{"id":255145,"date":"2026-05-02T09:01:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T09:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/255145\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T09:01:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T09:01:06","slug":"road-to-a-state-championship-softball-brackets-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/255145\/","title":{"rendered":"Road to a State Championship: Softball Brackets Released"},"content":{"rendered":"

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. \u2013\u00a0\u00a0The 2026 Florida High School Softball State Tournament brackets have been released, and all opening round matchups are set. Regional tournament action begins this upcoming Wednesday, May 6th\u00a0in Classes 1A-4A, while the remaining Classes get started on Thursday, May 7th. For the second straight year, all roads will lead to Longwood and the Boombah-Soldiers Creek Park, where the final four squads in each classification will compete in the State Championship Event.<\/p>\n

2026 Tournament Brackets:\u00a0\u00a0Class 7A<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Class 6A<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Class 5A<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Class 4A<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Class 3A<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Class 2A<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Class 1A<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Class Rural<\/a>

\n2026 Final Rankings:\u00a0Softball Rankings<\/a><\/p>\n

All dates, times and locations are noted on the\u00a0tournament brackets\u00a0and are subject to change. Please contact the host school directly to confirm any possible changes in either the matchup location or times. Additionally, digital tickets for all playoff games will be available via\u00a0GoFan<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Important Dates<\/p>\n

Regional Quarterfinals
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\n\tClasses 1A-4A, Wednesday, May 6th
\n\tClasses 5A-7A, Thursday, May 7th <\/p>\n

Regional Semifinals<\/p>\n


\n\tClass Rural, Thursday, May 7th
\n\tClasses 1A-7A, Tuesday, May 12th <\/p>\n

Regional Finals<\/p>\n


\n\tClass Rural, Tuesday, May 12th
\n\tClasses 1A-7A, Thursday, May 14th <\/p>\n

State Semifinals & Championships at Boombah-Soldiers Creek Park in Longwood*<\/p>\n


\n\tAll Classes, Tuesday-Saturday, May 19th – 23rd <\/p>\n

*Schedule, times and field usage at the State Championship Event\u00a0are subject to change\u00a0as deemed necessary by Tournament Administration
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\nThe Florida High School Athletic Association supervises and regulates interscholastic athletic programs for high school students at member public, private and charter schools. The organization also recognizes and honors academic achievement among student-athletes at over 850 middle, junior and senior high schools statewide. Headquartered in Gainesville, it is the official governing body for interscholastic athletics in Florida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Story Links GAINESVILLE, Fla. \u2013\u00a0\u00a0The 2026 Florida High School Softball State Tournament brackets have been released,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-255145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}