Baseball district brackets released by NSAA

The high school baseball postseason begins next week and Thursday, the NSAA released district brackets for all teams. 

Norris is the top seed in the B-1 district. The Titans will host the tourney and receive a bye in the first round. 

Norris will play the winner of No. 4 seed Arlington and No. 5 seed Blair at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 6, at Hickman Park. 

Arlington and Blair play at noon on Thursday, May 5, in the first round. Also in the first round of the B-1 district, Adams Central will play South Sioux City at 3 p.m. Thursday. Lincoln Christian will face off against Falls City at 6 p.m. Thursday. The winner of Adams Central/South Sioux City and Lincoln Christian/Falls City will play one another Friday.

The Crete Cardinals have drawn the No. 5 seed in the B-2 district which will be hosted by Omaha Skutt Catholic. 

The Cardinals open district play Thursday at 3 p.m. against No. 4 seed Plattsmouth. If Crete wins, it will play Skutt Catholic Friday at 5 p.m. in a district semifinal. 

The other matchups in the B-2 district feature Waverly taking on Twin River Thursday at 5:30 p.m. and Nebraska City playing Douglas County West at 8 p.m. Thursday. The winners of those game play Friday in a district semifinal. 

Fairbury is the No. 6 seed in the B-5 district being played in Bennington. The Jeffs play Thursday at 6 p.m. against No. 3 seed Elkhorn Mount Michael Benedictine. The winner will face the No. 2 seed Omaha Gross Catholic at 7 p.m. Friday. 

The other Thursday matchup in the B-5 district features the No. 5 seed Maxwell/North Platte St. Pats vs No. 4 seed Omaha Roncalli Catholic. The winner of that matchup faces the host Bennington Friday. 

Defending Class B Champion Beatrice is the No. 2 seed in the B-6 district. Platte Valley is the top seed and will host the district in Ashland. 

Beatrice earns a bye to the semifinals on Friday. The Orangemen will play the winner of Wayne and Guardian Angels Central Catholic/Scribner-Snyder/West Point-Beemer (GACC/SS/WPB) who play Thursday.

No. 1 seed Platte Valley awaits the winner of Ralston and Seward who face off Thursday. 

The six district champions and the two non-district champions with the high wildcard point averages will move on to the state tournament. The 2022 baseball state tournament will be play May 13-14, 16-20 at Werner Park in Papillion and Tal Anderson Field in Omaha.