Desert Hills and Snow Canyon, here in a file photo, earned the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds, respectively, in the upcoming 4A state softball tournament, St. George, Utah, May 2, 2024 | Photo by E. George Goold, St. George News

ST. GEORGE — Four Region 9 softball teams finished in the top eight in 4A and earned byes into the second round of the upcoming state tournament.

Region 9 champion Desert Hills was unbeaten in region play and 20-3 overall, claiming the No. 2 seed in the 4A state tournament bracket released Wednesday morning.

As with all prep sports in Utah, the softball seeds were determined using the ratings percentage index (RPI) formula.

Snow Canyon (17-6) earned the No. 3 seed and Cedar (17-7) is No. 4 going into the state tournament.

A fourth Region 9 team, Hurricane (15-9) claimed the No. 8 seed. All four Region 9 teams will host a best-of-three series in the super regional round, beginning May 9.

Click here to view the complete 4A state softball bracket.

Cedar and Hurricane, playing here in a file photo, earned the No. 4 and No. 8 seeds, respectively, in the upcoming 4A state softball tournament, Cedar City, Utah, May 2, 2024 | Photo by Jeff Richards, St. George News / Cedar City News

Region 11 champion Ridgeline (23-1) is the No. 1 overall seed. The Riverhawks’ sole defeat was a 5-3 setback against Spanish Fork on April 22.

Ridgeline is on a six-game winning streak and scored 267 runs in the regular season while allowing 32. That’s an average margin of victory of 11.1-1.3 per game. 

The three other Region 9 teams begin their playoff journeys on Friday in the regional round.

No. 12 seed Crimson Cliffs (12-10) will host No. 21 Pine View (3-19) in Washington Fields at 4 p.m. in a best-of-three series.

And No. 19 Dixie (6-18) will open the playoffs on the road at No. 14 Logan, also Friday at 4 p.m.

Follow St. George News Sports for coverage of the 4A state softball tournament as it unfolds.

Final Region 9 softball standings (region, overall):

  1. Desert Hills 12-0, 20-3
  2. Cedar 9-3, 17-7
  3. Snow Canyon 8-4, 17-6
  4. Crimson Cliffs 6-6, 12-10
  5. Hurricane 5-7, 15-9
  6. Dixie 1-11, 6-18
  7. Pine View 1-11, 3-19

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Eric George Goold came to St. George News from southwestern Colorado, where he was a radio news reporter. He has been a journalist for over 20 years in five different states. He graduated with a master’s degree in English from Kansas State University and writes nonfiction as well. Goold has been published in Sunstone Magazine and has done multiple public readings about local history. When he has free time, he enjoys chess, movies and dogs.

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