MORGANTOWN — Following in the steps of basketball, the WVSSAC announced Friday that baseball will no longer hold section tournaments as a part of its postseason.
Set to take effect with the 2025 season, the WVSSAC Board of Directors approved the change that eliminates section tournaments in favor of double-elimination region brackets.
Each region will be seeded based on votes of the coaches and then divided into two double-elimination brackets. The winner of each bracket will play one another in a best-of-three regional championship series.
All postseason games will be held at the higher-seeded team’s field. In the best-of-three series, the higher-seeded team will host games one and three.
Previously, teams would play through a double-elimination section tournament with the winners of each section meeting in a best-of-three regional championship series.
With the new four-class alignment in place for the 2024-25 athletic calendar, Class AAAA Region I will include Morgantown, University, Preston, Buckhannon-Upshur, Wheeling Park and John Marshall. With six teams, the region tournament will be two, three-team brackets.
Class A Region I will be Trinity Christian, Clay-Battelle, Cameron, Madonna, Notre Dame, Wood County Christian, Valley, Magnolia, Paden City, Hundred and Parkersburg Catholic. With 11 teams, the region tournament will have a six-team bracket and a five-team bracket.
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