Four Pocono softball teams make the 2026 district playoffs. Check out the brackets
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The District 11 softball tournament is here, and there are four Pocono area teams across two classifications that will compete for a chance at the state tournament.
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One of those teams in the 5A classification as Pocono Mountain East (10-10, 8-8 EPC) will be a 3-seed heading down to Patriots Park in Allentown to face 2-seed Bangor (13-7). The winner of that semifinal will face the winner of 1-seed Southern Lehigh and 4-seed Pottsville.
The other three teams are in the 6A bracket, including two that'll have to play their way into the 8-team bracket. Pocono Mountain West, coming off its best regular season ever (10-10, 7-9 EPC) will be a 10-seed traveling to play 7-seed Liberty in Bethlehem. And East Stroudsburg South (10-11, 10-6 EPC) will host a play-in game, welcoming 9-seed Parkland to East Stroudsburg.
EPC Monroe Division Champions and tournament runner-up Stroudsburg (18-5, 13-3 EPC) will host a quarterfinal game as a 3-seed, hosting 6-seed Whitehall, which the Mounties defeated 4-1 in the regular season.
Here are the brackets for the Pocono area softball teams in the 2026 District 11 tournaments.
*This file will be updated with results until the conclusion of each tournament.
District 11 6A softball tournament bracket
Monday, May 18
No. 7 Liberty vs. No. 10 Pocono Mountain West, Liberty High School, 4 p.m.
No. 8 East Stroudsburg South vs. No. 9 Parkland, East Stroudsburg South High School
Thursday, May 21
No. 1 Freedom vs. 8/9 winner, Freedom High School, 4:30 p.m.
No. 4 Nazareth vs. No. 5 Northampton, Nazareth High School, 4:30 p.m.
No. 3 Stroudsburg vs. No. 6 Whitehall, Stroudsburg High School, 4:30 p.m.
No. 2 Emmaus vs. 7/10 winner, Emmaus High School, 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 26
District 11 6A semifinals. Both games at Patriots (Pates) Park in Allentown
Thursday, May 28
District 11 6A softball championship @ Patriots Park in Allentown.
District 11 5A softball tournament bracket
Friday, May 22
No. 1 Southern Lehigh vs. No. 4 Pottsville, Patriots Park, 6 p.m.
No. 2 Bangor vs. No. 3 Pocono Mountain East, Patriots Park, 4 p.m.
Thursday, May 28
District 11 5A softball championship @ Patriots Park in Allentown
This article originally appeared on Pocono Record: Here are the District 11 5A, 6A softball tournament brackets