Oregon high school baseball state tournament bracketology 2025
Published 12:00 pm Wednesday, May 7, 2025
- Sam Smith (Staff photo: Austin White)
Oregon high school baseball is coming down to the wire with less than a month to go until rankings start to freeze.
With that in mind, we take a look at which teams are currently in position to make the postseason if the season were to end today using the playoff qualifications outlined by the OSAA.
Class 6A is a 32-team bracket while the rest of the classifications look a little different. Class 5A will have 16 teams while 4A will use a play-in system to find its 16 teams. Class 3A is still a 20-team format and 2A/1A is still its normal 22-team field.
Rankings for 4A will freeze first on Monday, May 19 to allow for the play-in games to be held. Class 6A, 3A and 2A/1A will freeze on Thursday, May 22 and 5A will freeze Saturday, May 24.
For this exercise, league ties were broken first with head-to-head competition, then OSAA rankings (plus a few judgement calls from time to time).
Here’s the latest projection of what the tournament fields look like for the 6A-2A/1A baseball season.
Latest update: May 7, noon
Class 6A
Autobids (3 per league)
PIL: Ida B. Wells, Grant, Cleveland
Metro: Sunset, Jesuit, Beaverton
Pacific: Sherwood, McMinnville, Century
Mt. Hood: Central Catholic, Sandy, Clackamas
Three Rivers: West Linn, Tualatin, Lake Oswego
Central Valley: South Salem, Sprague, West Salem
Southwest: Roseburg, North Medford, Sheldon
At large (11)
South Medford
Barlow
Grants Pass
Lakeridge
Willamette
Aloha
Nelson
Tigard
Newberg
Lincoln
Forest Grove
Next five out: Westview, McDaniel, Oregon City, Glencoe, Reynolds
The field
No. 32 Cleveland at No. 1 West Linn
No. 17 South Medford at No. 16 Grant
No. 25 Tigard at No. 8 North Medford
No. 24 Aloha at No. 9 Ida B. Wells
No. 28 Beaverton at No. 5 Sherwood
No. 21 Lakeridge at No. 12 Sprague
No. 20 Lake Oswego at No. 13 McMinnville
No. 29 Lincoln at No. 4 Central Catholic
No. 30 West Salem at No. 3 Roseburg
No. 19 Grants Pass at No. 14 Clackamas
No. 22 Willamette at No. 11 Sandy
No. 27 Century at No. 6 Tualatin
No. 26 Newberg at No. 7 Jesuit
No. 23 Nelson at No. 10 Sunset
No. 18 Barlow at No. 15 Sheldon
No. 31 Forest Grove at No. 2 South Salem
- Swapped Aloha and Nelson to avoid Aloha-Sunset league matchup.
Class 5A
Autobids
NWOC (4): Wilsonville, Canby, La Salle Prep, Hood River Valley
Midwestern (3): Thurston, Crater, Churchill
Mid-Willamette (4): Corvallis, West Albany, Dallas, Central
Intermountain (3): Summit, Ridgeview, Bend
At large (2)
Silverton
North Eugene
Next five out: Eagle Point, Putnam, Mountain View, Hillsboro, Caldera
The field
No. 16 North Eugene at No. 1 Thurston
No. 9 Hood River Valley at No. 8 Corvallis
No. 12 West Albany at No. 5 Summit
No. 13 Bend at No. 4 Canby
No. 14 Central at No. 3 Ridgeview
No. 11 Silverton at No. 6 La Salle Prep
No. 10 Dallas at No. 7 Crater
No. 15 Churchill at No. 2 Wilsonville
- Swapped Churchill and North Eugene to avoid Churchill-Thurston league matchup.
- Swapped Bend and West Albany to avoid Bend-Summit league matchup.
- Swapped Dallas and Hood River Valley to avoid Dallas-Corvallis league matchup.
