The Missouri State High School Activities Association has announced softball district pairings for the tournaments to be played in mid-October. Eight teams, including the Trenton Lady Bulldogs, will make up Class 2, District 6, with THS joined by Linn County rivals Brookfield and Marceline, along with GRC rivals Milan, South Harrison, Gallatin, and Putnam County, with the Penney Lady Hornets from Hamilton filling out the group. Early indications from one week of regular season show the potential of a strong, very-balanced district, with Trenton having won two games in a row, Milan off to a 2-0 start, including a win at Gallatin, and South Harrison, Brookfield, and Marceline all looking stout out of the gates.
In the neighboring Class 2, District 5, the geographical front-print move toward northeast Missouri and the Mississippi River, with Clark County joining Highland, Louisiana, Mark Twain, Monroe City, Palmyra, and South Shelby in the seven-team field. District 7 will lean toward the KCI Conference’s area, with East Buchanan, Lathrop, Mid-Buchanan, North Platte, Plattsburg, and West Platte of the KCI joined by Bishop LeBlond. In District 8, Carrollton and Higginsville will be joined by Lawson, Lexington, Sherwood, St. Michael, St. Pius X, and Summit Christian Academy.
Chillicothe was placed into Class 3, District 8, with schools stretching from Kirksville to St. Joseph Benton and Savannah. The other four schools in the district are Macon, Cameron, Maryville, and Richmond.
Here are the regional Class 1 district pairings, announced Tuesday by MSHSAA:
District 9:
Canton, Knox County, Marion County, North Shelby, Scotland County
District 10:
Brashear, Green City, LaPlata, Novinger, Schuyler County
District 11:
Atlanta, Bevier, Bucklin-Macon County, Linn County, Meadville
District 12:
Braymer, Brunswick, Hale, Hardin-Central, Tina-Avalon
District 13:
DeKalb, Maysville, Polo, Stewartsville, Winston
District 14:
Platte Valley, Stanberry, King City, North Andrew, Northeast Nodaway, South Holt
District 15:
Albany, Gilman City, Grundy R-V, Pattonsburg, Tri-County
District 16:
East Harrison, Mercer, North Harrison, Princeton, Worth County
