State Class AA, A and B tournament scheduled for May 30-June 1 at Aberdeen
Forty-eight South Dakota high school softball teams competed in SoDak 16 state-qualifying games on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Most of the games were on Wednesday after being postponed by rain on Tuesday.
The pairings have now been finalized for the state Class AA, A and B tournaments May 30-June 1 at Aberdeen.
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Class AA
SoDak 16 Results — No. 1 seed Sioux Falls Lincoln 15, No. 16 Spearfish 0; No. 9 Watertown 18, No. 8 Brookings 13 (8 innings); No. 2 Harrisburg 16, No. 15 Pierre 1; and No. 7 O'Gorman 8, No. 10 Mitchell 5.
No. 4 Sioux Falls Jefferson 11, No. 13 Yankton 0; No. 5 Brandon Valley 12, No. 12 Sioux Falls Roosevelt 0; No. 3 Sioux Falls Washington 15, No. 14 Aberdeen Central 0; and No. 6 Rapid City Stevens 14, No. 2 Sturgis 0.
State Pairings (Thursday, May 30 at Koehler Hall of Fame Field)
No. 1 Sioux Falls Lincoln (19-0) vs. No. 9 Watertown (11-9), 10 a.m.
No. 4 Sioux Falls Jefferson (15-5) vs. No. 5 Brandon Valley (13-5), 12:30 p.m.
No. 2 Harrisburg (18-2) vs. No. 7 O'Gorman (11-8, 3 p.m.
No. 3 Sioux Falls Washington (15-3) vs. No. 6 Rapid City Stevens (13-5), 5:30 p.m.
Class A
SoDak 16 Results — No. 1 West Central 11, No. 16 Winner Area 0; No. 2 Dell Rapids 16, No. 15 Lennox 1; No. 3 Tea Area 11, No. 14 Flandreau 1; and No. 4 Madison 15, No. 13 Parkston 0.
No. 5 Tri-Valley 15, No. 12 Sisseton; 0; No. 6 Beresford 6, No. 11 Mobridge-Pollock 2; No. 10 Elk Point-Jefferson 11, No. 7 Sioux Valley 7; and No. 8 Dakota Valley 8, No. 9 Vermillion 6.
State Pairings (Thursday, May 30 at Players Softball Complex Field C)
No. 1 West Central (20-0) vs. No. 8 Elk Point-Jefferson (9-9), 10 a.m.
No. 4 Madison (15-4) vs. No. 5 Tri-Valley (13-7), 12:30 p.m.
No. 2 Dell Rapids (12-2) vs. No. 7 Dakota Valley (10-10), 3 p.m.
No. 3 Tea Area (13-4) vs. No. 6 Beresford (15-9), 5:30 p.m.
Class B
SoDak 16 Results — No. 16 Elkton-Lake Benton 8, No. 1 Bon Homme 7; No. 2 Castlewood 14, No. 15 McCook Central-Montrose 4; No. 3 Alcester-Hudson 8, No. 14 Arlington 4; and No. 4 Chester 17, No. 13 Baltic 5.
No. 5 Gayville-Volin 11, No. 12 Mount Vernon-Plankinton 1; No. 6 Scotland-Menno 14, No. 11 Freeman-Marion/Freeman Academy 1; No. 7 Deuel 6, No. 10 Redfield 4; and No. 8 Florence-Henry 5, No. 9 Hanson 2.
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State Pairings (Thursday, May 30 at Players Softball Complex Field A)
No. 1 Castlewood (15-4) vs. No. 8 Elkton-Lake Benton (7-10), 10 a.m.
No. 4 Gayville-Volin (14-5) vs. No. 5 Scotland-Menno (12-4), 12:30 p;.m.
No. 2 Alcester-Hudson (18-6) vs. No. 7 Florence-Henry (11-2), 3 p.m.
No. 3 Chester (17-1) vs. No. 6 Deuel (14-5), 5:30 p.m.
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This article originally appeared on Watertown Public Opinion: Twenty-four teams secure spots in next week's state prep softball tourneys
