Softball teams across the state have begun practices for the upcoming season, with the first games scheduled to take place the week of March 18.
Four Hamilton County teams will play their first regular-season game right away, on Monday, March 18. Fishers opens with a home game against Kokomo, then three other teams go on the road: Hamilton Heights plays at Zionsville, Sheridan will travel to Lebanon and Westfield heads to Monrovia.
Four more teams will take to the field on Tuesday, March 19, including an all-county game: Hamilton Southeastern plays at Carmel’s Cherry Tree field. Guerin Catholic will host Lawrence Central on that day, and Noblesville welcomes Western Boone.
University will wait until after Spring Break to play its first game, hosting Greenwood Christian Academy on April 8.
A complete list of regular season games now follows.
CARMEL
March 19: Hamilton Southeastern, 5:30 p.m.
March 22: Cathedral, 5:30 p.m.
March 25: at Westfield, 5:30 p.m.
March 27: at Lebanon, 6 p.m.
April 9: Center Grove, 6 p.m.
April 10: Noblesville, 5:30 p.m.
April 15: at Ben Davis, 5:30 p.m.
April 16: at Pike, 5:30 p.m.
April 17: at Pendleton Heights, 6 p.m.
April 19: Carmel Invitational, 5 p.m.
April 20: Carmel Invitational, 9 a.m.
April 23: Lawrence North, 5:30 p.m.
April 24: Zionsville, 5:30 p.m.
April 30: Lawrence Central, 5:30 p.m.
May 6: Fishers, 5:30 p.m.
May 7: North Central, 5:30 p.m.
May 10: Terre Haute North, 6 p.m.
May 11: at Crown Point, 10 a.m.
May 11: at Kankakee Valley, 2 p.m.
May 13: Harrison, 6 p.m.
May 14: at Warren Central, 5:30 p.m.
May 16: at Greenfield-Central, 5:30 p.m.
FISHERS
March 18: Kokomo, 6 p.m.
March 20: at Lawrence Central, 5:30 p.m.
March 26: Zionsville, 6 p.m.
March 29: at Evansville North, 5 p.m.
March 30: Gibson Southern, 1 p.m. at Castle
March 30: at Castle, 3 p.m.
April 9: at Noblesville, 6 p.m.
April 11: Hamilton Heights, 5:30 p.m.
April 15: at Lawrence North, 5:30 p.m.
April 16: Westfield, 6 p.m.
April 18: at Yorktown, 5:30 p.m.
April 20: Franklin Community doubleheader, 10 a.m.
April 23: Hamilton Southeastern, 6 p.m.
April 25: at Mount Vernon, 5:30 p.m.
April 27: at Fort Wayne Carroll, 11 a.m.
April 27: at Fort Wayne Snider, 2 p.m.
April 30: at Avon, 6 p.m.
May 2: at Guerin Catholic, 5:30 p.m.
May 6: at Carmel, 5:30 p.m.
May 7: Franklin Central, 6 p.m.
May 8: New Palestine, 5:30 p.m.
May 13: at Warren Central, 5:30 p.m.
May 14: at Brownsburg, 6 p.m.
May 15: Pendleton Heights, 5:30 p.m.
May 16: Anderson, 5:30 p.m.
GUERIN CATHOLIC
March 19: Lawrence Central, 5:30 p.m.
March 21: Shortridge, 5:30 p.m.
March 25: at Bishop Chatard, 5:30 p.m.
March 26: Herron, 5:30 p.m.
April 9: Brebeuf Jesuit, 5 p.m.
April 10: at Brebeuf Jesuit, 5 p.m.
April 12: at Zionsville, 5:30 p.m.
April 16: at Heritage Christian, 5:30 p.m.
April 17: Roncalli, 5:30 p.m.
April 20: at Lutheran, 10 a.m.
April 20: at Edinburgh, 11:30 a.m.
April 22: at Warren Central, 5:30 p.m.
April 23: at Lafayette Central Catholic, 5:30 p.m.
April 25: Cardinal Ritter, 5:30 p.m.
April 29: Sheridan, 5 p.m.
May 1: Covenant Christian, 5:30 p.m.
May 2: Fishers, 5:30 p.m.
May 4: Maconaquah doubleheader, 10 a.m.
May 7: at Hamilton Heights, 5 p.m.
May 10: at Western Boone, 5:30 p.m.
May 13: North Central, 5:30 p.m.
May 15: at Lawrence North, 5:30 p.m.
May 17: Scecina, 5:30 p.m.
HAMILTON HEIGHTS
March 18: at Zionsville, 5:30 p.m.
March 20: Frankton, 5 p.m.
March 22: Lapel, 5 p.m.
April 4: Anderson, 5 p.m.
April 6: Kokomo, 10 a.m.
April 9: at Western, 5:30 p.m.
April 10: Western 5:30 p.m.
April 13: at Delta, 10 a.m.
April 16: at Tipton, 5 p.m.
April 17: Tipton, 5 p.m.
April 19: Elwood, 5 p.m.
April 20: Yorktown, 11 a.m.
