The Jackson County Central softball team is playing in the State Tournament for the first time in 20 years. 

The 22-4 Huskies are the Section 3AA champions and the #7 seed in the Class AA bracket. The JCC journey begins with a quarterfinal showdown against #2 seed St. Agnes. 

Huskies head coach Morgan Christopher says it’s important to stay true to the “Together in Blue” approach that helped them succeed all season long. 

FULL INTERVIEW: 6-2-25 JCC SB pre State vs St Agnes 

This will be the first State Tournament game for JCC since winning back-to-back titles in 2004 and 2005. 

The 22-2 Aggies captured the Section 4AA title for their third straight State appearance. St Agnes is ranked second in the latest Class AA coaches poll. The coaches voted JCC into the sixth spot. 

The winner will play either the #3 seed Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial or the #6 seed Hawley in the semifinal round. 

Coverage begins at around 10:45 a.m. on KKOJ with the first pitch now scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday. 

This sendoff event for the JCC Softball team is now happening at 7:10 a.m. on Wednesday. 

JCC will play again at 6:30 p.m. with a win or loss after officials moved both the semifinals and consolation bracket games to that first pitch time. 

Updated brackets are available at www.mshsl.org/softball 

Here is the latest information from the MSHSL about the State Tournament as of Tuesday afternoon.