Twenty-five schools qualified for the Section 9 baseball tournament, and the brackets were released on Thursday, May 21.
The top seeds are Monroe-Woodbury (Class AAA), Cornwall (AA), Beacon (A), Chester (B), Pine Plains (C) and Eldred (D, lone team and declared automatic champion).
The tournament will be played on Tuesday, May 26, semifinals on Thursday, May 28, and the finals in Saugerties on Saturday, May 30.
In the latest state sportswriters rankings, the following schools are ranked (records as of May 17): Class AAA – No. 8 Monroe-Woodbury (17-3); HM. Kingston (11-6); HM. Pine Bush (10-9); Class AA – No. 1 Cornwall (18-0); No. 19 Minisink Valley (13-5); Class A – No. 10 Beacon (15-3); No. 16 Saugerties (15-5); No. 21 Lourdes (12-5); No. 24 New Paltz (12-6); HM. Highland (13-6); Class B – No. 13 Chester (13-5); Class C – No. 7 Chapel Field (12-0); No. 9 Pine Plains (12-4); No. 20 S.S. Seward (9-4); Class D – None.
In 2025, the Section 9 champions were: No. 1 Pine Bush beat No. 2 Newburgh in Class AAA; No. 3 Wallkill beat No. 1 Cornwall in AA; No. 2 Marlboro beat No. 1 Beacon in A; No. 2 Chester beat No. 1 Highland in B; No. 1 Burke Catholic beat No. 2 Pine Plains in C; and, No. 1 Eldred was the lone entry in D.
In the state playoffs, Pine Bush lost to Ketcham 4-1 in the AAA quarterfinals; Wallkill lost to Horseheads 1-0 in the quarterfinals; Marlboro bowed to Sayville 5-0 in the A quarterfinals; Chester bowed to Solvay 6-4 in the B first round; Burke Catholic beat Bridgehamton 7-6 and Tuckahoe 2-0 before losing to Saratoga Catholic 5-2 in the C semifinals; and, Eldred lost to Smithtown Christian 12-0 in the D quarterfinals.
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Section 9 baseball tournament
Class AAA
Semifinal – Thursday, May 28
No. 3 Pine Bush vs. No. 2 Kingston, at Gruner Field, 7 p.m.
Final – Saturday, May 30
Pine Bush-Kingston winner vs. No. 1 Monroe-Woodbury, at Cantine Field, Saugerties, 7 p.m.
Class AA
Quarterfinal – Tuesday, May 26
No. 5 Valley Central at No. 4 F.D. Roosevelt, 4 p.m.
Semifinals – Thursday, May 28
Valley Central-FDR winner at No. 1 Cornwall, 4 p.m.
No. 3 Goshen at No. 2 Minisink Valley, 4 p.m.
Finals – Saturday, May 30
Semifinal winners, at Cantine Field, Saugerties, 1 p.m.
Class A
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, May 26
No. 8 Port Jervis at No. 1 Beacon, 4 p.m.
No. 5 Our Lady of Lourdes vs. No. 4 Saugerties, at Cantine Field, 4 p.m.
No. 6 Red Hook at No. 3 New Paltz, 4 p.m.
No. 7 Marlboro at No. 2 Highland, 4 p.m.
Semifinals – Thursday, May 28
Lourdes-Saugerties winner vs. Port Jervis-Beacon winner, at higher seed, TBD
Red Hook-New Paltz winner vs. Marlboro-Highland winner, at higher seed, TBD
Finals – Saturday, May 28
Semifinal winners, at Cantine Field, Saugerties, 4 p.m.
Class B
Semifinals – Thursday, May 28
No. 3 Spzckenkill at No. 2 John S. Burke Catholic, 4 p.m.
Finals – Saturday, May 28
Spackenkill-Burke winner vs. No,. 1 Chester, at Cantine Field, Saugerties, 10 a.m.
Class C
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, May 26
No. 5 Rhinebeck at No. 4 Millbrook, 4 p.m.
Semifinals – Thursday, May 28
Rhinebeck-Millbrook winner at No. 1 Pine Plains, 4 p.m.
No. 3 S.S. Seward at No. 2 Chapel Field, 4 p.m.
Finals – Saturday, May 30
Semifinal winners, at Lorenz Field, Saugerties, 11:30 a.m.
Class D
Eldred declared champion, lone team
This article originally appeared on Times Herald-Record: Baseball – Check out the Section 9 tournament brackets
Reporting by Ken McMillan, Middletown Times Herald- Record / Times Herald-Record
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