Twenty-seven teams qualified for the Section 9 softball tournament, and the brackets were released on Thursday, May 20.
The top seeds are Pine Bush (Class AAA), Valley Central (AA), Saugerties (A), Spackenkill (B), Pine Plains (C) and Eldred (D).
In the latest New York sportwriters rankings, the Section 9 ranked teams are (records through May 17): Class AAA – No. 14 Pine Bush (14-3); Class AA – No. 15 Goshen (12-4); No. 21 Valley Central (13-3); Class A – No. 19 Port Jervis (11-5); No. 25 Marlboro (10-3); Class B – No. 20 Sullivan West (12-2); Class C – No. 2 Pine Plains (14-1); No. 22 Burke Catholic (12-3); Class D – No. 15 Eldred (8-2).
In the 2025 sectional finals, No. 4 Middletown beat No. 2 Monroe-Woodbury in Class AAA; No. 2 Goshen downed No. 1 Minisink Valley in AA; No. 1 Marlboro topped No. 2 Saugerties in A; No. 2 Highland beat No. 1 Sullivan West in B; No. 1 Pine Plains beat No. 2 Tri-Valley in C; and, No,. 2 Eldred beat No. 1 Chapel Field in D.
In the state playoffs, Middletown got a bye and lost to Corning-Painted Post 6-0 in the AAA quarterfinals; Goshen got a bye and lost to Horseheads 4-1 in the AA quarterfinals; Marlboro got a bye and lost to Miller Place 6-5 in the A quarterfinals; in Class B, Highland beat Solvay 10-1, beat Hastings 17-2 and bowed to Haverling 6-0 in the semifinals; Pine Plains got a bye and lost to Tuckahoe 6-0 in the C quarterfinals; and, Eldred got a bye and lost to Argyle 6-3 in the D quarterfinals.
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Section 9 softball tournament
Class AAA
Semifinals – Wednesday, May 27
No. 4 Kingston at No. 1 Pine Bush, 4:30 p.m.
No. 3 Monroe-Woodbury at No. 2 Newburgh, 4:30 p.m.
Finals – Friday, May 29
Semifinal winners, at Mount Saint Mary College, 3 p.m.
Class AA
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, May 26
No. 8 F. D. Roosevelt at No. 1 Valley Central, 4:30 p.m.
No. 5 Warwick at No. 4 Rondout Valley, 4:30 p.m.
No. 6 Cornwall at No. 3 Minisink Valley, 4:30 p.m.
No. 7 Wallkill at No. 2 Goshen, 4:30 p.m.
Semifinals – Thursday, May 28
Warwick-Rondout winner vs. Roosevelt-Valley Central winner, at higher seed, 4:30 p.m.
Cornwall-Minisink winner vs. Wallkill-Goshen winner, at higher seed,, 4:30 p.m.
Finals – Saturday, May 30
Semifinal winners, at Mount Saint Mary College, 2 p.m.
Class A
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, May 26
No. 5 New Paltz at No. 4 Highland, 4:30 p.m.
No. 6 Liberty at No. 3 Port Jervis, 4:30 p.m.
Semifinals – Thursday, May 28
New Paltz-Highland winner vs. No. 1 Saugerties, at Cantine Field, 4:30 p.m.
Liberty-Port Jervis winner at No. 2 Marlboro, 4:30 p.m.
Finals – Saturday, May 30
Semifinal winners, at Mount Saint Mary College, 10 a.m.
Class B
Semifinals – Wednesday, May 27
No, 4 Dover vs. No, 1 Spackenkill, at Nassau Elementary, 4:30 p.m.
No. 3 Chester Academy at No. 2 Sullivan West, 4:30 p.m.
Finals – Saturday, May 30
Semifinal winners, at Mount Saint Mary College, noon
Class C
Semifinals – Wednesday, May 27
No. 3 Tri-Valley at No. 2 John S. Burke Catholic, 4:30 p.m.
Finals – Friday, May 29
Tri-Valley vs. Burke winner vs. No. 1 Pine Plains, at Mount Saint Mary College, 5 p.m.
Class D
Finals – Thursday, May 28
No. 1 Eldred vs. No. 2 Chapel Field, at Mount Saint Mary College, 4 p.m.
This article originally appeared on Times Herald-Record: Softball – Check out the Section 9 tournament brackets
Reporting by Ken McMillan, Middletown Times Herald- Record / Times Herald-Record
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