2018 IESA Girls Softball State Finals Begin This Friday in Normal the two area teams being represented are Windsor/Stew-Stras playing their first game on Friday at 10 A.M. against Ottawa Marquette and Charleston will be playing their first game also on Friday at 12:30 against East Peoria Central (17-2)
The 41st annual Illinois Elementary School Association (IESA) Girls Softball
State Tournaments will be held this weekend (September 21-22) at Champion
Fields in Normal. This is the 18th year that the tournament has been split
into Class A and Class AA based on a school’s 7th-8th grade enrollment. Over
230 schools entered the softball state series and began competition at the
regional level.
The price of admission on Friday will be $5.00 for adults and high school students $2.00 for students (K-8) and senior citizens (62 and over).
Children younger than kindergarten are admitted free both days.
The winning teams on Friday will play two games on Saturday. Fans attending the games
Saturday will receive a wristband that is to be worn all day and will be
used for entry to the facility throughout the day. The price of admission
for the wristband Saturday will be $7.00 for adults and high school students
and $3.00 for senior citizens (62 and over) and students (K-8).
Complete pairings for each state final, plus the FanZone, can be found at
www.iesa.org. Click on the Girls Softball line in the orange box at the top
of the IESA Web Site Home Page. Scores will be updated on the IESA website
after each game.
Here is a look at each of the 2018 Softball State Final Tournaments:
Class A @ Champion Fields, Normal, IL
Friday, September 21
Game 1 10:00 a.m. Windsor (18-6) vs. Ottawa Marquette (19-1)
Game 2 12 noon Peoria Limestone Walters (14-1) vs. Pontiac St. Mary’s
(14-6)
Game 3 2:00 p.m. Heyworth (19-4) vs. Havana (18-0)
Game 4 4:00 p.m. Pleasant Hill (23-0) vs. Casey-Westfield (16-2)
Saturday, September 22
Game 5 10:00 a.m. Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2
Game 6 12 noon Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4
Game 7 2:00 p.m. Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6 (Third Place)
Game 8 4:00 p.m. Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6 (Championship)
Class AA @ Champion Fields, Normal, IL
Friday, September 21
Game 1 10:30 a.m. Frankfort Summit Hill (24-2) vs. Barrington Station
(12-0)
Game 2 12:30 p.m. East Peoria Central (17-2) vs. Charleston (19-1)
Game 3 2:30 p.m. Tolono Unity (13-3) vs. Shorewood Troy (11-3)
Game 4 4:30 p.m. Edwardsville Lincoln (17-2) vs. Bloomington Corpus
Christi (18-5)
Saturday, September 22
Game 5 10:30 a.m. Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2
Game 6 12:30 p.m. Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4
Game 7 2:30 p.m. Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6 (Third Place)
Game 8 4:30 p.m. Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6 (Championship)