Volleyball: County tournament information

Manatee will be looking for its third straight county title Friday and Saturday at Braden River.

Braden River will host this year's  Manatee County volleyball tournament, which gets underway 4:30  p.m. Friday and resumes 8 a.m. Saturday morning.
The Pirates reached the finals  last year for the first time and fell to Manatee, which won its second straight title and seventh overall.
The eight teams will be split into Pools A and B and the top two finishers from each pool advance to the Gold Bracket  to play off for the championship and third place.
The third- and fourth-place teams will play for fifth and seventh place in the Silver Bracket.
The championship and fifth-place games are scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday.
Listed below is the information for this year's  tournament with each team's seed in parentheses. Seeding is based on last year's  results.

POOL A - (1) Manatee, (4) Saint Stephen's, (5) Bradenton Christian, (8) Bayshore.
POOL B - (2) Braden River, (3)  Lakewood  Ranch, (6) Southeast, (7) Palmetto.