There are no AA Divisional.  There will be Play-In games formatted as follows:

State Tournament Play-In round, to be played on Thursday, Friday or Saturday following the last week of the Regular Season.

For softball, PLAY-IN games will be a two-game series. The higher seed needing to win one of the games to advance to state and the lower seeding needing to win both games to advance to state.

Host school will be home team for first game of series, traveling team will be designated the home team for second game if it is needed. Teams will stay in their respective dugouts for both games. 

2026 Play-In Schedule 

Western AA 

#1 Seed – Glacier – (Kalispell)

#2 Seed – Missoula Sentinel

Thursday May 21^st, 2026

Missoula Big Sky vs. Flathead (Kalispell)

Game #1 – Big Sky (Home) vs. Flathead (Away) 2:00 PM

Game #2 – (If Needed) Big Sky (Away) vs. Flathead (Home) 5:00 PM

Butte vs. Helena Capital 

Game #1 – Butte (Home) vs. Capital (Away)  3:00 PM

Game #2 – (If Needed) Butte (Away) vs. Capital (Home)  5:00 PM

Eastern AA 

Thursday May 21^st, 2026

#1 Seed – Billings West

#2 Seed – Belgrade

Great Falls vs. Billings Senior

Game #1 – Senior (Home) vs. GFHS (Away) 2:00 PM

Game #2 – (If Needed) – Senior (Away) vs. GFHS ( Home) 4:00 PM

Great Falls CMR vs. Billings Skyview

Game #1 – CMR (Home) vs. Skyview (Away) 2:00 PM

Game #2 – (If Needed) – CMR (Away) vs. Skyview ( Home) 4:00 PM

Six (6) teams will qualify from each division for the state tournament.  Seeing for the Class A State Tournament will be as follows:

Game #1 2nd place Southwestern vs. 3rd place Northeastern

Game #2 2nd place Northwestern vs. 3rd place Southwestern

Game #3 2nd place Southeastern vs. 3rd place Northwestern

Game #4 2nd place Northeastern vs. 3rd place Southeastern

Game #5 1st place Northwestern vs. Winner of Game #1

Game #6 1st place Southeastern vs. Winner of Game #2

Game #7 1st place Northeastern vs. Winner of Game #3

Game #8 1st place Southwestern vs. Winner of Game #4

2026 Play-In Schedule

Western A

NW #1 Seed – Columbia Falls

NW #2 Seed – Libby 

SW #1 Seed – Hamilton

SW #2 Seed – Frenchtown 

Saturday, May 23, 2026

1:00 PM NW– Corvallis (Home) vs. NW – Ronan (Away) at Corvallis

5:00 PM SW – Polson (Home) vs. SW – Beaverhead Co. (Away) at Polson

Eastern A

NE #1 Seed – Fergus

NE #2 Seed – Dawson

SE #1 Seed – Billings Central

SE #2 Seed – Laurel

Tuesday, May 19, 2026

5:00 PM SE – East Helena (Home) vs. SE – Hardin (Away) at East Helena – East Helena Advances to Friday, May 22 at 4:00 PM

Thursday, May 21, 2026

UPDATE – Game has been moved from Miles City to Sidney

4:30 PM NE – Miles City (Home) vs. NE – Sidney (Away) at Sidney (updated)- Winner will play SE – Lockwood at TBD at Lockwood – Sidney Advances 

Friday, May 22, 2026

4:00 PM NE – Havre (Home) vs. SE – East Helena (Away) at Havre  

5:00 PM NE – Sidney (Away) advances to play SE – Lockwood (Home) at Lockwood

When the MHSA receives the updated brackets from the tournament managers, they will be added to the website.  If you do not see the bracket you are looking for, we have not received it from the tournament manager yet.

• Western B/C Divisionals
• Eastern B/C Divisionals

UPDATE – Thursday, May 21st

         Eastern B/C Divisional 1 hour Delay ALL Games