For the 41st year, the pairings for the IHSAA Softball State Tournament were announced Sunday evening on IHSAAtv.org with 365 teams placed into sectional brackets.
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.
Sectionals
Dates: May 25-30, 2026.
Admission: $8 per session or $20 all sessions; 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
Sectional 14 at Whiteland Community (5 teams)
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 (6 teams)
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 (6 teams)
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 1A
Sectional 59 at Tri (7 teams)
G1: Morristown vs. North Decatur.
G2: Tri vs. Edinburgh.
G3: South Decatur vs. Knightstown.
G4: Waldron vs. G1 winner.
G5: G2 winner vs. G3 winner.
Championship: G4 winner vs. G5 winner.
Sectional 60 at Rising Sun (6 teams)
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.