Area high school softball teams discovered their tournament fate during the Central District and Southeast District tournament draw on Sunday, May 3.
Regardless of your team’s record, tournament time is always exciting because it gives teams new life and something to play for. The goal for every team is to make it to the state tournament.
There are seven divisions, and two area teams — Liberty Union (18-1) and Bloom-Carroll (17-3) — garnered No. 1 seeds.
Several of the divisions will have more than one district winner. The Division I and II tournament draws will be held on May 10.
Lancaster-area tournament schedule
Division III
Whitehall (11) at Bloom-Carroll (No. 1), May 14, 5 p.m.
Division IV
Fairfield Union (10) at Vinton County (7), May 12, 5 p.m.
Division V
Harvest Prep at Liberty Union (No. 1), May 14, 5 p.m.
Amanda-Clearcreek (11) at Johnstown (2), May 14, 5 p.m.
Division VI
Cardington (5) or Wellington School (12) at Berne Union (4), May 19, 5 p.m.
OHSAA 2026 tournament schedule
May 3: Tournament draw – D-III-D-VII
May 10: Tournament draw – D-I and D-II
May 11-16: Sectional tournament
May 18-23: District tournament
May 27-30: Regional tournament
June 3-7, 2026 Softball State Tournament (All games at Firestone Stadium, Akron – 1575 Firestone Pkwy, Akron, OH 44301. All games live on the NFHS Network and the OHSAA Radio Network).
This article originally appeared on Lancaster Eagle-Gazette: Liberty Union, Bloom-Carroll earn No. 1 seeds at softball tournament draw
Reporting by Tom Wilson, Lancaster Eagle-Gazette / Lancaster Eagle-Gazette
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