Iowa high school softball: 2025 regional brackets are released

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released regional softball brackets for all five classes Friday morning.

Regionals open July 7 in Class 2A and Class 1A, July 10 for the other three classes.

Regional finals are July 14-15, with the state tournament July 21-25 at the Rogers Sports Complex, Fort Dodge.

Class 5A

(July 10, July 12, July 15)

REGION 1

Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson at Sioux City West, winner at Waukee Northwest

Indianola at Ottumwa

REGION 2

Iowa City West at Davenport North, winner at Linn-Mar

Iowa City Liberty at Des Moines Roosevelt

REGION 3

Des Moines North at Urbandale, winner at Ankeny Centennial

Waterloo West at Cedar Rapids Kennedy

REGION 4

Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln at Sioux City North, winner at West Des Moines Valley

Sioux City East at Waukee

REGION 5

Des Moines East at West Des Moines Dowling, winner at Johnston

Cedar Rapids Jefferson at Cedar Rapids Prairie

REGION 6

Des Moines Lincoln at Marshalltown, winner at Southeast Polk

Ankeny at Ames

REGION 7

Davenport Central at Davenport West, winner at Pleasant Valley

Bettendorf at Muscatine

REGION 8

Cedar Rapids Washington at Dubuque Senior, winner at Cedar Falls

Dubuque Hempstead at Iowa City High

Class 4A

(July 10, July 12, July 15)

REGION 1

Waterloo East at Webster City, winner at Cedar Rapids Xavier

Independence at Marion, winner at Bondurant-Farrar

REGION 2

Denison-Schleswig at Glenwood, winner at Dallas Center-Grimes

Red Oak at Lewis Central, winner at Creston

REGION 3

Fort Madison at Keokuk, winner at Norwalk

Mount Pleasant at Oskaloosa, winner at Winterset

REGION 4

Sioux City Heelan at MOC-Floyd Valley, winner at Adel ADM

Carroll at Le Mars, winner at Sergeant Bluff-Luton

REGION 5

Newton at Pella, winner at Carlisle

Knoxville at Gilbert, winner at Grinnell

REGION 6

Maquoketa at Burlington, winner at Clear Creek Amana

Clinton at Central DeWitt, winner at North Scott

REGION 7

Ballard at Spencer, winner at North Polk

Perry at Boone, winner at Storm Lake

REGION 8

Mason City at Waverly-Shell Rock, winner at Fort Dodge

Decorah at Charles City, winner at Western Dubuque

Class 3A

(July 10, July 12, July 15)

REGION 1

Waukon at Dubuque Wahlert

Sumner-Fredericksburg at Oelwein

North Fayette Valley at West Delaware

New Hampton at Crestwood

REGION 2

Vinton-Shellsburg at Williamsburg

Iowa Falls-Alden at Benton Community

Clarion CGD at Eagle Grove

Garner GHV at Humboldt

REGION 3

Union Community at Mount Vernon

Anamosa at Solon

Hampton-Dumont/CAL at Center Point-Urbana

Forest City at Clear Lake

REGION 4

Southeast Valley at Monroe PCM

Des Moines Christian at Greene County

Cherokee at Missouri Valley

Ida Grove OABCIG at Unity Christian

REGION 5

Camanche at Davenport Assumption

West Burlington-Notre Dame at Mediapolis

Midland at Washington

Monticello at Central Lee

REGION 6

Western Christian at Estherville ELC

Spirit Lake at Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley

Sheldon at Algona

Okoboji at Sioux Center

REGION 7

South Tama at West Liberty

Mid-Prairie at Roland-Story

Saydel at Chariton

Nevada at West Marshall

REGION 8

Clarke at Albia

Davis County at Fairfield

Harlan at Atlantic

Centerville at Clarinda

Class 2A

(July 7, July 9, July 11, July 14)

