Unlike the announcement of high school football districts, which saw a move up to Class 3 for Maryville and a move down to Class 1 for Brookfield, the district assignments for high school softball have very little movement, particularly locally, in comparison to prior years.
Trenton’s Lady Bulldogs have been placed into a seven-team Class 2, District 6 tournament that will include area rivals in Penney, Brookfield, Marceline, Milan, Putnam County, and South Harrison. The winner of that tournament will advance to the state quarterfinals to match up with the District 5 champion, with that grouping consisting of Clark County, Elsberry, Highland, Louisiana, Mark Twain, Monroe City, and South Shelby.
District 7 and District 8 will push more towards the Kansas City and St. Joseph areas, with District 7 seeing Bishop LeBlond, East Buchanan, Lathrop, Mid-Buchanan, North Platte, Plattsburg, and West Platte. District 8 moves toward the Interstate 70 corridor, with Carrollton, Lawson, Lexington, Sherwood, St. Michael’s, St. Pius X, and Summit Christian Academy.
Chillicothe, the defending runner-up in Class 3, will be in District 8 this fall, which will have a heavy MEC flair, as the Lady Hornets are joined by Benton, Cameron, Lafayette, Maryville, Richmond, and Savannah.
Turning to Class 1, there are sixteen total districts statewide made up of mostly five teams per district. Assignments across northern Missouri are:
District 9 : Canton, Knox County, Marion County, North Shelby, Scotland County
District 10 : Brashear, Green City, LaPlata, Novinger, Schuyler County
District 11 : Atlanta, Bevier, Linn County, Bucklin/Macon County, Meadville
District 12 : Braymer, Brunswick, Hale, Hardin-Central, Tina-Avalon
District 13 : Gallatin, Gilman City, Polo, Tri-County, Winston
District 14 : Grundy R-V, Mercer, North Harrison, Princeton, East Harrison
District 15 : DeKalb, King City, Maysville, North Andrew, Stewartsville/Osborn
District 16 : Albany, Platte Valley, Northeast Nodaway, Stanberry, Worth County
