State softball · Roundup
State softball Friday: 12 teams left, six still unbeaten
All 18 Friday state softball results across Classes A, B and C, and Saturday's matchups.
HASTINGS, Neb. — Eighteen games on Friday at the Bill Smith Softball Complex cut the NSAA state softball field to four teams per class. Two teams in each class are unbeaten and one win from Monday's state final at Bowlin Stadium in Lincoln. Two more in each class have one loss and must win twice on Saturday.
Class A: No. 1 Millard North beat Millard West 9-1 in six innings behind J. Severson's five-hitter. No. 3 Elkhorn South beat No. 2 Lincoln Southwest 6-4 with a six-run fifth. Lincoln Southwest came back to eliminate Papillion-La Vista 6-5 with five runs in the sixth, and Millard West eliminated Lincoln East 5-3. Elkhorn North and Omaha Westview were also eliminated. Westview's A. Schaefer hit two homers and drove in six in a 10-8 loss to Lincoln East.
Class B: No. 1 Gretna East beat Northwest 9-3 behind A. Weis' two home runs, and No. 3 Gretna edged No. 2 Hastings 2-1 in eight innings. Hastings' E. Tinsman then threw a 15-strikeout no-hitter in a 2-0 win over Crete, giving her 30 strikeouts in 15 innings for the day. Northwest scored 11 runs in the first inning to beat Wahoo 12-0 in three. Beatrice and Skutt Catholic were also eliminated, and Crete (27-3) and Wahoo (23-3) went out after one win each.
Class C: No. 1 Kearney Catholic beat defending champion St. Cecilia 12-4 in six innings, and No. 3 Bishop Neumann rallied with three runs in the seventh to beat Ashland-Greenwood 5-2. No. 8 Yutan/Mead won twice, 2-1 over DC West and 16-10 over Ashland-Greenwood with 18 hits. St. Cecilia shut out Fort Calhoun 8-0 in six. CCV was also eliminated.
Saturday's games:
- Class A, 10:00 a.m.: Millard North vs. Lincoln Southwest (Game 11, Field #2) and Elkhorn South vs. Millard West (Game 13, Field #3)
- Class C, 10:00 a.m.: Kearney Catholic vs. Yutan/Mead (Game 11, Field #1) and Bishop Neumann vs. St. Cecilia (Game 13, Field #4)
- Class B, 3:00 p.m.: Gretna East vs. Hastings (Game 11, Field #4) and Gretna vs. Northwest (Game 13, Field #1)
If a one-loss team wins its first game, the two teams play again right away in Game 12 or Game 14.
Monday at Bowlin Stadium: Class C at noon, Class B at 3:30 p.m. and Class A at 7:00 p.m.
Sources: NSAA official box scores for Classes A, B and C, Friday, Oct. 16, 2026 (posted 8:45 p.m. CT, via NSAA Softball Championships HQ); NSAA bracket sheets, retrieved Oct. 16, 2026, 9:48 p.m. CT.
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