Prep Softball- The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) has released the Regional Pairings for the 2025 postseason for all five classes. The start dates will be split up with Classes 1A and 2A playing on July 7th and Classes 3A, 4A, and 5A penciled in for July 10th. Here’s a look at our local matchups.
Class 1A
Do not have to travel far to find our trio of local teams in Class 1A as they rest in the bottom half of the Region 1 bracket.
Game one on July 7th will pin WACO against Wapello at 7 pm with the Arrows getting a home game. The winner of the matchup will play Holy Trinity Catholic at West Point South Park on July 9th at 7 pm.
Class 2A
Over in Region 2, Van Buren County will host Danville on July 7th at 7 pm with the winner advancing to play #2 Louisa-Muscatine on July 9th in a road showdown.
Also playing on day one will be New London/Winfield-Mt. Union, as the Tigers will make the pilgrimage to Pella Christian High School to face off against the Eagles. The winner will take on Wilton in the quarterfinals.
Columbus earned a bye and a home game with the Wildcats gearing up for a contest with Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont on July 9th at 7 pm in the top half of the bracket with Louisa-Muscatine expected to host the July 11th contest in the semifinals if both teams advance.
Class 3A
If fate is to have its way, Region 5 could see another chapter added to an epic that started in the 2024 postseason.
Firstly, Mediapolis will get to host a postseason game in nearly a decade as they look to repeat a piece of history made earlier this season when they take on West Burlington/Notre Dame on July 10th at 7 pm.
The winner will take on either Assumption or Camanche with the Knights entering as the favorite.
In the bottom half of the bracket, #9 Washington will face off against Midland at home and Central Lee will take on Monticello at home. The winner of the two matchups will play one another. A year ago, Central Lee shocked Washington with a comeback victory in the wanning moments of the contest. Washington got payback this season on June 25th to knock the Hawks out of the top 15.
Region 8 will have Fairfield host Davis County to start their postseason journey. The winner will most likely travel to Albia as they take on Clarke Community in their first round matchup.
Class 4A
Three Southeast Conference will meet up in Region 3 with two teams from Lee County meeting up at Joyce Park.
Surprisingly, it will be Keokuk hosting Fort Madison on July 10th despite the Bloodhounds having won the last five contests against the Chiefs. Norwalk will await the winner on July 12th.
On the bottom half of the bracket, it is a repeat of the season opener as Mt. Pleasant will travel west to face off against Oskaloosa. The Panthers struck first that night with a two-run homer off the bat of Paityn Ensminger, but could not keep the momentum going as they fell 11-3. KILJ will be on the call.
The winner will advance to play Winterset on July 12th at 7 pm.
Lastly, Burlington will host Maquoketa in Region 6 with the winner advancing to take on Clear Creek Amana on July 12th.
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