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BROOKLYN CENTER — The Minnesota State High School League has posted playoff draws for softball.
And the Section 3AA seeding is quite surprising — considering Windom Area swept Pipestone Area Schools in a doubleheader on Tuesday.
The Arrows are a No. 2 seed, and have been given a first-round bye. Meanwhile, Windom is seeded fourth and plays Minneota/Canby in the opening round.
Softball draws have been released. (Contributed image)
PAS (9-9) will face the winner of a game between No. 3 Luverne and sixth-seeded Redwood Valley on Tuesday, May 20, at the Paulsen Sports Complex.
The winner of the game between Minneota/Canby and Windom will take on Jackson County Central in the second round at JCC.
First-round games are set for 4 p.m., with second-round games to follow at 5:30 p.m.
Second-round winners will advance to a third-round contest at Marshall Sports Complex on Saturday, May 24, with first pitch set for 11:30 a.m.
The semifinals will be at 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 27, and the championship is scheduled for 5 p.m. Thursday, May 29 — all at the Marshall Softball Complex. Should an if-necessary game be needed, it will start at 7 p.m. May 29.
Most of the tournament features a double-elimination format, except for opening-round elimination games.
As for the Section 3AA North seeds, Morris Area-Chokio-Alberta is slotted No. 1, with Dassel-Cokato second, New London-Spicer third, Minnewaska Area fourth, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg fifth, Litchfield sixth and Montevideo seventh. Morris Area and Dassel-Cokato, last year’s section champion, were given first-round byes.
In Class A, third-seeded Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian (13-5) will face No. 6 Lakeview in the opening round, with the game set for 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, at Bicentennial Park in Slayton. Murray County Central is serving as the pod host.
Murray County Central, the second seed, will take on No. 7 Tracy-Milroy-Balaton.
It’s also quite surprising MCC is seeded better than Edgerton/SWC considering the Flying Dutchmen blanked the Rebels, 5-0, on Thursday evening.
Top-seeded Wabasso will face defending Section 3A champion, No. 8 Russell-Tyler-Ruthton (6-13), at Wabasso beginning at 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 20. No. 4 Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian (BOLD) takes on Adrian-Ellsworth in the other first-round game at the Wabasso pod. Second-round games at both sites will begin at 6 p.m. May 20.
Like in 3AA, winners will advance to play a game at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 24, at the Marshall Softball Complex. A semifinal is set for 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 27, and the championship at 4 p.m. Thursday, May 29. An if-necessary game would follow at 6 p.m. on the same day.
Cowles Stadium, on the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis, has more than 1,000 seats for fans. (Contributed photo from the University of Minnesota)
The MSHSL state tournament is set for Tuesday-Thursday, June 3-5, at Caswell Park in North Mankato. Championship games will take place on Friday, June 6, at Jane Sage Cowles Stadium on the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis.
The South Dakota High School Activities Association. (Contributed graphic by the SDHSAA)
South Dakota softball playoff information has not yet been released. The Class A and Class B state tournaments (Thursday-Saturday, June 5-7) are set for the Players Complex in Aberdeen while Class AA is at Augustana University’s Bowden Field.