State Class AA, A and B tournament scheduled for May 30-June 1 at Aberdeen

Forty-eight South Dakota high school softball teams competed in SoDak 16 state-qualifying games on Tuesday and Wednesday .

Most of the games were on Wednesday after being postponed by rain on Tuesday.

The pairings have now been finalized for the state Class AA, A and B tournaments May 30-June 1 at Aberdeen.

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Class AA

SoDak 16 Results — No. 1 seed Sioux Falls Lincoln 15, No. 16 Spearfish 0; No. 9 Watertown 18, No. 8 Brookings 13 (8 innings); No. 2 Harrisburg 16, No. 15 Pierre 1; and No. 7 O'Gorman 8, No. 10 Mitchell 5.

No. 4 Sioux Falls Jefferson 11, No. 13 Yankton 0; No. 5 Brandon Valley 12, No. 12 Sioux Falls Roosevelt 0; No. 3 Sioux Falls Washington 15, No. 14 Aberdeen Central 0; and No. 6 Rapid City Stevens 14, No. 2 Sturgis 0.

State Pairings (Thursday, May 30 at Koehler Hall of Fame Field)

No. 1 Sioux Falls Lincoln (19-0) vs. No. 9 Watertown (11-9), 10 a.m.

No. 4 Sioux Falls Jefferson (15-5) vs. No. 5 Brandon Valley (13-5), 12:30 p.m.

No. 2 Harrisburg (18-2) vs. No. 7 O'Gorman (11-8, 3 p.m.

No. 3 Sioux Falls Washington (15-3) vs. No. 6 Rapid City Stevens (13-5), 5:30 p.m.

Class A

SoDak 16 Results — No. 1 West Central 11, No. 16 Winner Area 0; No. 2 Dell Rapids 16, No. 15 Lennox 1; No. 3 Tea Area 11, No. 14 Flandreau 1; and No. 4 Madison 15, No. 13 Parkston 0.

No. 5 Tri-Valley 15, No. 12 Sisseton; 0; No. 6 Beresford 6, No. 11 Mobridge-Pollock 2; No. 10 Elk Point-Jefferson 11, No. 7 Sioux Valley 7; and No. 8 Dakota Valley 8, No. 9 Vermillion 6.

State Pairings (Thursday, May 30 at Players Softball Complex Field 3)

No. 1 West Central (20-0) vs. No. 8 Elk Point-Jefferson (9-9), 10 a.m.

No. 4 Madison (15-4) vs. No. 5 Tri-Valley (13-7), 12:30 p.m.

No. 2 Dell Rapids (12-2) vs. No. 7 Dakota Valley (10-10), 3 p.m.

No. 3 Tea Area (13-4) vs. No. 6 Beresford (15-9), 5:30 p.m.

Class B

SoDak 16 Results — No. 16 Elkton-Lake Benton 8, No. 1 Bon Homme 7; No. 2 Castlewood 14, No. 15 McCook Central-Montrose 4; No. 3 Alcester-Hudson 8, No. 14 Arlington 4; and No. 4 Chester 17, No. 13 Baltic 5.

No. 5 Gayville-Volin 11, No. 12 Mount Vernon-Plankinton 1; No. 6 Scotland-Menno 14, No. 11 Freeman-Marion/Freeman Academy 1; No. 7 Deuel 6, No. 10 Redfield 4; and No. 8 Florence-Henry 5, No. 9 Hanson 2.

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State Pairings (Thursday, May 30 at Players Softball Complex Field A)

No. 1 Castlewood (15-4) vs. No. 8 Elkton-Lake Benton (7-10), 10 a.m.

No. 4 Gayville-Volin (14-5) vs. No. 5 Scotland-Menno (12-4), 12:30 p;.m.

No. 2 Alcester-Hudson (18-6) vs. No. 7 Florence-Henry (11-2), 3 p.m.

No. 3 Chester (17-1) vs. No. 6 Deuel (14-5), 5:30 p.m.

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