The Softball State Championships in Sulphur begin Thursday and fans will be happy to know there won’t be any capacity restrictions due to newly relaxed COVID public health orders.
Visit Lake Charles Sales Director Eric Zartler said last year the teams didn’t even get to finish their season, let alone have a tournament, so this means a lot to the players and community.
“Coming off of a year where things were down with COVID and then we got hit with back-to-back hurricanes it is just awesome to see things come back to the area,” said Zartler who noted this is the 20th anniversary of the tournaments move to the southwest.
Zartler said weather permitting they’re hoping for over 18,000 people to attend the 48 team tournament between Thursday’s start of the semi-finals and Saturday’s championship finals.
“Now there are no questions, there’s nobody saying they don’t’ want to take away from the families or someone else. There’s no excuse not to come watch the best softball in the state,” said Zartler.
Zartler said the elimination of restrictions on outdoor gatherings means these students will get to play to packed stands for the first time this season.
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