Nebraska State Tournament

Format: Pool play, with leagues divided into two area tournaments for round-robin competition. The top six seeds overall across both areas advance to the state finals.

Area Tournament Results:

(Northern Area Participants: Blair, Hillside, Keystone, and Memorial)

(West Area Participants: Grand Island Northwest, Hastings Baseball, and Kearney)

Northern Area Tournament
Host - Blair
At Wederquist Field; Blair Youth Sports Complex

Round 1 (Friday, July 12):
Memorial 11, Hillside 1
Keystone 8, Blair 7

Round 2 (Saturday, July 13):
Memorial 11, Blair 1 (5 innings)
Keystone 17, Hillside 9

Round 3 (Sunday, July 14):
Memorial 10, Keystone 0 (4 innings)
Blair d. Hillside

West Area Tournament
Host - Grand Island Northwest
At George Park

Round 1 (Friday, July 12):
Kearney 18, Grand Island Northwest 1 (3 innings)

Round 2 (Saturday, July 13):
kearney 15, Hastings Baseball 0 (3 innings)

Round 3 (Sunday, July 14):
Hastings Baseball 12, Grand Island Northwest 8

Northern Area Standings	W	L
Memorial	3	0
Keystone	2	1
Blair	1	2
Hillside	0	3
West Area Standings	W	L
Kearney	2	0
Hastings Baseball	1	1
Grand Island Northwest	0	2

The top six teams across the two area tournaments advance to the state finals.

Ties are broken based on records in head-to-head competition among tied teams. If a clear winner cannot be determined from head-to-head results, the tie is broken by calculating the runs allowed ratio for all teams involved in the tie. Runs allowed ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of runs allowed in all games by six. (The runs allowed are divided by six irrespective of the actual number of defensive innings a team played.) The team with the lowest runs allowed ratio advances. If the tied teams are competing for multiple spots in the tournament's next phase, all ties are broken based on runs allowed ratio.

Nebraska State Finals
Host - Blair
At Wederquist Field; Blair Youth Sports Complex

NOTE: The state finals were originally scheduled to be held at Kearney, but were relocated to Blair in the weeks prior to the tournament due to flooding from heavy rains in Kearney.

Tournament Results:

Modified Double-Elimination Tournament

Opening Round:
Hastings Baseball 5, Blair 1
Keystone 9, Hillside 0

Winner's Bracket Semifinals:
Kearney 14, Hastings Baseball 0 (4 innings)
Memorial 7, Keystone 1

Elimination Bracket Quarterfinals (six teams remain):
Hastings Baseball 21, Hillside 6 (3 innings; elim.)
Keystone 8, Blair 6 (elim.)

Elimination Bracket Semifinal (four teams remain):
Hastings Baseball 5, Keystone 4 (elim.)

Winner's Bracket Final:
Kearney 7, Memorial 0 (Kearney advances to championship game)

Elimination Bracket Final (three teams remain):
Memorial 12, Hastings Baseball 2 (5 innings; elim.) (Memorial advances to championship game)

Nebraska State Finals

Championship Game (Monday, July 22):
Kearney 13, Memorial 5 (TITLE)