Western Mass. Baseball, Softball Brackets Revealed

DIVISION I BASEBALL

Taconic is the lone Berkshire County team in the Division I Western Massachusetts baseball tournament. The Braves are seeded eighth in the nine-team tourney and will open on Thursday, hosting No. 9 Northampton at 2 p.m. in a first-round game.

DIVISION II BASEBALL

Monument Mountain was awarded the No. 1 seed in the D-II brackets on Tuesday night. The Spartans are one of five D-II clubs in the 11-team sectional tournament.

Monument will host a quarterfinal game on Monday, June 7, at 4 p.m., facing the winner of No. 8 Mount Greylock/No. 9 Wahconah. The Mounties host the Warriors on Friday at 4:15 p.m.

Like Monument, Hoosac Valley will receive a first-round bye. The Hurricanes, seeded third, will host the winner of No. 6 Southwick/No. 11 Belchertown on Monday, June 7, at 4 p.m.

Drury is the No. 10 seed and will play at No. 7 Palmer on Thursday.

DIVISION III BASEBALL

Mount Everett, St. Joe's and Lenox will all play first-round games on the road Thursday. The Eagles, seeded 13th, are at No. 4 Sabis; No. 15 St. Joe's is at No. 2 Ware; and No. 16 Lenox is at top-seeded St. Mary's. All games start at 4 p.m.

DIVISION I SOFTBALL

Pittsfield High School is seeded No. 7 and will host No. 10 Longmeadow on Saturday. The start time has yet to be announced. If the Generals prevail in their first-round game, they'll play at No. 2 West Springfield on Monday, June 7.

DIVISION II SOFTBALL

With a record of 19-1, Wahconah is the top seed and will host the No.8 Belchertown/No.9 Easthampton winner on a day and time yet to be determined.

The Warriors are one of four county squads in the 11-team tournament. No. 5 Hoosac will play at No. 4 Monson in a quarterfinal game on Thursday at 2:30 p.m. No. 6 Drury will host No. 11 South Hadley in a first-round contest on Thursday at 3 p.m., with the winner moving on to battle No. 3 Hampshire.

No. 10 Monument Mountain opens at No. 7 Palmer on Saturday. First pitch hasn't been announced as of Tuesday night.

DIVISION III SOFTBALL

No. 5 Mount Everett will travel to No. 4 Granby for a quarterfinal game (Date and time TBA). No. 9 Lee will play at No. 8 Pathfinder on Thursday at 4 p.m.

 For full brackets, please visit the official site of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association.