The 2026 National Trail Conference Softball Tournament schedule and pairings has been released. The tournament will get underway this Friday, May 1 with two play-in games before continuing on Monday, May 4 with quarterfinal games and semifinal game on Wednesday May 6. The third place and Championship games will then be Friday, May 8. The play-in games will be held at the higher seed while the rest of the games will be played at Evergreen Park in Effingham. Windsor/Stew-Stras is the top seed for the tournament with Cumberland at #2, South Central is the third seed. St. Anthony comes in as the fourth seed with Dieterich at #5 and Neoga at #6 to make up the teams who will begin play in the quarterfinals on Monday. Making up the bottom four seeds and the teams that will play in Friday’s play-in games are Altamont as the seventh seed, CHBC at #8, SEB is the #9 seed and North Clay is seeded tenth.
NTC TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE:
Friday, May 1:
Game 1: #9 SEB at #8 CHBC – 4:15pm
Game 2: #10 North Clay at #7 Altamont – 4:15pm
Monday, May 4:
Game 3 – 4:15pm: #1 WSS vs. Winner Game 1
Game 4 – 4:15pm: #4 St. Anthony vs. #5 Dieterich
Game 5 – 6:15pm: #2 Cumberland vs. Winner of Game 2
Game 6 – 6:15pm: #3 South Central vs. #6 Neoga
Wednesday, May 6:
Game 7 – 4:15pm: Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4
Game 8 – 4:15pm: Loser of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4
Game 9 – 6:15pm: Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 6
Game 10 – 6:15pm: Loser of Game 5 vs. Loser of Game 6
Friday, May 8:
Game 11 – 4:15pm: Third Place Game – Loser of Game 7 vs. Loser of Game 9
Game 12 – 4:15pm: Consolation Game – Winner of Game 8 vs. Winner of Game 10
Game 13 – 6:15pm: Championship Game – Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 9
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