Baseball and softball state tournaments kick off Friday and Saturday but there is still plenty to be decided before then.
This week features plenty of big matchups around town, including a pair of rivalry games with more than just bragging rights on the line.
Top-ranked Ironwood Ridge travels to play at No. 2 Canyon del Oro in a potential preview of the Division II softball state championship game on Tuesday.
That same afternoon, CDO’s baseball team, the defending state champion, hits the road to play rival Ironwood Ridge, with the winner likely securing a first-round bye in the Division II state tournament.
Here’s a look at Southern Arizona baseball and softball programs still in the hunt for state tournament berths and who they face this week:
BASEBALL
Division II
Tournament format: 24 teams qualify, top eight receive a first-round bye. Double elimination after the second round with a winner-take-all championship game.
1. Salpointe Catholic (14-1): Monday vs. Rio Rico, Wednesday at Casa Grande Vista Grande.
6. Sunnyside (11-5): Tuesday at Sahuaro.
8. Canyon del Oro (11-5): Tuesday at Ironwood Ridge.
9. Ironwood Ridge (11-5): Tuesday vs. Canyon del Oro.
12. Catalina Foothills (10-5): Monday vs. Glendale Kellis, Wednesday vs. Mountain View.
14. Sierra Vista Buena (9-7): Tuesday at Mountain View, Wednesday at Sabino.
16. Tucson (7-5): Monday vs. Phoenix North, Tuesday vs. Rincon/University, Wednesday at Tempe McClintock.
17 Cienega (8-8): Wednesday at Marana.
24. Rincon/University (8-8): Tuesday at Tucson.
25. Sahuaro (8-9): Tuesday vs. Sunnyside.
29: Mountain View (7-8): Tuesday vs. Sierra Vista Buena, Wednesday at Catalina Foothills.
33. Sabino (5-10): Wednesday vs. Sierra Vista Buena.
Division III
Tournament format: 32 teams qualify, single elimination.
1. Nogales (15-1): Tuesday vs. Douglas.
6. Sahuarita (13-3): Monday at Walden Grove, Tuesday at Safford.
22. Rio Rico (8-7): Monday at Salpointe Catholic, Tuesday at Willcox.
28. Desert View (8-8): Monday at Marana, Tuesday at Cholla.
29. Walden Grove (8-8): Monday vs. Sahuarita, Wednesday vs. Palo Verde.
31. Empire (9-8): Tuesday at Flowing Wells.
36. Douglas (7-9): Monday vs. Pueblo, Tuesday at Nogales.
Division IV
Tournament format: 24 teams qualify, top eight receive a first-round bye; single elimination.
2. Desert Christian (13-2): Monday vs. Gila Bend, Wednesday at Amphitheater.
5. Pueblo (11-4): Monday at Douglas, Wednesday at Tanque Verde.
9. Catalina (12-4): Tuesday at Buckeye.
15. Tanque Verde (8-5): Monday at Morenci, Tuesday at San Manuel, Wednesday vs. Pueblo.
17. Benson (8-7): Monday at Elfrida Valley Union, Tuesday at Willcox.
22. Amphitheater (8-8): Wednesday vs. Desert Christian.
30. Pusch Ridge Christian (5-10): Tuesday vs. Thatcher, Wednesday at Flowing Wells.
Division V
Tournament format: 24 teams qualify, top eight receive a first-round bye; single elimination.
4. Bisbee (13-2): Tuesday vs. Elfrida Valley Union, Wednesday vs. San Miguel.
9. Elfrida Valley Union (10-5): Monday vs. Benson, Tuesday at Bisbee, Wednesday at Santa Rita.
12. St. Augustine Catholic (9-8): Tuesday vs. San Miguel.
21. Tombstone (4-10): Tuesday vs. St. David.
22. St. David (4-9): Tuesday at Tombstone.
25. San Miguel (6-10): Tuesday at St. Augustine Catholic, Wednesday at Bisbee.
SOFTBALL
Division II
Tournament format: 24 teams qualify, top eight receive a first-round bye. Double elimination after the second round with a winner-take-all championship game.
1. Ironwood Ridge (16-0): Tuesday at Canyon del Oro.
2. Canyon del Oro (16-1): Tuesday vs. Ironwood Ridge.
3. Sahuaro (16-2): Tuesday vs. Sunnyside.
5. Salpointe Catholic (11-4): Monday vs. Rio Rico, Wednesday at Casa Grande.
8. Tucson (11-5): Wednesday vs. Rincon/University.
11. Desert View (11-6): Monday at Marana, Tuesday vs. Cienega.
16. Sunnyside (9-7): Tuesday at Sahuaro.
19. Cienega (7-8): Tuesday at Desert View, Wednesday at Marana.
21. Sierra Vista Buena (7-9): Wednesday at Sabino.
28. Rincon/University (7-8): Wednesday at Tucson.
30. Sabino (5-10): Monday vs. Buckeye Verrado, Wednesday vs. Sierra Vista Buena.
Division III
Tournament format: 32 teams qualify, single elimination.
5. Catalina Foothills (11-5): Tuesday vs. Cholla.
12. Empire (10-4): Monday vs. Mountain View, Tuesday vs. Flowing Wells, Wednesday at Phoenix Hayden.
13. Douglas (11-6): Monday vs. Pueblo, Tuesday vs. Nogales.
15. Sahuarita (10-5): Monday at Walden Grove, Tuesday vs. Safford, Wednesday vs. Maricopa.
21. Rio Rico (8-7): Monday at Salpointe Catholic, Tuesday vs. Willcox.
26. Nogales (8-8): Monday at Elfrida Valley Union, Tuesday at Douglas.
36. Flowing Wells (5-10): Tuesday at Empire, Wednesday at Pusch Ridge Christian.
Division IV
Tournament format: 24 teams qualify, top eight receive a first-round bye; single elimination.
1. Benson (14-2): Monday vs. Willcox.
2. Pueblo (13-2): Monday at Douglas, Wednesday vs. Tanque Verde.
4. San Manuel (11-3): Tuesday vs. Tanque Verde, Wednesday vs. Santa Rita.
16. Pusch Ridge Christian (10-5): Tuesday at Thatcher, Wednesday vs. Flowing Wells.
18. Tanque Verde (9-5): Monday at Morenci, Tuesday at San Manuel, Wednesday at Pueblo.
21. Amphitheater (7-8): Monday vs. Tombstone, Wednesday at Desert Christian.
31. Walden Grove (5-11): Monday vs. Sahuarita, Tuesday at Morenci.
32. Desert Christian (5-10): Monday at Palo Verde, Wednesday vs. Desert Christian
Division V
Tournament format: 24 teams qualify, top eight receive a first-round bye; single elimination.
4. Elfrida Valley Union (10-1): Monday vs. Nogales, Tuesday vs. Bisbee, Wednesday vs. Academy of Tucson.
9. St. David (8-6): Tuesday at Tombstone.
12. San Miguel (10-7): Tuesday vs. St. Augustine Catholic, Wednesday at Bisbee.
18. Bisbee (5-9): Tuesday at Elfrida Valley Union, Wednesday vs. San Miguel.
21. Academy of Tucson (10-5): Monday at Gila Bend, Wednesday at Elfrida Valley Union.
25. Tombstone (4-10): Monday at Amphitheater, Tuesday vs. St. David.
32. St. Augustine Catholic (3-8): Tuesday at San Miguel.
