Area Softball Standings: Who's in the Playoffs and Who's in the Hunt?

SAN ANGELO, TX -- The area high school softball season is into its final days and the playoff races in the area are still in play for a few teams.

Out of the 16 area schools who play softball, six have clinched playoff berths entering the final couple of days. Ballinger, Brady, Grape Creek, Wall, Mason and Winters will be in the postseason come late April. Five are still in the hunt.

The Central Lady Cats are currently in a tie with Fort Worth Richland (7-13, 4-5) for fourth place with three games to go, including their second meeting with Richland. The magic number to clinch the fourth spot is four, meaning a combination of wins from one team and losses from the other must equal four in order to clinch a playoff spot.

In District 4-3A, Brady and Grape Creek are tied with a 6-4 record and both teams swept Reagan County to hold the tiebreaker with the Lady Owls. That means the two teams will join Ballinger and Wall in the playoffs.

Junction's magic number is one. That means a win or a Menard loss on Friday puts the Lady Eagles into the postseason. Eldorado's magic number is two, meaning two wins to close out the season or a win and a Menard loss this Friday will send Eldorado to the postseason from District 5-2A.

Miles, looking to join Winters in the playoffs from District 6-2A, only needs a win this Friday against Roby.

Here are the district standings as of April 11:

3-6A

1. Abilene (21-1-2, 10-0)-y: Beat Haltom 17-0. Next @ Weatherford, April 12, 7:00 p.m.
2. Hurst Bell (17-8, 6-3): Beat Nolan Catholic (non-district). Next vs Central, April 12, 7:00 p.m.
3. Euless Trinity (20-8, 5-5): Lost to Weatherford 11-10. Idle.
4. Fort Worth Richland (7-13, 4-5): Idle. Next @ Haltom, April 12, 7:00 p.m.
5. Central (10-13-1, 4-5): Idle. Next @ Bell, April 12, 7:00 p.m.
6. Weatherford (6-14, 3-6): Beat Trinity 11-10. Next vs Abilene, April 12, 7:00 p.m.
7. Fort Worth Haltom (2-20, 0-9): Lost to Abilene 17-0. Next vs Richland, April 12, 7:00 p.m.

5-4A

1. Big Spring (15-4, 6-0)-y: Idle. Next @ Sweetwater, April 12, 5:00 p.m.
2. Sweetwater (8-14, 4-3)-x: Idle. Next vs Big Spring, April 12, 5:00 p.m.
3. Snyder (10-14-1, 3-3)-x: Idle. Next @ Midland Greenwood, April 12, 5:00 p.m.
4. Midland Greenwood (7-13-1, 3-3)-x: Idle. Next vs Snyder, April 12, 5:00 p.m.
5. Lake View (7-20, 0-7): Idle. Next @ Abilene Cooper (non-district), April 12, 4:00 p.m.

4-3A

1. Ballinger (9-6-1, 8-2)-x: Lost to Reagan County 12-7. Next vs Wall, April 12, 5:00 p.m.
2. Wall (10-16, 8-2)-x: Beat Sonora 13-2. Next @ Ballinger, April 12, 5:00 p.m.
3. Grape Creek (8-7, 6-4)-x: Lost to Wall 6-4. Next vs TLCA, April 12, 5:00 p.m.
4. Brady (6-4, 6-4)-x: Beat TLCA 15-4. Next @ Sonora, April 12, 5:00 p.m.
5. Reagan County (11-7, 5-6): Beat Ballinger 12-7. Idle.
6. Sonora (5-18, 2-9): Lost to Wall 13-2. Next vs Brady, April 12, 5:00 p.m.
7. TLCA (5-22, 1-9): Lost to Brady 15-4. Next vs Grape Creek, April 12, 5:00 p.m.

5-2A

1. Mason (14-7, 8-0)-x: Beat Menard 16-1. Next vs Eldorado, April 12, 6:00 p.m.
2. Harper (14-9, 7-1)-x: Beat Christoval (DH). Next @ Junction, April 12, 6:00 p.m.
3. Junction (10-8, 4-3): Beat Eldorado 13-3. Next vs Harper, April 12, 6:00 p.m.
4. Eldorado (6-10, 3-5): Lost to Junction 13-3. Next @ Mason, April 12, 6:00 p.m.
5. Menard (1-7, 1-6): Lost to Mason 16-1. Next vs Christoval, April 12, 6:00 p.m.
6. Christoval (0-7, 0-7): Lost to Harper (DH). Next @ Menard, April 12, 6:00 p.m.

6-2A

1. Hermleigh (8-5, 6-1)-x: Beat Miles 18-3. Next vs Rotan, April 13, 4:30 p.m.
2. Rotan (7-4, 6-2)-x: Lost to Winters 6-4. Next @ Hermleigh, April 13, 4:30 p.m.
3. Winters (14-7, 5-2)-x: Beat Rotan 6-4. Next @ Hamlin, April 13, 11:00 p.m.
4. Miles (11-12, 4-4): Lost to Hermleigh 18-3. Next vs Roby, April 12, 5:00 p.m.
5. Roby (1-6, 1-6): Beat Hamlin 24-23. Next @ Miles, April 12, 5:00 p.m.
6. Hamlin (0-7, 0-7): Lost to Roby 24-23. Next vs Winters, April 13, 11:00 p.m.

y- clinched district x- clinched playoffs