REGION 1

Top bracket

Nodaway Valley at Carroll Kuemper, winner at Van Meter

West Central Valley at Interstate 35

Bottom bracket

Central Decatur at Earlham, winner at Grand View Christian

Exira-EHK/Audubon at Pleasantville

REGION 2

Top bracket

Danville at Van Buren County, winner at Louisa-Muscatine

Eddyville EBF at Columbus Community

Bottom bracket

New London at Pella Christian, winner at Wilton

Cardinal at North Mahaska

REGION 3

Top bracket

Sibley-Ocheyedan at Hartley HMS, winner at West Lyon

Ridge View at Marcus MMCRU

Bottom bracket

Central Lyon at West Sioux, winner at Hinton

Westwood at Lawton-Bronson

REGION 4

Top bracket

South Hardin at South Hamilton, winner at Osage

Woodward-Granger at Dike-New Hartford

Bottom bracket

Colfax-Mingo at Panorama, winner at East Marshall

Ogden at Belmond-Klemme

REGION 5

Top bracket

West Branch at Waterloo Columbus, winner at Durant

Grundy Center at Alburnett

Bottom bracket

Iowa City Regina at Northeast, winner at Lisbon

Hudson at Jesup

REGION 6

Top bracket

Tri-Center at Council Bluffs St. Albert, winner at Treynor

Mapleton MVAOCOU at Logan-Magnolia

Bottom bracket

Avoca AHSTW at Underwood, winner at Griswold

Shenandoah at West Monona

REGION 7

Top bracket

Aplington-Parkersburg at Denver, winner at Dyersville Beckman

South Winneshiek at North Butler

Bottom bracket

Postville at MFL MarMac, winner at Cascade

Bellevue Marquette at Maquoketa Valley

REGION 8

Top bracket

South Central Calhoun at Alta-Aurelia, winner at West Fork

East Sac County at Sioux Central

Bottom bracket

Emmetsburg at Lake Mills, winner at Central Springs

Manson-NW Webster at Pocahontas Area

Class 1A

(July 7, July 9, July 11, July 14)

REGION 1

Top bracket

Twin Cedars at Moravia, winner at Wayne

Moulton-Udell at Keota, winner at Sigourney

Bottom bracket

Pekin at Mormon Trail, winner at Seymour

WACO at Wapello, winner at Fort Madison Holy Trinity

REGION 2

Top bracket

Saint Ansgar at Turkey Valley, winner at Clarksville

Dunkerton at West Central, winner at Janesville

Bottom bracket

Rockford at Nashua-Plainfield, winner at Lansing Kee

Northwood-Kensett at North Iowa, winner at Riceville

REGION 3

Top bracket

River Valley at IKM-Manning, winner at Newell-Fonda

Siouxland Christian at Woodbury Central, winner at Kingsley-Pierson

Bottom bracket

Ar-We-Va at Coon Rapids-Bayard, winner at Glidden-Ralston

Boyer Valley at Storm Lake St. Mary’s, winner at Woodbine

REGION 4

Top bracket

Iowa Valley at Lynnville-Sully, winner at Southeast Warren

Belle Plaine at Melcher-Dallas, winner at HLV-TC

Bottom bracket

Montezuma at Hillcrest Academy, winner at BGM

English Valleys at Highland, winner at North Linn

REGION 5

Top bracket

Clayton Ridge at Starmont, winner at Wapsie Valley

Easton Valley at Calamus-Wheatland, winner at Central City

Bottom bracket

East Buchanan at Springville, winner at Edgewood-Colesburg

Elkader Central at Don Bosco, winner at Lone Tree

REGION 6

Top bracket

Sidney at Lamoni, winner at Oakland Riverside

Essex at Mount Ayr, winner at Bedford

Bottom bracket

East Mills at Lenox, winner at Murray

Stanton at East Union, winner at Fremont-Mills

REGION 7

Top bracket

Fort Dodge St. Edmond, bye

Harris-Lake Park at Algona Garrigan

West Hancock at North Union

West Bend-Mallard at Ruthven GTRA

Bottom bracket

Akron-Westfield, bye

South O’Brien at Trinity Christian

Remsen St. Mary’s, bye

George-Little Rock at Le Mars Gehlen

REGION 8

Top bracket

North Tama at Madrid, winner at Mason City Newman

Guthrie Center ACGC at Martensdale-St. Marys, winner at Collins-Maxwell

Bottom bracket

Colo-Nesco at Ackley AGWSR, winner at Ankeny Christian

Baxter at Garwin GMG, winner at Conrad BCLUW

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