High school baseball and softball playoffs continue, following an action-packed opening week of games. 

District champions will be decided, and some of the Lower and Upper State rounds will begin in the second week.

Coming into the week, 15 teams were still in it. After Monday’s slate of elimination games, only seven remain. 

All three of last year’s state champions are still alive and have yet to face elimination.

Airport’s baseball team, Batesburg-Leesville’s baseball team and Gray Collegiate’s softball team claimed their district championships and will now prepare for the Lower State rounds. 

Airport won all three of its games in the 4A bracket. The Eagles opened their playoff run with wins over Wilson, Bishop England and South Aiken. 

The team’s offense has been on fire so far, scoring at least 10 runs in each of those games. 

Batesburg-Leesville secured its spot in the 2A Lower State round after picking up wins over Fairfield Central and Mid Carolina. 

The Panthers had to knock off Mid Carolina twice to advance. The Rebels lost their first game against Batesburg-Leesville 2-1, but clawed their way through the elimination bracket to earn a rematch. 

The second game was also a close, low-scoring affair, but Batesburg-Leesville took that one too, winning 3-1. 

Gray Collegiate hasn’t just avoided a loss in the postseason, the War Eagles haven’t lost all year. 

The War Eagles extended their 2026 win streak to 29 games after adding postseason wins over Brookland-Cayce and Darlington. 

Through three playoff games, Gray is outscoring opponents 39-2. The team beat Brookland-Cayce 12-0, Darlington 11-1 and Darlington again 16-1. 

Gray is looking to secure its third straight state championship, and so far, nobody has come close to pushing the team off that path. 

While the three defending champions have looked strong, a few other Lexington County teams are making noise. 

River Bluff made it out of the play-in round after earning a two-game sweep over Wando. The Gators lost their first-round game to Carolina Forest but avoided elimination Monday night after knocking out Lexington. 

Lexington’s quest to make it back to the state title series came to an end with that loss. The Wildcats lost in last season’s title series and had a turbulent 2026 before eventually winning the region. 

The team got to sit out the play-in round but lost its first game to end up in the elimination bracket against the Gators. 

Dutch Fork also won its play-in series before getting bounced into the elimination bracket. The Silver Foxes played Byrnes on Monday and won 5-2 to keep their hopes alive.

Both River Bluff and Dutch Fork will be back on the field Wednesday, again facing elimination.  

Lexington’s softball team, Chapin’s baseball team and Airport softball team also earned a spot in the district championships. 

Lexington lost to Wando on Monday, but it was the team’s first loss of the postseason. The Wildcats will have one more shot to win the district title on May 15 against the winner of the elimination game between Wando and Sumter. 

Chapin beat North Myrtle Beach on Monday and can still afford one loss before being eliminated. The Eagles will play in the district title game on Friday, with a second game scheduled for Saturday, if necessary. 

Airport lost its first game of the playoffs, but survived three elimination games to force a winner-take-all game against May River for the district title. 

 Below is the full week two playoff schedule with results from Monday’s slate of games. 

