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