A field of 383 teams will begin play this month after the pairings for the 58th Annual IHSAA Baseball State Tournament Series were announced Sunday evening on IHSAAtv.org.
Sectional games begin Wednesday, May 28, and continue through Monday, June 2, with regionals on Saturday, June 7.
Two regional championship games will be played in a doubleheader format at the same site with each winner advancing to the four-team semi-state on Saturday, June 14.
The four state championship games will be played at Victory Field in Indianapolis, home of the Triple-A franchise Indianapolis Indians, for the 27th year overall. The games will be played in a
doubleheader format on Friday, June 20 and Saturday, June 21.
Host schools will announce playing schedules which will then be added to the online brackets at MaxPreps.com the week before the tournament begins.
Sectionals
Dates: May 28-June 2, 2025.
Times: Determined by host school.
Admission: $7 per session. Children age 5 and younger admitted free.
Home Team: The second-named team in each pairing is the designated home team except when they advance by virtue of a bye.
Exception: In six-team sectionals, the teams drawing the bye will play in the second semifinal game (Game 4) and will be the visitor in the championship game.
Local teams are listed below in bold.
Class 4A
14. Columbus East (5)
G1: Columbus North vs. Whiteland Community.
G2: Columbus East vs. Franklin Community.
G3: East Central vs. G1 winner.
Championship: G2 winner vs. G3 winner.
Class 3A
29. Jennings County (6)
G1: Franklin County vs. Batesville.
G2: Lawrenceburg vs. Jennings County.
G3: G1 winner vs. G2 winner.
G4: Greensburg vs. South Dearborn.
Championship: G3 winner vs. G4 winner.
Class 2A
45. Switzerland County (6)
G1: Southwestern (Hanover) vs. Brownstown Central.
G2: Austin vs. Brown County.
G3: G1 winner vs. G2 winner.
G4: Switzerland County vs. South Ripley.
Championship: G3 winner vs. G4 winner.
Class 1A
59. Morristown (8)
G1: Knightstown vs. Waldron.
G2: Edinburgh vs. Morristown.
G3: Tri vs. South Decatur.
G4: Southwestern (Shelbyville) vs. North Decatur.
G5: G1 winner vs. G2 winner.
G6: G3 winner vs. G4 winner.
Championship: G5 winner vs. G6 winner.
60. Jac-Cen-Del (8)
G1: Shawe Memorial vs. Crothersville.
G2: Milan vs. Oldenburg.
G3: Jac-Cen-Del vs. Hauser.
G4: Rising Sun vs. Trinity Lutheran.
G5: G1 winner vs. G2 winner.
G6: G3 winner vs. G4 winner.
Championship: G5 winner vs. G6 winner.