Provincial Championship weekend continues with the Manitoba High School Provincial Fastpitch Championships in Mitchell.

Steinbach Regional is hosting the yearly tournament and after winning the Zone 4 Championship last week, the Portage Collegiate Institute Saints are set to defend their title as 2016 Provincial Champions.

"Everybody's feeling pretty excited," says head coach Cam Asham. "We got in last night and got a good rest. Hopefully, we'll have a good day (today)."

The Saints find themselves up against Jeanne Sauve to open their tournament at 9:30 a.m.

"We're not really sure about that team," admits Asham. "They're kind of an unknown because they didn't play a whole lot of games throughout the season. So we're not really sure what to expect from them, we'll worry about our game. We say that every game, we want to go out and worry about what we can control on the field and see where that takes us."

The Saints' next game is at 12 p.m. against Major Pratt. The playoff round will start in the evening with second and third place teams facing off. The top teams will receive a bye to Saturday's playoffs.