Oregon high school softball state tournament bracketology 2025
Published 4:08 pm Tuesday, April 29, 2025
- Jeannie Ederer (Staff photo: Austin White)
Oregon high school softball 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 softball season.
Latest update: April 29, 11:30 a.m.
Class 6A
Autobids (3 per league)
PIL: Roosevelt, Cleveland, McDaniel
Metro: Sunset, Jesuit, Southridge
Pacific: Sherwood, McMinnville, Glencoe
Mt. Hood: Barlow, Sandy, Nelson
Three Rivers: West Linn, Tigard, Oregon City
Central Valley: West Salem, McNary, Sprague
Southwest: North Medford, Roseburg, Grants Pass
At large (11)
Forest Grove
Sheldon
Mountainside
South Medford
Aloha
Tualatin
Gresham
Westview
Beaverton
Central Catholic
Century
Next five out: Lakeridge, Lake Oswego, Willamette, Newberg, Franklin
The field
No. 32 Sprague at No. 1 Sunset
No. 17 Southridge at No. 16 Roosevelt
No. 25 Westview at No. 8 Roseburg
No. 24 Gresham at No. 9 McNary
No. 28 Nelson at No. 5 McMinnville
No. 21 Sandy at No. 12 Sheldon
No. 20 Tigard at No. 13 Barlow
No. 29 Century at No. 4 Jesuit
No. 30 McDaniel at No. 3 North Medford
No. 19 Grants Pass at No. 14 Mountainside
No. 22 Tualatin at No. 11 Forest Grove
No. 27 Central Catholic at No. 6 West Salem
No. 26 Beaverton at No. 7 West Linn
No. 23 Oregon City at No. 10 Glencoe
No. 18 Aloha at No. 15 South Medford
No. 31 Cleveland at No. 2 Sherwood
- Moved Roosevelt from No. 27 to 16 as projected league champion.
- Swapped Century and Nelson to avoid Century-McMinnville league matchup.
- Swapped Grants Pass and Aloha to avoid Grants Pass-South Medford and Aloha-Mountainside league matchups.
Class 5A
Autobids
NWOC (4): Hood River Valley, La Salle Prep, Canby, Wilsonville
Midwestern (3): Crater, Eagle Point, Thurston
Mid-Willamette (4): Central, Dallas, Silverton, Lebanon
Intermountain (3): Ridgeview, Bend, Caldera
At large (2)
Hillsboro
Mountain View
Next five out: North Eugene, Redmond, West Albany, Churchill, Putnam
The field
No. 16 Lebanon at No. 1 Ridgeview
No. 9 Canby at No. 8 Central
No. 12 Bend at No. 5 Hood River Valley
No. 13 Hillsboro at No. 4 Dallas
No. 14 Caldera at No. 3 Crater
No. 11 Wilsonville at No. 6 Eagle Point
No. 10 La Salle Prep at No. 7 Silverton
No. 15 Mountain View at No. 2 Thurston
- Moved Central from No. 15 to 8 as projected league champion.
- Swapped Hillsboro and Bend to avoid Hillsboro-Hood River Valley league matchup.
Class 4A
Autobids (2 per league)
Cowapa: St. Helens, Scappoose
Tri-Valley: Gladstone, The Dalles
Oregon West: Cascade, Stayton
Sky Em: Junction City, Cottage Grove
Skyline: Hidden Valley, Henley
Greater Oregon: La Grande, Pendleton
Play-in teams (third place + two at large)
Astoria (Cowapa)
Crook County (Tri-Valley)
Philomath (Oregon West)
North Bend (Sky Em)
Phoenix (Skyline)
Baker (Greater Oregon)
Sweet Home
Estacada
Next five out: Marist Catholic, Marshfield, Seaside, Mazama, North Marion
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 Philomath at No. 1 Astoria
No. 7 North Bend at No. 2 Phoenix
No. 6 Crook County at No. 3 Sweet Home
No. 5 Baker at No. 4 Estacada
Class 3A
Autobids
Special District 1 (3): Banks, Rainier, Warrenton
Special District 2 (3): Vale, Burns, McLoughlin
Special District 3 (4): Scio, Dayton, Yamhill-Carlton, Willamina
Mountain Valley (2): Harrisburg, Elmira
Far West (2): Glide, Douglas
Southern Oregon (2): Brookings-Harbor, Lakeview
At large (4)
South Umpqua
North Valley
Amity
Santiam Christian
Next five out: Nyssa, Valley Catholic, Taft, Rogue River, Blanchet Catholic
The field
No. 16/17 winner at No. 1 Scio
No. 17 Rainier at No. 16 Amity
No. 9 Vale at No. 8 Harrisburg
No. 13/20 winner at No. 4 Willamina
No. 20 Elmira at No. 13 McLoughlin
No. 12 South Umpqua at No. 5 Brookings-Harbor
No. 15/18 winner at No. 2 Yamhill-Carlton
No. 18 Santiam Christian at No. 15 North Valley
No. 10 Douglas at No. 7 Banks
No. 14/19 winner at No. 3 Dayton
No. 19 Warrenton at No. 14 Burns
No. 11 Lakeview at No. 6 Glide
- Moved Harrisburg from No. 11 to 8 as projected league champion.
- Moved Banks from No. 8 to 7 as projected league champion, make room for Harrisburg at No. 8.
- Moved Glide from No. 7 to 6 as projected league champion, make room for Banks at No. 7 and Harrisburg at No. 8.
- Swapped Santiam Christian and Rainier to avoid Santiam Christian-Amity league matchup.
- Swapped South Umpqua and Lakeview to avoid South Umpqua-Glide and Lakeview-Brookings league matchups.
Class 2A/1A
Autobids
Special District 1 (2): Clatskanie, Knappa
Special District 2 (3): Salem Academy, Perrydale, Country Christian
Special District 3 (2): Regis, Santiam
Special District 4 (3): Toledo, Powers, Bandon
Special District 5 (3): North Douglas, Oakland, Lowell
Special District 6 (2): Lost River, Illinois Valley
Special District 7 (3): Grant Union, Weston-McEwen, Heppner
At large (4)
Riddle
Union
Elgin
Gervais
Next five out: Kennedy, Umpqua Valley Christian, Glendale, Pilot Rock, St. Paul
The field
No. 16/17 winner at No. 1 Heppner
No. 17 Santiam at No. 16 Powers
No. 9 Union at No. 8 Lost River
No. 12/21 winner at No. 5 Salem Academy
No. 21 Country Christian at No. 12 Oakland
No. 13/20 winner at No. 4 Clatskanie
No. 20 Bandon at No. 13 Elgin
No. 14/19 winner at No. 3 North Douglas
No. 19 Gervais at No. 14 Knappa
No. 11/22 winner at No. 6 Grant Union
No. 22 Lowell at No. 11 Riddle
No. 10 Illinois Valley at No. 7 Toledo
No. 15/18 winner at No. 2 Weston-McEwen
No. 18 Perrydale at No. 15 Regis
- Moved Illinois Valley from No. 9 to 10, Riddle from No. 10 to 11 and Union from No. 11 to 9 to avoid Illinois Valley-Lost River league matchup.