Week 2 playoff schedule

5A Division I baseball 

Dutch Fork: 5, Byrnes: 2 - May 11 - Elimination game

River Bluff 12:, Lexington: 11 - May 11 - Elimination game

Dutch Fork vs. Dorman - May 13 - Elimination game 2

River Bluff vs. Sumter - May 13 - Elimination game 2

District championship - May 15-16

5A Division I softball

Wando: 7, Lexington: 3 - May 11 - Round 4

Lexington vs. Sumter/Wando - May 15 - District Championship 

5A Division II baseball

Chapin: 9, North Myrtle Beach: 1 - May 11 - Round 2

Chapin vs. North Myrtle Beach/Lucy Beckham - May 15-16 - District championship 

5A Division II softball

Berkeley: 6, White Knoll: 5 - May 11 - Third elimination game

4A baseball 

North Augusta: 6, Gray Collegiate: 1 - May 11 - District championship game 2

Hartsville: 3, Gilbert: 2 - May 11 - District championship game 2

Lower State round 1 - May 13, 15, 16

4A softball

Gray Collegiate: 16, Darlington: 1 - May 11 - District Championship 

Airport: 10, May River: 0 - May 11 - District Championship game 1

Airport vs. May River - May 12 - District Championship game 2

Lower State round 1 - May 14

Lower State round 2 - May 16

3A baseball

Dillon: 6, Swansea: 5 - May 11 - District Championship 

2A baseball

Batesburg-Leesville: 3, Mid Carolina: 1 - May 11 - District Championship

Upper State Round 1 - May 14

Upper State Round 2 - May 16

Upper State elimination game - May 16

2A softball

Blacksburg: 9, Pelion: 6 - May 11 - Elimination game 2

North Central: 1, Batesburg-Leesville: 0 - May 11 - Elimination game 2

Week 1 playoff results

5A Division I baseball 

Dutch Fork - Clover (best of three: W, L, W), Dorman (Round 1: 6-5, L)

River Bluff - Wando (best of three: W, W), Carolina Forest (Round 1: 3-0, L)

Lexington - Sumter (Round 1: 6-4, L)

5A Division I softball

Dutch Fork - Wade Hampton (Round 1: 5-3, L), JL Mann (Elimination game: 10-9, L)

River Bluff - Stratford (Round 1: 7-6, W), Lexington (Round 2: 12-2, L), Sumter (Elimination game: 1-0, L)

Lexington - River Bluff (Round 2: 12-2, W), Cane Bay (Round 3: 11-7, W)

5A Division II baseball

White Knoll - Lugoff-Elgin (best of three: L, L)

Chapin - Conway (Round 1: 11-3, W)

5A Division II softball

White Knoll- Socastee (Round 1: 8-7, W), Berkeley (Round 2: 3-2, W), West Florence (Round 3: 7-0, L)

Chapin - Westwood (Round 1: 9-8, W), St. James (Round 2: 8-0, L), North Myrtle Beach (Elimination game 2: 3-0, L)

4A baseball 

Gray Collegiate - Brookland-Cayce (Round 1: 3-2, W), North Augusta (Round 2: 4-2, W), North Augusta (District championship game 1: 3-1, L)

Brookland-Cayce - Gray Collegiate (Round 1: 3-2, L), Aiken (Elimination game: 14-6, L)

Airport - Wilson (Round 1: 11-1, W), Bishop England (Round 2: 10-0, W), South Aiken (District championship game 1: 10-5, W)

Gilbert - Hilton Head (Round 1: 7-6, W), Hartsville (Round 2: 5-4, L), Hilton Head (Elimination game: 5-0, W), Hartsville (District championship game 1: 2-1, W)

4A softball

Gray Collegiate - Brookland-Cayce (Round 1: 12-0,  W), Darlington (Round 2: 11-1, W)

Brookland-Cayce - Gray Collegiate (Round 1: 12-0, L), Gilbert (Elimination game: 8-2, L)

Airport - Colleton County (Round 1: 10-9, L), Lakewood (Elimination game: 3-2, W), Colleton County (Elimination game 2: 19-5, W)

Gilbert - Darlington (Round 1: 4-3, L), Brookland-Cayce (Elimination game: 8-2, W), Darlington (Elimination game 2: 6-4, L)

3A baseball

Swansea - Battery Creek (Round 1: 20-0, W), Dillon (Round 2: 4-3, L), Keenan (Elimination game: 11-1, W)

3A softball

Swansea - Georgetown (Round 1: 20-7, L), Marlboro County (Elimination game: 9-8, L)

2A baseball

Batesburg-Leesville - Fairfield Central (Round 1: 15-0, W), Mid Carolina (Round 2:  2-1, W)

Pelion - Landrum (Round 1: 12-5, L), Saluda (Elimination game: 7-5, L)

2A softball

Batesburg-Leesville - Chester (Round 1: 1-0, W), Chesnee (Round 2: 5-4, L)

Pelion - Blacksburg (Round 1: 9-0, L), Cheraw (Elimination game: 13-3, W)