A field of 384 teams will begin play later this month as the pairings for the 51st Annual IHSAA Baseball State Tournament Series were announced this evening in Indianapolis.
Area Baseball Sectional Pairings.
Class 1A-Sectional 60 @ Shawe Memorial.
Game 1: Rising Sun vs. Shawe Memorial.
Game 2: Oldenburg Academy vs. Hauser.
Game 3: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2.
Game 4: South Decatur vs. Jac‐Cen‐Del.
Championship: Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
Class 2A-Sectional 45 @ Austin.
Game 1: North Decatur vs. Austin.
Game 2: South Ripley vs. Southwestern (Hanover).
Game 3: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2.
Game 4: Switzerland County vs. Milan.
Championship: Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
Class 3A-Sectional 29 @ South Dearborn.
Game 1: Rushville Consolidated vs. Franklin County.
Game 2: Greensburg vs. Lawrenceburg.
Game 3: Connersville vs. Batesville.
Game 4: South Dearborn vs. Madison Consolidated.
Game 5: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2.
Game 6: Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
Championship: Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 6.
Class 4A-Sectional 14 @ Bloomington North.
Game 1: East Central vs. Columbus North.
Game 2: Columbus East vs. Shelbyville.
Game 3: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2.
Game 4: Bloomington South vs. Bloomington North.
Championship: Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
Sectional competition begins Wednesday, May 24, and continues through Monday, May 29 (Memorial Day), with the 64 champions advancing to a four!team regional on Saturday, June 3. Two semifinal games will be played early that day at each site with the two winners returning for a championship game that evening. The 16 regional winners will be assigned to four semi!state sites and play a single game on Saturday, June 10, with the winners moving into their respective state championship game.
This year’s four state championship games, scheduled for Friday, June 16 and Saturday, June 17, will be played at Victory Field in Indianapolis, home of the Triple!A franchise Indianapolis Indians.