Insider: 4A champ Crown Point headlines preseason statewide softball rankings
Ranking Indiana's best high school softball teams, regardless of class, entering the spring, plus a few more to watch statewide.
There is an abundance of talent on the Indiana high school softball scene. To that end, we have previewed the top-15 teams in Central Indiana , but what about statewide? Here's my attempt at ranking the state's top-25, regardless of class, followed by a dozen more teams to keep an eye on this season.
Posting at noon EST: IndyStar 2026 Softball Preseason Player of the Year poll 1. Crown Point (31-4, 4A state champions) The road through the 4A north will be even tougher this season with Western joining the fracas, but the Bulldogs are built to defend their title. That begins with all-state honoree Paige Liezert in the circle.
She was dynamite in last year's finale vs. Center Grove, capping off a 2025 campaign that saw her post a 19-2 record with a 0. 85 ERA and 293 strikeouts.
She allowed only 44 hits in 140 innings. Lexi Smith, her pitching mate and lead-off hitter, graduated, but the lineup has plenty of pop back with seniors Ashlyn Kita (. 505, 42 RBIs, 35 runs, eight homers) and Scarlette Tegtman (.
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