2026 IHSA softball post season brackets released

(WAND) -- We are a couple weeks away still from the post season starting for softball teams across the state of Illinois. 

Below are all the match-ups with a central Illinois team playing. 

local team 

1A Bracket: 

Concordia (Triopia) Sectional

(7) Seymour vs. (10) Routt (regional quarterfinal)

(4) Athens vs. (5) Deer Mackinaw (regional semifinal)

(2) Pawnee vs. TBD (regional semifinal) 

Hardin (Calhoun) Sectional

(4) Greenfield vs. (6) Nokomis (regional semifinal)

LeRoy Sectional

(8) Shiloh vs. (9) Arcola (regional quarterfinal)

(7) St. Thomas More vs. (10) Blue Ridge (regional quarterfinal)

(6) Iroquois West vs. (11) Hoopeston (regional quarterfinal) 

(8) Armstrong vs. (9) Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley (regional quarterfinal) 

(7) Cerro Gordo vs. (10) Georgetown-Ridge Farm (regional quarterfinal) 

(5) St. Teresa vs. (11) Heritage (regional quarterfinal) 

(1) Meridian vs. TBD (regional semifinal)

(4) Argenta-Oreana vs. (6) Tuscola (regional semifinal) 

(4) Watseka vs. (5) Fisher (regional semifinal) 

(2) Villa Grove vs. TBD (regional semifinal) 

(3) Salt Fork vs. TBD (regional semifinal) 

Casey-Westfield Sectional 

(7) ALAH vs. (10) Martinsville (regional quarterfinal)

(5) Neoga vs. (11) Okaw Valley (regional quarterfinal) 

(1) Casey-Westfield vs. TBD (regional semifinal)

(4) Central A&M vs. (6) Altamont (regional semifinal)

(2) Windsor vs. TBD (regional semifinal) 

(3) Cumberland vs. TBD (regional semifinal)

2A Bracket: 

Pontiac Sectional

(8) Paxton-Buckley-Loda vs. (9) El Paso-Gridley (regional quarterfinal) 

(4) Prairie Central vs. (6) Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin (regional semifinal) 

Nashville Sectional

(8) Staunton vs. (10) Vandalia (regional quarterfinal) 

Monticello Sectional 

(7) St. Anthony vs. (9) Pana (regional quarterfinal) 

(8) Maroa-Forsyth vs. (9) Clinton (regional quarterfinal)

(8) Sullivan vs. (10) Shelbyville (regional quarterfinal) 

(4) Effingham vs. (5) Paris (regional semifinal) 

(2) Monticello vs. (7) Oakwood (regional semifinal) 

(3) Westville vs. (6) Bloomington Central Catholic (regional semifinal)

(1) Unity vs. TBD (regional semifinal)

(4) St. Joseph-Ogden vs. (5) Tri-Valley (regional semifinal) 

(3) Teutopolis vs. (6) Newton (regional semifinal) 

Wiilliamsville Sectional

(8) Riverton vs. (9) North Mac (regional quarterfinal) 

(8) PORTA vs. (9) New Berlin (regional quarterfinal) 

(1) Rochester vs. TBD (regional semifinal) 

(4) Warrensburg-Latham vs. (5) Auburn (regional semifinal) 

(2) Sacred Heart-Griffin vs. (7) Warsaw (regional semifinal) 

(3) Beardstown vs. (5) Pleasant Plains (regional semifinal) 

(1) Williamsville vs. TBD (regional semifinal) 

3A Bracket: 

Centralia Sectional

(3) Jersey vs. (6) Mattoon (regional semifinal) 

(1) Glenwood vs. (7) Civic Memorial (regional semifinal) 

(4) Charleston vs. (5) Taylorville (regional semifinal) 

Lincoln Sectional

(1) Champaign Central vs. (8) MacArthur (regional semifinal) 

(3) Mahomet-Seymour vs. (5) Urbana (regional semifinal) 

(3) Rantoul vs. (6) Jacksonville (regional semifinal) 

(4) Lincoln vs. (5) Community West (regional semifinal) 

(2) Mt. Zion vs. (7) Eisenhower (regional semifinal) 

(4) Danville vs. (6) Champaign Centennial (regional semifinal) 

4A Bracket: 

Bradley-Bourbonnais Sectional

(3) O'Fallon vs. (5) Springfield (regional semifinal) 

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