiple spots in the tournament's next phase, all ties are broken based on runs allowed ratio.

District 1 Finals

Opening Round:
Laurel 8, Project 1
Billings Heights National 6, Burlington Central 4

Winner's Bracket Semifinals:
Laurel 6, Billings Big Sky 4
Boulder Arrowhead 7, Billings Heights National 6

Elimination Bracket Quarterfinals (six teams remain):
Billings Big Sky 5, Burlington Central 4 (elim.)
Billings Heights National 5, Project 3 (elim.)

Winner's Bracket Final:
Boulder Arrowhead 5, Laurel 1

Elimination Bracket Semifinal (four teams remain):
Billings Big Sky 10, Billings Heights National 9 (elim.)

Elimination Bracket Final (three teams remain):
Billings Big Sky 12, Laurel 4 (elim.)

Championship Series:
Billings Big Sky 2, Boulder Arrowhead 1
Boulder Arrowhead 9, Billings Big Sky 7 (TITLE)