CIF Central Section 2023 softball playoff brackets: Scores, matchups, game times

Clovis North (Division 1), St. Joseph (D2), Fowler (D3), Orange Cove (D4), Woodlake (D5) and Riverdale (D6) are top seeds

Mitch Stephens, SBLive Sports | May 17, 2023

The brackets for the 2023 Central Section softball playoffs have been finalized.

First round games in all six divisions began Tuesday and conclude on May 27.

Top seeds for each divisions are Clovis North (Division 1), St. Joseph (D2), Fowler (D3), Orange Cove (D4), Woodlake (D5) and Riverdale (D6)

Defending champions are Clovis (D1), Bullard (D2), Monache (D3), Orange Cove (D4), Caruthers (D5) and Nipomo (D6).

Here are the CIF-CS playoff softball brackets with matchups and game times.

2023 CIF-CENTRAL SECTION SOFTBALL BRACKETS DIVISION 1

2023 CIF-CENTRAL SECTION SOFTBALL BRACKETS DIVISION 2

2023 CIF-CENTRAL SECTION SOFTBALL BRACKETS DIVISION 3

2023 CIF-CENTRAL SECTION SOFTBALL BRACKETS DIVISION 4

2023 CIF-CENTRAL SECTION SOFTBALL BRACKETS DIVISION 5

2023 CIF-CENTRAL SECTION SOFTBALL BRACKETS DIVISION 6

Clovis North, the TRAC champions, are top seed in Division 1. Courtesy photo: Clovis North athletics

Published May 17, 2023

MITCH STEPHENS, SBLIVE SPORTS

Mitch Stephens is a senior editor at SBLive Sports for California, a state he's covered high school sports since 1984. He won multiple CNPA and CPSWA writing awards with the Contra Costa Times, San Francisco Chronicle and MaxPreps.com before joining the SBLive staff in 2022. He's covered the beat nationally since 2007, profiling such athletes as Derrick Henry, Paige Bueckers, Patrick Mahomes, Sabrina Ionescu, Jayson Tatum, Chiney Ogwumike, Jeremy Lin and Najee Harris as preps. You can reach him at mitch@scorebooklive.com.