{"id":261629,"date":"2026-04-22T20:06:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/261629\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T20:06:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:06:03","slug":"heat-index-final-vype-dallas-fort-worth-softball-rankings-entering-the-2026-postseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/261629\/","title":{"rendered":"HEAT INDEX: Final VYPE Dallas-Fort Worth Softball Rankings Entering the 2026 Postseason"},"content":{"rendered":"

The same holds true for Richland (28-3) and Timber Creek (23-6-1), while Lovejoy (23-8-2) and Forney (27-5-1) remain heavy hitters in their respective conferences.<\/p>\n

With that in mind, it\u2019s time to size up DFW softball as the regular season winds down.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

\"\"\/ The Melissa Cardinals claim back-to-back state titles with their 4-2 win against Barbers Hill in the UIL 5A Division 1 Final (5\/30\/2025)Matthew Ogle (VYPE)<\/p>\n

*Second section denotes current record according to MaxPreps<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

VYPE Dallas-Fort Worth Top 10 Softball Rankings (6A-4A) — End of Regular Season (April 2026)<\/p>\n

1. Melissa Cardinals (5A) — 27-2 \/\/ 14-0 in District 9-5A<\/p>\n

2. Denton Guyer Wildcats (6A) — 26-2 \/\/ 13-1 in 5-6A<\/p>\n

3. Byron Nelson Bobcats (6A) — 30-3-1 \/\/ 14-2 in 4-6A<\/p>\n

4. Waxahachie Indians (6A) — 34-1 \/\/ 14-0 in 11-6A<\/p>\n

5. Allen Eagles (6A) — 25-3 \/\/ 16-0 in 6-6A<\/p>\n

6. Boswell Pioneers (6A) — 22-4-1 \/\/ 10-2 in 3-6A<\/p>\n

7. Lovejoy Leopards (5A) — 23-8-2 \/\/ 12-2 in 9-5A<\/p>\n

8. Forney Jackrabbits (6A) — 27-5-1 \/\/ 12-0 in 10-6A<\/p>\n

9. Richland Royals (5A) — 28-3 \/\/ 11-1 in 6-5A<\/p>\n

10. Timber Creek Falcons (6A) — 23-6-1 \/\/ 13-3 in 4-6A<\/p>\n

Others to Watch: Keller Indians (4-6A), Aledo Bearcats (5-5A), Flower Mound Jaguars (5-6A), Centennial Spartans (8-5A), Wakeland Wolverines (12-5A), Hebron Hawks (5-6A), Plano West Wolves (6-6A)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The same holds true for Richland (28-3) and Timber Creek (23-6-1), while Lovejoy (23-8-2) and Forney (27-5-1) remain…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[97954,97956,97952,28030,97946,28031,97951,28033,97960,97958,116,97955,118,117,97957,97950,97949,87151,60778,97959,60779,97948,97947,97953],"class_list":{"0":"post-261629","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-allen-softball","9":"tag-boswell-softball","10":"tag-byron-nelson-softball","11":"tag-dallas-fort-worth-high-school-sports","12":"tag-dallas-high-school-softball","13":"tag-dallas-high-school-sports","14":"tag-denton-guyer-softball","15":"tag-dfw-high-school-sports","16":"tag-dfw-softball","17":"tag-forney-softball","18":"tag-fort-worth","19":"tag-fort-worth-boswell-softball","20":"tag-fort-worth-headlines","21":"tag-fort-worth-news","22":"tag-lovejoy-softball","23":"tag-melissa-high-school-softball","24":"tag-melissa-softball","25":"tag-richland-softball","26":"tag-texas-high-school-softball","27":"tag-timber-creek-softball","28":"tag-uil-softball","29":"tag-vype-dfw-softball-rankings","30":"tag-vype-softball-rankings","31":"tag-waxahachie-softball"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}