AURORA | Pairings and time schedule for the 2024 Class 5A state softball tournament that runs Oct. 25-26, 2024, at the Aurora Sports Park as issued Oct. 21 by the Colorado High School Activities Association. All games will be played at Complex B. Aurora teams bold and uppercased:

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2024 CLASS 5A STATE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT

First round, Oct. 25 (Complex B)

Upper bracket

Game 1: No. 16 Vista Ridge (14-12) vs. NO. 1 CHEROKEE TRAIL (21-4), 10 a.m.

Game 2: No. 9 Grand Junction Central (18-8) vs. No. 8 Fruita Monument (20-5), 10 a.m.

Game 3: No. 13 Chaparral (15-11) vs. No. 4 Valor Christian (21-4), 10 a.m.

Game 4: No. 12 Greeley West (20-6) vs. No. 5 Legend (22-3), 10 a.m.

Lower bracket

Game 5: No. 14 Arapahoe (14-12) vs. No. 3 Columbine (19-6), 12:15 p.m.

Game 6: No. 11 Erie (18-9) vs. No. 6 Riverdale Ridge (21-4), 12:15 p.m.

Game 7: No. 15 Rock Canyon (15-11) vs. No. 2 Broomfield (25-0), 12:15 p.m.

Game 8: NO. 10 GRANDVIEW (19-7) vs. No. 7 Chatfield (19-6), 12:15 p.m.

Quarterfinals, Oct. 25

Game 9: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 2:30 p.m.

Game 10: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 2:30 p.m.

Game 11: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 2:30 p.m.

Game 12: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 2:30 p.m.

Semifinals, Oct. 26

Game 13: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 10 a.m.

Game 14: Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner, 10 a.m.

Championship, Oct. 26

Game 15: Game 13 winner vs. Game 14 winner, 1:15 p.m.

Courtney Oakes is Sports Editor and photographer with Sentinel Colorado. A Denver East High School and University of Colorado alum. He came to the Sentinel in 2001 and since then has received a number...