Class 4A
Autobids (2 per league)
Cowapa: Scappoose, Tillamook
Tri-Valley: The Dalles, Molalla
Oregon West: Philomath, Newport
Sky Em: Marist Catholic, Junction City
Skyline: Henley, Hidden Valley
Greater Oregon: Pendleton, La Grande
Play-in teams (third place + two at large)
St. Helens (Cowapa)
Gladstone (Tri-Valley)
Stayton (Oregon West)
North Bend (Sky Em)
Phoenix (Skyline)
Baker (Greater Oregon)
Marshfield
Estacada
Next five out: North Marion, Sweet Home, Cascade, Seaside, Cottage Grove
Play-in field
Top four seeds host, shortest distance to travel is the No. 1 priority in seeding teams 5-8 for play-in games.
No. 8 Gladstone at No. 1 North Bend
No. 7 Phoenix at No. 2 Marshfield
No. 6 St. Helens at No. 3 Stayton
No. 5 Baker at No. 4 Estacada
Class 3A
Autobids
Special District 1 (3): Warrenton, Horizon Christian, Banks
Special District 2 (3): McLoughlin, Burns, Vale
Special District 3 (3): Blanchet Catholic, Santiam Christian, Taft
Mountain Valley (2): Sisters, Creswell
Far West (2): South Umpqua, Glide
Southern Oregon (2): Cascade Christian, North Valley
At large (5)
La Pine
Lakeview
Yamhill-Carlton
Pleasant Hill
Umatilla
Next five out: Douglas, Brookings-Harbor, Joseph, Corbett, Sutherlin
The field
No. 16/17 winner at No. 1 Cascade Christian
No. 17 Glide at No. 16 Yamhill-Carlton
No. 9 Horizon Christian at No. 8 Santiam Christian
No. 13/20 winner at No. 4 Sisters
No. 20 Banks at No. 13 Vale
No. 12 Burns at No. 5 Warrenton
No. 15/18 winner at No. 2 Blanchet Catholic
No. 18 Umatilla at No. 15 Creswell
No. 10 Taft at No. 7 South Umpqua
No. 14/19 winner at No. 3 North Valley
No. 19 Pleasant Hill at No. 14 Lakeview
No. 11 La Pine at No. 6 McLoughlin
- Swapped Pleasant Hill and Umatilla to avoid Pleasant Hill-Creswell league matchup.
- Swapped Burns and La Pine to avoid Burns-McLoughlin league matchup.
- Swapped Taft and Horizon Christian to avoid Taft-Santiam Christian league matchup.
Class 2A/1A
Autobids
Special District 1 (2): Clatskanie, Knappa
Special District 2 (2): Kennedy, Country Christian
Special District 3 (3): Monroe, Regis, Culver
Special District 4 (2): Myrtle Point, Reedsport
Special District 5 (2): Umpqua Valley Christian, Lowell
Special District 6 (3): Lost River, Illinois Valley, Riddle
Special District 7 (4): Grant Union, Irrigon, Heppner, Union
At large (4)
St. Paul
Portland Christian
Oakridge
Stanfield
Next five out: Gaston, Crosshill Christian, Toledo, Central Linn, Salem Academy
The field
No. 16/17 winner at No. 1 Umpqua Valley Christian
No. 17 Portland Christian at No. 16 Grant Union
No. 9 Country Christian at No. 8 Monroe
No. 12/21 winner at No. 5 Myrtle Point
No. 21 Stanfield at No. 12 Lowell
No. 13/20 winner at No. 4 Clatskanie
No. 20 Illinois Valley at No. 13 Union
No. 14/19 winner at No. 3 Knappa
No. 19 Oakridge at No. 14 Irrigon
No. 11/22 winner at No. 6 Culver
No. 22 Riddle at No. 11 St. Paul
No. 10 Heppner at No. 7 Reedsport
No. 15/18 winner at No. 2 Kennedy
No. 18 Regis at No. 15 Lost River
- Moved Grant Union from No. 19 to 16 as projected league champion.
- Moved Lost River from No. 18 to 15 as projected league champion, leave room for Grant Union at No. 16.
- Swapped Stanfield and Illinois Valley to avoid Stanfield-Union league matchup.