Southern Columbia will open District 4 Class A baseball playoff action Wednesday when it travels to Sayre to meet the Redskins in an opening round game.
Sayre (12-7) is the No. 4 seed, while the Tigers (12-7) enter the seven-team field as the No. 5 seed. The winner will advance to the semifinal round May 28 when it will meet No. 1 seed Montgomery.
In opening round action in softball, Class A No. 2 seed Southern Columbia (18-2) will host No. 7 seed Muncy (11-8) Friday with the winner advancing to a May 31 semifinal matchup with the winner of No. 3 Wyalusing (15-3) and No. 6 Cowanesque Valley (12-6).
Shamokin Area (13-7), the No. 3 seed in the four-team Class AAA tournament, opens May 31 at 4 p.m. at Elm Park in Williamsport against No. 2 seed Milton (12-6). The winner will face the winner of the other semifinal, No. 1 Jersey Shore (12-3) and No. 4 Danville (11-7) in the championship game, June 2 at Elm Park.
Following are the brackets for all six District 4 baseball and softball tournaments:
Baseball
Class A Quarterfinals All Games May 25, 4:30 p.m.
No. 1 Montgomery, bye; No. 5 Southern Columbia at No. 4 Sayre; No. 6 Elkland at No. 3 Muncy; No. 7 Cowanesque Valley at No. 2 Canton.
Class AA Opening Round All games May 24, 4:30 p.m.
No. 1 Wellsboro, bye; No. 9 South Williamsport at No. 8 Athens; No. 12 Danville at No. 5 Loyalsock; No. 13 Wyalusing at No. 4 Hughesville; No. 14 Central Columbia at No. 3 Montoursville; No. 11 Bloomsburg at No. 6 Warrior Run; No. 10 Mansfield at No. 7 East Juniata; No. 2 Towanda, bye.
Class AAA Final June 1, 7 p.m.
No. 2 Selinsgrove vs. No. 1 Jersey Shore, Bowman Field, Williamsport.
Softball
Class A Quarterfinals All Games May 27, 4:30 p.m.
No. 8 East Juniata at No. 1 North-
east Bradford; No. 5 Galeton at No. 4 Montgomery; No. 6 Cowanesque Valley at No. 3 Wyalusing; No. 7 Muncy at No. 2 Southern Columbia.
Class AA Opening Round All games May 25, 4:30 p.m.
No. 1 Central Columbia, bye; No. 9 Loyalsock at No. 8 Wellsboro; No. 12 Hughesville at No. 5 Bloomsburg; No. 4 Mifflinburg, bye; No. 3 Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech, bye; No. 11 Montoursville at No. 6 Towanda; No. 10 Elkland at No. 7 Troy; No. 2 Warrior Run, bye.
Class AAA Semifinals Both games May 31, 4 p.m. at Elm Park, Williamsport
No. 4 Danville vs. No. 1 Jersey Shore; No. 3 Shamokin vs. No. 2 Milton.