With the regular season winding down this week, focus will quickly shift toward the postseason, which starts next week for local baseball and softball teams.
With the regular season winding down this week, focus will quickly shift toward the postseason, which starts next week for local baseball and softball teams.
Both baseball teams from Crawford County find themselves not only in the same class, but also in the same bracket, as both Robinson and Oblong-Palestine-Hutsonville have been placed in the IHSA Class 2A Newton Regional. Meanwhile, two of the three local softball teams will not have to leave the county during the first round of the postseason, as Oblong is hosting an IHSA Class 1A Regional and Hutsonville-Palestine is also in that field. Robinson, on the other hand, has been slotted in the IHSA Class 2A Salem Regional.
Softball
Class 1A Oblong Regional
Tournament play at Oblong begins Monday, when the host school – ninth-seeded Oblong (5-12 as of May 12) – takes on 10th-seeded Martinsville in an opening round game at 4:30 p.m.
The winner of that game will take on second-seeded Windor-Stewardson-Strasburg in the first semifinal Tuesday at 4:30 p.m., while the second semifinal pits Hutsonville-Palestine (17-5 as of May 12) – who is seeded third out of 10 teams in their Sub-Sectional – against sixth-seeded Dieterich at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Semifinal winners will meet in the championship game Saturday, May 21, at 11 a.m., with the winner of the Oblong Regional taking on the Wayne City Regional champion in the second semifinal of the Casey-Westfield Sectional Tuesday, May 24, at 6:30 p.m. The first semifinal that night will be between winners of the Cumberland and South Central regional champions at 4:30 p.m.
The championship game is set for Friday, May 27, at 4:30 p.m., with the winner advancing to the Johnston City Super-Sectional, where they will take on the Goreville Sectional champion Monday, May 30, at 11 a.m.
The Johnston City Super-Sectional winner then advances to the IHSA Class 1A State Finals June 3-4 at Louisville Slugger Sports Complex in Peoria.
Class 2A Salem Regional
Robinson (13-12 as of May 12) is seeded sixth out of 11 teams in their Sub-Sectional and will take on fourth-seeded Salem in the second semifinal Wednesday, May 18, at 4:30 p.m. in Salem.
The tournament begins Monday, with ninth-seeded Lawrenceville playing at seventh-seeded Flora at 4:30 p.m. The winner of that game advances to take on top-seeded Gillespie at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in Salem.
Semifinal winners will meet in the championship game Friday, May 20, at 4:30 p.m. in Salem, with the winner advancing to the Gillespie Sectional, where they would take on the winner of the Breese Central Regional in the first semifinal Tuesday, May 24, at 4:30 p.m. The second semifinal will be between winners of the Alton Marquette and Vandalia regionals Wednesday, May 25, at 4:30 p.m., while the championship game is set for Friday, May 27, at 4:30 p.m. in Gillespie.
The Gillespie Sectional champion will advance to the Johnston City Super-Sectional, where they will take on the Carterville Sectional champion Monday, May 30, at 11 a.m.
The champion of the Johnston City Super-Sectional then advances to the IHSA Class 2A State Finals June 3-4 at Louisville Slugger Sports Complex in Peoria.
Baseball
Class 2A Newton Regional
Both local baseball teams are in the same bracket to start the postseason and both teams will begin their journeys on the road.
Oblong-Palestine-Hutsonville (9-7 as of May 12) is seeded 10th out of 11 teams in their Sub-Sectional and will play at ninth-seeded Marshall in an opening round game Monday at 4:30 p.m.
The Oblong-Palestine-Hutsonville-Marshall winner will advance to the semifinals in Newton, where they will take on second-seeded Newton at 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 18.
Similarly, Robinson (2-16 as of May 12) – the 11th seed out of 11 teams in the Sub-Sectional – will play at seventh-seeded Lawrenceville for a first round game Monday at 4:30 p.m.
The Robinson-Lawrenceville winner will advance to the semifinals in Newton, where they will take on third-seeded Flora at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 19, at 4 p.m.
Semifinal winners will then square off in the championship game Saturday, May 21, at 11 a.m. in Newton, with the winner advancing to the Teutopolis Sectional, where they would face the Breese Central Regional champion in the second semifinal Thursday, May 26, at 4 p.m. The first semifinal is Wednesday, May 25, pitting winners of the Vandalia and Alton Marquette regionals against each other.
The championship game is set for Saturday, May 28, at 10 a.m., with the winner advancing to the SIU-Carbondale Super-Sectional, where they would take on the Benton Sectional champion Monday, May 30, at Itchy Jones Stadium at a time to be determined.
The Carbondale Super-Sectional champion will advance to the IHSA Class 2A State Finals June 3-4 at Dozer Park in Peoria.
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