The Benton and Lafayette softball teams advanced to the championship of the Class 3 District 16 tournament as each team won their semifinal game Wednesday at Heritage Park.

Benton, the No. 1 seed, took down Savannah in their semifinal game 8-0 to improve to 18-5 on the season.

No. 2 seed Lafayette had no trouble in their game either as they defeated Chillicothe 9-2.  The Fighting Irish are now 18-8 this season.

Benton and Lafayette split two meetings this season as the Cardinals won the first match up 4-2 on September 12.  The Fightining Irish then beat Benton in the second game 8-7 on September 29.

The first pitch of the championship game is at 11:00 a.m. Saturday at Heritage Park.