The 2026 Section 8A Softball tournament seeds and bracket have been announced and Red Lake Falls is the top seed.
TEAM SEEDS-
1. Red Lake Falls
2. Badger/Greenbush-Middle River
3. Lake Park-Audubon
4. Mahnomen/Waubun
5. Sacred Heart
6. East Polk
7. Ada-Borup-West
8. Bagley
9. Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal
10. Fertile-Beltrami
11. Lake of the Woods
12. West Marshall
13. Northern Freeze
14. Clearbrook-Gonvick
FIRST AND SECOND ROUND GAMES – Tuesday, May 19 at top 4 seeds
AT RED LAKE FALLS –
4:00 PM – #8 Bagley vs #9 NCE/UH
6:00 PM – #1 Red Lake Falls vs Bagley/NCE-UH winner
AT GREENBUSH –
4:00 PM – #7 Ada-Borup-West vs #10 Fertile-Beltrami
6:00 PM – #2 BGMR vs ABW/FB winner
AT LAKE PARK-AUDUBON-
4:00 PM – #3 Lake Park-Audubon vs #14 Clearbrook-Gonvick
4:00 PM – #6 East Polk vs #11 Lake of the Woods
6:00 PM – The 4:00 p.m. winners
AT MAHNOMEN/WAUBUN-
4:00 PM – #4 Mahnomen/Waubun vs #13 Northern Freeze
4:00 PM – #5 Sacred Heart vs #12 West Marshall
6:00 PM – The $:00 p.m. winners
THIRD ROUND – Thursday, May 21 (at Highest remaining top 2 undefeated seeds)
4:00 PM – Winners Bracket games
6:00 PM – Losers Bracket games
SEMI-FINALS – Tuesday, May 26 (at Highest remaining seed)
4:00 PM – Semi-final game
4:00 PM – Losers bracket game
6:00 PM – Losers bracket game
CHAMPIONSHIP – Thursday, May 28 at the highest remaining undefeated seed)
4:00 PM –
6:00 PM – If needed
