By Becky Walz,
The season has been a fast one as area softball and baseball teams wrap up the regular season early this week and move right into the postseason Friday and Saturday.
Softball
Regional softball pairings for all five classes were released last week.
Decorah is in Class 4A. The Vikes will host Charles City Thursday, July 6, at 7 p.m., in the first round of Region 8 action. The winner will face No. 8 Western Dubuque Saturday, July 8, at 7 p.m., in Epworth. The regional championship is Tuesday, July 11, at 7 p.m., at the highest remaining seed. Teams on the other side of the bracket are No. 13 Maquoketa, Marion and Independence.
South Winn is in Class 2A Region 6 and has a first-round bye. The Warriors first game will be at Osage Wednesday, July 5, at 7 p.m. The regional semifinal will be held at Wapsie Valley Friday, July 7, at 7 p.m., with the regional final scheduled for Monday, July 10, at 7 p.m., at the highest remaining seed. Other teams in the bracket include Clayton Ridge, MFL MarMac, No. 4 Lisbon, Alburnett, East Buchanan, Denver, Postville and Wapsie Valley.
Turkey Valley is in Class 1A and will host Central Elkader Friday, June 30, at 7 p.m., in Jackson Junction. The winner will face North Linn Wednesday, July 5, at 7 p.m., in Troy Mills. The regional semifinal is Friday, July 7, at 7 p.m., at North Linn, with the regional finale Monday, July 10, at 7 p.m., at the highest remaining seed. Also competing in Region 7 are Edgewood-Colesburg, Starmont, Kee, West Central, Springville, North Cedar, Central City, Maquoketa Valley, Midland and Calamus-Wheatland.
State softball will be held in Fort Dodge July 17-21.
Baseball
Postseason brackets for Class 2A and 1A for the baseball tournaments were released last week
South Winn and Turkey Valley are both in the Class 1A District 4 bracket and will play in Calmar Saturday, July 1.
The Trojans will take the field first versus Kee at 5 p.m., while the Warriors will take their home field against Clarksville at 7 p.m. The winners of the two contests will face each other in the district semifinal Wednesday, July 5, at a location and time to be determined.
The district final is Saturday, July 8, at 7 p.m.
Decorah is in Class 3A. Those brackets will be released this week.
The state baseball tournament runs July 17-21. Class 1A and 2A will be at Merchant Park in Carroll while Class 3A and 4A will compete at Duane Banks Field in Iowa City. The Class 1A and 3A quarterfinals are July 17, semifinals July 19 and championship game will take place July 21.
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