Oregon high school softball state tournament bracketology 2025

Published 4:08 pm Tuesday, April 29, 2025

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.