The 2026 National Trail Conference Baseball Tournament gets underway today with the play-in game and the quarterfinals being held on Monday. Reigning champion St. Anthony is the #1 seed for this year followed by North Clay at #2 and Windsor/Stew-Stras at #3. Neoga as the fourth seed, South Central as the fifth seed and Altamont as the sixth seed make up the middle of the pack. Dieterich is the #7 seed, Brownstown-St. Elmo is the #8 seed and CHBC rounds things out as the tournament’s #9 seed. As the bottom two seeds, BSE and CHBC will face each other in today’s play-in game at 4:00pm at Brownstown with the winner set to take on St. Anthony on Monday. The other three quarterfinal games will be held on Monday as well at the higher seeds. Semifinal games will be played on Wednesday, again at the higher seed with the tournament wrapping up on Saturday with the Third Place and Championship games at Brownstown High School’s Bob Page Field.
National Trail Conference Baseball Tournament Schedule
Friday, October 2
4:00pm – Game 1 – #8 BSE vs. #9 CHBC
Monday, October 5
4:00pm – Game 2 – #1 St. Anthony vs. Winner of #8 BSE/#9 CHBC (at Effingham)
4:00pm – Game 3 – #4 Neoga vs. #5 South Central (at Neoga)
4:00pm – Game 4 – #2 North Clay vs. #7 Dieterich (at North Clay)
4:00pm – Game 5 – #3 WSS vs. #6 Altamont (at WSS)
Wednesday, October 7
4:00pm – Game 6 – Winner of Game 2 vs Winner of Game 3
4:00pm – Game 7 – Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 5
Saturday, October 10
10:00am – Third Place Game – Loser of Game 6 vs. Loser of Game 7
12:00pm – Championship Game – Winner of Game 6 vs. Winner of Game 7
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