Last season, Franklin County and Milan were the only local teams to advance out of the sectional.
INDIANAPOLIS - The IHSAA has released pairing for the 41st annual Softball State Tournament.
A total of 365 teams will compete across four classifications.
Sectional action runs May 25-30 with the 64 survivors moving into a one-game regional round on Tuesday, June 2 and the four-team semi-states on Saturday, June 6. The four state championship games that make up the state finals will be played June 12-13 at Purdue University’s Bittinger Stadium in West Lafayette.
Host schools will announce playing schedules which will then be added to the online brackets at MaxPreps.com the week before the tournament begins.
See pairings for sectionals featuring local teams below. Full pairings can be found here.
Class 4A Sectional 14 at Whiteland Community
G1: Columbus East vs. East Central
G2: Whiteland Community vs. Columbus North
G3: Franklin Community vs. G1 winner
Championship: G2 winner vs. G3 winner
Class 3A Sectional 29 at Franklin County
G1: Jennings County vs. South Dearborn
G2: Franklin County vs. Lawrenceburg
G3: Batesville vs. G1 winner.
G4: Greensburg vs. G2 winner
Championship: G3 winner vs. G4 winner
Class 2A Sectional 45 at Brownstown Central
G1: Switzerland County vs. South Ripley
G2: Brown County vs. Austin
G3: Southwestern (Hanover) vs. G1 winner
G4: Brownstown Central vs. G2 winner
Championship: G3 winner vs. G4 winner
Class A Sectional 60 at Rising Sun
G1: Rising Sun vs. Milan
G2: Hauser vs. Oldenburg Academy
G3: Jac-Cen-Del vs. G1 winner
G4: Trinity Lutheran vs. G2 winner
Championship: G3 winner vs. G4 winner.
