The IHSAA baseball state tournament has come and go, and five South Bend Tribune coverage area teams brought home championships across three classes.
Goshen, NorthWood, New Prairie and Penn all repeated, while Bremen won its first title since 2023. While no times or locations have been set yet (they’re expected to be announced Wednesday, June 3), all five squads already know who they’ll face in the regional round Saturday, June 6.
Penn will meet Valparaiso in a 4A regional championship game, while Goshen faces Lake Central in a 4A regional title contest. The Kingsmen and Vikings have not played this year, but the latter won the 4A state championship in 2025.
The RedHawks lost 10-4 when they played Lake Central in the regular season. Goshen plays for a shot at its second straight trip to semi-state in the rematch.
In 3A, 2024 state champions New Prairie will face 2025 state champions Andrean in one of the best regional title games in Indiana. The Cougars won their fourth straight sectional title to get here.
NorthWood made it to semi-state last season, and the Panthers have a good chance to do so again this year when they face Highland (13-16) in the regional championship.
Bremen will meet Bluffton in a 2A regional championship game, and history is on the line for both sides. The Lions haven’t won a regional since 2016, while the Tigers have never done so.
Here’s how all five coverage area teams won their sectional titles, and how two 1A teams fell just short.
IHSAA baseball sectional brackets, results for South Bend area
All times Eastern.
4A Sectional 3 (Mishawaka; played at Baker Park)
Game 1, May 27 at 5:30 p.m.: South Bend Adams 7, South Bend Riley 3. Kainen Smith went 3-for-4 with three RBIs in the win for the Eagles.
Game 2, May 27 at 7:30 p.m.: Penn 12, Michigan City 0
Game 3, May 30 at Noon: Penn 4, Adams 1
Game 4, May 30 at 2 p.m.: Mishawaka 2, La Porte 0
Game 5: Penn 9, Mishawaka 3
4A Sectional 4 (Goshen; played at Goshen Intermediate School)
Game 1, May 27 at 6 p.m.: Goshen 3, Warsaw 2. Braxton Cline stole home for the walk-off win, part of a two-run rally for the RedHawks in the bottom of the seventh.
Game 2, May 30 at 10 a.m.: Concord 3, Northridge 2
Game 3, May 30 at Noon: Goshen 7, Elkhart 0
Game 4: Goshen 10, Concord 0
3A Sectional 19 (Plymouth; played at Centennial Park)
Game 1, May 27 at 5:30 p.m.: Culver Academies 3, Plymouth 1
Game 2, May 27 at 7:30 p.m.: Mishawaka Marian 3, John Glenn 1
Game 3, 11 a.m.: Culver Academies 7, Marian 3
Game 4, 1 p.m.: New Prairie 2, South Bend Saint Joseph 0
Game 5: New Prairie 12, Culver Academies 2
3A Sectional 20 (Fairfield)
Game 1, May 27 at 5:30 p.m.: Columbia City 11, Tippecanoe Valley 2
Game 2, May 27 at 7:30 p.m.: NorthWood 20, West Noble 3
Game 3, May 30 at 5:30 p.m.: NorthWood 6, Columbia City 3
Game 4, May 30 at 7:30 p.m.: Fairfield 4, Wawasee 0
Game 5: NorthWood 6, Fairfield 2
2A Sectional 34 (Jimtown)
Game 1: Knox 20, South Bend Career Academy 2
Game 2, May 27 at 7:30 p.m.: Bremen 10, LaVille 0
Game 3, May 29 at 5:30 p.m.: Bremen 7, Knox 5
Game 4, May 29 at 7:30 p.m.: Jimtown 19, Winamac 0
Game 5: Bremen 3, Jimtown 1
1A Sectional 49 (Westville)
Game 1, May 27 at 4:30 p.m.: Marquette Catholic 3, Hammond Science & Tech 2
Game 2, May 28 at 4:30 p.m.: Tri-Township 11, Bowman Academy 3
Game 3, May 29 at 2 p.m.: Kouts 6, Morgan Township 2
Game 4, May 29 at 4:30 p.m.: Washington Township 11, Westville 1
Game 5, May 30 at Noon: Marquette Catholic 12, Tri-Twp. 0
Game 6, May 30 at 3 p.m.: Kouts 13, Washington Twp. 0
Game 7, June 1 at 4 p.m.: Kouts 7, Marquette Catholic 2
1A Sectional 51 (South Central)
Game 1, May 27 at 4 p.m.: Triton 30, Argos 0
Game 2, May 27 at 8 p.m. (at La Porte): Oregon-Davis 2, Elkhart Christian Academy 0
Game 3, May 28 at 4:30 p.m.: South Central 7, Culver 0
Game 4, May 30 at 10 a.m.: Triton 4, North Judson San-Pierre 1
Game 5, May 30 at 12:30 p.m.: South Central 12, Oregon-Davis 0
Game 6, June 1 at 4:30 p.m.: South Central 4, Triton 2
Kyle Smedley is a sports reporter at the South Bend Tribune. Contact him via email at ksmedley@usatodayco.com or follow him on X @KyleMSmedley.
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