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TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA – The 54th Annual Cherokee National Holiday recently hosted a Coed Softball Tournament. Each year, teams from all of the United States travel to Tahlequah to participate in the competition. This year, four local teams put their best batting stance forward to place in the tournament.

The Championship game was won by EOS out of Sallisaw. The second place winner was Connections out of Tahlequah. Third place was awarded to the Redstorm team of Jay and fourth place was taken by DC Extreme of Tahlequah.

The Cherokee National Holiday has been held since 1953 in honor of the signing of the 1839 Cherokee Constitution. This year’s theme is “The Cherokee Nation Continues in Full Force and Effect” in commemoration of the Act of 1906, which provided that the tribal constitutional governments of the Five Tribes should continue in “full force and effect”, thus ensuring continuous tribal sovereignty.

Related Cherokee Nation contact information:

Mike Miller, Cherokee Nation Director of Communications Phone: 918-456-0671 (ext.2210) Fax: 918-458-5580 E-mail: Communications@cherokee.org Larry Daugherty, Advertising Manager Cherokee Nation - Public Affairs Phone 918-456-0671 (Ex.2324) E-mail: ldaugherty@cherokee.org

Steven Swogger, Agriculture Liaison Natural Resources Department Phone: 918-456-0671 (ext.2546) FAX: 918-458-7673 E-mail: sswogger@cherokee.org Bradley D. Peak, Cherokee Nation Natural Resources Specialist Phone: 918-456-0671 (ex.2843) E-mail: bpeak@cherokee.org