May 3, 2026

Pairings revealed for Softball State Tournament

For the 41st year, the pairings for the IHSAA Softball State Tournament were announced this 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.

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