Girls Softball Pairings Announced
LOS ALAMITOS, CA – Pairings for the 2026 CIF Southern Section-Ford Softball Playoffs
were announced today. The softball playoffs will be an eight-divisional format, with 256
total teams entered. The single-elimination tournaments will open on Thursday, May
14th with first-round games in divisions 2, 4, 6, 8 and Friday, May 15th in divisions 1, 3, 5,
4. The championships will be held in Deanna Manning Stadium at Colonel Bill Barber Park
in Irvine on Thursday, May 28 through Saturday, May 30. All games, apart from
championship games, are scheduled to begin at 3:15 p.m. unless otherwise noted. All
championship games will be livestreamed by the NFHS Network. This is the second year
of using current regular season data in determining playoff groupings.
2026 CIF SOUTHERN SECTION-FORD SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPSDIVISIONAL PLAYOFF CAPSULES
DIVISION 1 (32-Team Bracket, 32 Entries)SEEDED TEAMS:1. Murrieta Mesa (25-1), Southwestern League Champion1. Norco (25-2), Big VIII League Champion2. Fullerton (24-3), Empire League Champion4. La Mirada (22-4), Gateway League ChampionAT-LARGE ENTRY: Canyon/Anaheim (Crestview), 16-12. Agoura (Marmonte) 18-9.
Cypress (Crestview) 16-12.2025 FINAL: Norco 3, El Modena 0.DIVISION 2 (32-Team Bracket, 32 Entries)SEEDED TEAMS:1. Bonita (20-8), Palomares League No. 3 Entry2. Mater Dei (15-11), Trinity League At-Large Entry3. Temescal Canyon (17-5), Mountain Pass League Champion4. Poly/Long Beach (15-4), Moore League Runner-UpAT-LARGE ENTRIES: Mater Dei (Trinity) 15-11. Camarillo (Coastal Canyon), 14-9;Roosevelt (Big VIII), 15-13.2025 FINAL: Los Alamitos 3, JSerra 0.
