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Prep baseball playoffs: West Field, Fremont earn regional byes in 5A bracket

5A, 3A softball brackets also revealed Thursday

By CONNER BECKER - Standard-Examiner | May 7, 2026

CONNER BECKER, Standard-Examiner

Fremont High gathers on the mound during a region baseball contest on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at West Field High School in Taylor.

West Field, the Region 5 baseball champions, and runner-up Fremont each earned regional byes in the 5A state playoff bracket released Thursday by the UHSAA.

The Longhorns (21-4, 17-1 Region 5), closing the regular season with a three-game sweep over Clearfield on Wednesday, received the No. 4 seed and an automatic super regional bid against the winner of No. 13 Olympus and No. 20 Brighton. That’s set to begin Wednesday, May 13, in Taylor.

All regional and super regional matchups are contested May 8-14 at home sites. Those best-of-three series determins who advances to a double-elimination bracket play; bracket play and state championship series are contested May 18-23 at Utah Valley University’s UCCU Ballpark.

Box Elder, West Field and Clearfield all earned byes to the second round and home-field advantage for 5A softball super regionals.

Full brackets and tournament information are available at uhsaa.org.

LOCAL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE

5A BASEBALL

Regionals (Best of 3, May 8-9): No. 17 Springville at No. 16 Clearfield, No. 22 Roy at No. 11 Kearns, No. 19 Box Elder at No. 14 Woods Cross

Super Regionals (Best of 3, May 13-14): No. 13 Olympus/No. 20 Brighton at No. 4 West Field, No. 10 Wasatch/No. 23 Timpview at No. 7 Fremont

5A SOFTBALL

Regionals (Best of 3, May 9-11): No. 23 Northridge at No. 10 Taylorsville, No. 19 Pleasant Grove at No. 14 Fremont

Super Regionals (Best of 3, May 14-15): No. 15 Cyprus/No. 18 Alta at No. 2 Box Elder, No. 13 Payson/No. 20 West High at No. 4 West Field, No. 12 Bountiful/No. 21 West Jordan at No. 5 Clearfield

3A SOFTBALL

First round (May 9): No. 8 Morgan vs. No. 9 Emery, 3 p.m.; No. 11 Ogden vs. No. 6 Richfield, 3 p.m

Ben Lomond (1-15) missed the cut.

Connect with prep sports reporter Conner Becker via email at cbecker@standard.net, X @ctbecker and Instagram @standardexaminersports.

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