2024 OHSAA State Softball Tournament Pairings

SOFTBALL STATE TOURNAMENT AT FIRESTONE STADIUM

(5-27-24) Next year, Firestone Stadium will turn 100 years old. The brick stadium has hosted the OHSAA softball state tournament since 2008. Last year the City of Akron purchased and installed a new surface of artificial field turf that covers the entire playing field.

All 12 games from the softball state tournament will be broadcast live on the NFHS Network (subscription) and the OHSAA Radio Network. David Wilson, Ryan Baker, Bill Morgan, Tim Alcorn, Karen Linder, Jeff Kurtz and Melissa Basil will have the call.

More information and live stats are available at: https://www.ohsaa.org/Sports-Tournaments/Softball/Softball-2024/2024-OHSAA-Softball-State-Tournament-Coverage

Tickets for all state tournament games are available at www.OHSAA.org/tickets.

2024 Softball State Tournament Pairings

• Home team listed first.—All games at Firestone Stadium, Akron.
• All games on the NFHS Network and the OHSAA Radio Network.
• Pairings shown with final state rank by Ohio Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association.

Division IV

Div. IV Softball: Minster Fights Off Regional Finals Rally to Clinch First State Berth Since 2014

Hometown Stations – You Tube Video

• No. 1 Strasburg-Franklin (28-3) vs. No. 2 Minster (29-1), Thursday, May 30, 10 a.m.
• No. 8 Viena Mathews (23-8) vs. Monroeville (23-6), Thursday, May 30, 12:30 p.m.

Div. IV State Championship: Saturday, June 1, 10 a.m.

Division III

🦁🥎🚨 — Hey, hey, hey… headed to States selfie!!!! Final 4 bound by a TEAM of amazing athletes! They did what needed to be done to get a 9-7 win!

Go Lions!! 🦁🥎#team48#winthegrey#attitudeandeffort pic.twitter.com/EMwSLevcYq

— Liberty Union Softball (@LUSOFTBALL1) May 25, 2024

• No. 6 Oak Harbor (27-2) vs. Liberty Union (23-6), Thursday, May 30, 3 p.m.
• South Webster (25-3) vs. No. 2 South Range (28-3), Thursday, May 30, 5:30 p.m.

Div. III State Championship: Saturday, June 1, 12:45 p.m.

#6 Oak Harbor tallies 16 hits en route to a run-rule victory in the DIII Regional Final. Rockets advance to State for the 2nd time in 3 years & will play Liberty Union next week!!!

🚀 Leaders:
Karder Haas (3-3, 3 RBI)
Reese Adkins (3-4, 2 RBI, Birthday HR)
Alyse Sorg (5 IP, 7 K) pic.twitter.com/iPDeSz3FTF

— H. Tyler Seggerman (@TylerSeggerman) May 25, 2024

Division II

FINAL: Akron. That’s where Bryan’s softball team is going next Friday.

The Golden Bears beat Lexington 4-1 in the program’s first Division II regional final in history to advance to the OHSAA Final Four.

Bryan’s historic season keeps going. pic.twitter.com/V3mGgXvSjQ

— Jon LeBlanc (@JLeBlanc_21) May 24, 2024

• No. 3 Kenton Ridge (28-4) vs. No. 1 Canfield (25-3), Friday, May 31, 10 a.m.
• Bryan (21-5) vs. Logan Elm (21-8), Friday, May 31, 12:30 p.m.

Div. II State Championship: Saturday, June 1, 3:30 p.m.

Division I

The @AWHSSoftball 🥎 Generals scored six runs 🔥 in the fifth inning to pull away from Perrysburg in the regional final, 9-1, and clinch another trip to Akron. 😃 pic.twitter.com/coQEn0e79P

— BCSN (@BCSNsports) May 25, 2024

• No. 4 Austintown-Fitch (21-1) vs. Fairfield (23-3), Friday, May 31, 3 p.m.
• No. 3 Anthony Wayne (29-1) vs. No. 2 Watkins Memorial (30-1), Friday, May 31, 5:30 p.m.

Division I State Championship: Saturday, June 1, 6:15 p.m.

A look back….

• 1997 Parkway Softball..The Year Of Firsts
• Mendon-Union A Part Of OHSAA Softball History
• Coldwater’s Softball Run To State In 1996

Last time Minster was at State…

2014 – Minster vs Cuyahoga Heights Softball

WOSN You Tube Video

• Cuyahoga Heights softball wins Division IV state title on Brittany Nero single