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Softball - Check out the Section 9 tournament brackets

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Check out the Section 9 softball tournament brackets. Play concludes on Friday, May 30, at Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh.

Twenty-seven teams qualified for the Section 9 softball tournament, and the brackets were released on Thursday, May 20. The top seeds are Pine Bush (Class AAA), Valley Central (AA), Saugerties (A), Spackenkill (B), Pine Plains (C) and Eldred (D). In the latest New York sportwriters rankings, the Section 9 ranked teams are (records through May 17): Class AAA - No.

14 Pine Bush (14-3); Class AA - No. 15 Goshen (12-4); No. 21 Valley Central (13-3); Class A - No.

19 Port Jervis (11-5); No. 25 Marlboro (10-3); Class B - No. 20 Sullivan West (12-2); Class C - No.

2 Pine Plains (14-1); No. 22 Burke Catholic (12-3); Class D - No. 15 Eldred (8-2).