Grand Junction Central, a No. 10 seed, smashed its way into the Class 5A softball semifinals by scoring a combined 23 runs over two games.
The 2018 state tournament bracket for Class 5A softball.
With the state softball tournaments set to begin on Friday, the brackets were unveiled on Monday.
The regional softball tournaments were completed on Saturday in all three classifications. Here is who qualified for next weekend’s state tournament.
The pairings for softball’s regional tournaments were released on Monday. Cherokee Trail (5A), Pueblo County (4A) and Strasburg (3A) earned top seeds.
Regis Jesuit football notched back to back wins for the first time in 2018, beating Legend 36-7 Friday night.
Class 4A No. 4 Ponderosa volleyball improved to 11-5 on the season after sweeping rival Legend on Thursday.
Payton Lincavage went 2-for-4 with a home run and drove in four runs to help Class 5A No. 9 Legend beat Ponderosa 6-1 on Wednesday.
In a crosstown rivalry match, Class 5A No. 1 Chaparral volleyball swept Legend and improved to 14-1 on the season.
Arvada West (in 5A) and Longmont (4A) are newcomers to this week’s softball rankings.