For the 40th year, the pairings for the IHSAA Softball State Tournament were announced Sunday evening on IHSAAtv.org with 368 teams placed into sectional brackets.
Sectional action runs May 26-31 with the 64 survivors moving into a one-game regional round on Tuesday, June 3 and the four-team semi-states on Saturday, June 7.
The four state championship games that make up the state finals will be played June 13-14 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.
Sectionals
Dates: May 26-31, 2025.
Admission: $7 per session; Children age 5 and younger admitted free.
Home Team: The second team listed in each game is the designated home team.
Local teams are listed below in bold.
Class 4A
14. East Central (5)
G1: East Central vs. Whiteland Community.
G2: Columbus East vs. Columbus North.
G3: Franklin Community vs. G1 winner.
Championship: G2 winner vs. G3 winner.
Class 3A
29. Batesville (6)
G1: South Dearborn vs. Batesville.
G2: Lawrenceburg vs. Greensburg.
G3: Franklin County vs. G1 winner.
G4: Jennings County vs. G2 winner.
Championship: G3 winner vs. G4 winner.
Class 2A
45. Brown County (6)
G1: Brownstown Central vs. Brown County.
G2: Southwestern (Hanover) vs. Switzerland County.
G3: South Ripley vs. G1 winner.
G4: Austin vs. G2 winner.
Championship: G3 winner vs. G4 winner.
Class 1A
59. Tri (7)
G1: Waldron vs. Morristown.
G2: Edinburgh vs. Knightstown.
G3: North Decatur vs. Tri.
G4: South Decatur vs. G1 winner.
G5: G2 winner vs. G3 winner.
Championship: G4 winner vs. G5 winner.
60. Rising Sun (7)
G1: Oldenburg vs. Hauser.
G2: Rising Sun vs. Jac-Cen-Del.
G3: Milan vs. Trinity Lutheran.
G4: Crothersville vs. G1 winner.
G5: G2 winner vs. G3 winner.
Championship: G4 winner vs. G5 winner.