Baseball and Softball Sectionals Pairings

Washington County Times
May 14
3 min read

By Dennis Dunn

BASEBALL

On Sunday, May 4, the IHSAA released the sectional pairings for baseball. All three county schools will begin their tourney trek on the road this year.

The Lions and Musketeers will play in the Class 2A Sectional 46 at Mitchell and the Senators will play in the Class A Sectional 63 at Lanesville.

The Musketeers (3-8) will play Providence in the second game. The Lions (7-5-1) will play Crawford County in the third game. Mitchell and Clarksville will play the opening game, and Paoli drew the bye and will play the winner of the Mitchell-Clarksville game.

Sectional games will begin on Wednesday, May 28 and continue through Monday, June 2.

The Musketeers are 0-2 against sectional opponents this year with losses to Providence (18-0) and Salem (13-7).

The Lions are 4-0 against sectional opponents this year as they have wins over Clarksville (15-0), Providence (7-6), Crawford County (10-1) and Eastern (13-7). Providence is last year’s defending Class 2A State Champions.

As for the Senators (10-0), they will play South Central in the second game. New Washington will battle Christian Academy in the opening game on the first day. Rock Creek and the host Lanesville will battle in game three and Borden will play Henryville in the fourth game.

The Senators are 2-0 against sectional foes this year as they have wins over Christian Academy (16-3) and Rock Creek (20-3). South Central is the defending sectional champion.

Class 2A Sectional 46 at Mitchell

G1: Mitchell vs. Clarksville

G2: Providence vs. Eastern

G3: Crawford County vs. Salem

G4: Paoli vs. Winner of G1

G5: Winner of G2 vs. Winner of G3

Championship: Winner of G4 vs. Winner of G5

Class A Sectional 64 at Lanesville

G1: New Washington vs. Christian Academy

G2: West Washington vs. South Central

G3: Rock Creek vs. Lanesville

G4: Borden vs. Henryville

G5: Winner of G1 vs. Winner of G2

G6: Winner of G3 vs. Winner of G4

Championship: Winner of G5 vs Winner of G6

SOFTBALL

On Sunday, May 4, the IHSAA also released the upcoming softball pairings. The Lions and Musketeers will travel to play in the Class 2A Sectional 46 at Clarksville, while the Senators will play host to the Class A Sectional 63.

All sectional games will be played between Monday, May 26 through Saturday, May 31.

The Lions (7-3) will play Clarksville in the second game and the Musketeers (5-6) drew the bye and will play the winner of the first game between Paoli and Crawford County. Mitchell and Providence will play the third game.

The Lions are currently 3-1 against other sectional opponents with wins over Paoli (9-1), Eastern (3-2) and Clarksville (10-4). Their only loss came to Providence 3-1.

The Musketeers are 3-2 against other sectional foes with wins over Mitchell (14-1), Paoli (14-1) and Clarksville (5-0). Their two losses came against Providence (5-3) and Salem (3-2). Providence is the returning sectional champion from last year.

As for the Senators (10-2), they will play New Washington in the third game. Christian Academy will open sectional play up against Rock Creek and South Central will play Henryville in the second game. Lanesville will play Borden in the fourth game.

The Senators were last year’s defending sectional champs and are 3-0 against sectional opponents this year with wins over Lanesville (9-3), Christian Academy (18-0) and South Central (15-0).

Class 2A Sectional 46 at Clarksville

G1: Paoli vs. Crawford County

G2: Clarksville vs. Salem

G3: Mitchell vs. Providence

G4: Eastern vs. Winner of G1

G5: Winner of G2 vs. Winner of G3

Championship: Winner of G4 vs. Winner of G5

Class A Sectional 63 at West Washington

G1: Christian Academy vs. Rock Creek

G2: South Central vs. Henryville

G3: New Washington vs. West Washington

G4: Lanesville vs. Borden