April 23: at Northwestern, 6 p.m.
April 24: Northwestern, 5:30 p.m.
April 25: at Pike, 5:30 p.m.
April 30: Lewis Cass, 5:30 p.m.
May 1: at Lewis Cass, 5:30 p.m.
May 3: Noblesville, 5 p.m.
May 7: Guerin Catholic, 5 p.m.
May 8: Westfield, 5:30 p.m.
May 10: Hoosier Conference playoff game, 5:30 p.m.
May 13: Sheridan, 5 p.m.
May 14: at Heritage Christian, 5:30 p.m.
May 15: at Frankfort, 5:30 p.m.
May 17: at Alexandria, 5 p.m.
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN
March 19: at Carmel, 5:30 p.m.
March 20: at North Central, 5:30 p.m.
March 26: at Brownsburg, 6 p.m.
April 5: at Terre Haute South Lady Brave Bash, 5 p.m.
April 6: at Terre Haute South Lady Brave Bash, 10 a.m.
April 8: Mount Vernon, 5:30 p.m.
April 9: at Zionsville, 6 p.m.
April 11: New Palestine, 5:30 p.m.
April 15: at Eastern Hancock, 6 p.m.
April 16: Avon, 6 p.m.
April 18: Lawrence North, 5:30 p.m.
April 20: at Whiteland Tournament, 9 a.m.
April 23: at Fishers, 6 p.m.
April 25: Shenandoah, 5:30 p.m.
April 26: Pendleton Heights, 5:30 p.m.
April 27: Fort Wayne Snider, 11 a.m.
April 30: at Noblesville, 6 p.m.
May 2: Mooresville, 6 p.m.
May 4: Crown Point, 10 a.m.
May 4: Boone Grove, 1 p.m.
May 6: at Anderson, 5:30 p.m.
May 7: Westfield, 6 p.m.
May 8: at Richmond, 6 p.m.
May 11: at Carroll, 11 a.m.
May 14: at Franklin Central, 6 p.m.
May 16: at Ben Davis, 6 p.m.
NOBLESVILLE
March 19: Western Boone, 5:30 p.m.
April 8: Greenfield-Central, 6 p.m.
April 9: Fishers, 6 p.m.
April 10: at Carmel, 5:30 p.m.
April 13: at Lawrence North, 10 a.m.
April 15: at Harrison, 6 p.m.
April 16: at Franklin Central, 5:30 p.m.
April 19: at Carmel Invitational, 5 p.m.
April 20: at Carmel Invitational, 9 a.m.
April 22: at New Palestine, 5:30 p.m.
April 23: at Westfield, 6 p.m.
April 24: Cathedral, 5:30 p.m.
April 25: Pendleton Heights, 5:30 p.m.
April 27: Miller Invitational, 10 a.m.
April 29: at Mount Vernon, 6 p.m.
April 30: Hamilton Southeastern, 6 p.m.
May 1: at Avon, 6 p.m.
May 2: at Kokomo, 5:30 p.m.
May 3: at Hamilton Heights, 5 p.m.
May 6: Yorktown, 5:30 p.m.
May 7: Brownsburg, 6 p.m.
May 9: at Tipton, 5:15 p.m.
May 11: at Bishop Chatard Tournament, 11 a.m.
May 13: at McCutcheon, 6 p.m.
May 14: at Zionsville, 6 p.m.
May 16: North Central, 5:30 p.m.
SHERIDAN
March 18: at Lebanon, 5 p.m.
April 8: Lapel, 5:30 p.m.
April 11: Delphi, 5:30 p.m.
April 16: at Rossville, 4:45 p.m.
April 17: at University, 5 p.m.
April 18: Taylor, 5 p.m.
April 22: Westfield, 5 p.m.
April 23: Clinton Central, 4:45 p.m.
April 24: Western Boone, 5 p.m.
April 25: at Carroll, 5 p.m.
April 29: at Guerin Catholic, 5 p.m.
April 30: Tri-Central, 4:45 p.m.
May 2: Clinton Prairie, 5 p.m.
May 3: at Alexandria, 5 p.m.
May 4: at Elwood Classic, 11 a.m.
May 7: at Eastern, 5 p.m.
May 8: Tri-West, 5 p.m.
May 10: North Miami, 5:30 p.m.
May 13: at Hamilton Heights, 5 p.m.
May 14: at Tipton, 5 p.m.
May 16: at Frankton, 5 p.m.
UNIVERSITY
April 8: Greenwood Christian Academy, 5 p.m.
April 10: Living Water Marlins, 5:30 p.m.
April 11: at Eminence, 5 p.m.
April 16: at Anderson Prep, 5:30 p.m.
April 17: Sheridan, 5 p.m.
April 18: at Seton Catholic, 5:30 p.m.
April 23: Liberty Christian, 5:30 p.m.
April 24: Traders Point Christian, 5 p.m.
April 26: Clinton Central, 5 p.m.
April 29: Bethesda Christian, 5 p.m.
April 30: Cascade, 5:30 p.m.
May 2: Tindley, 5:30 p.m.
May 3: Park Tudor, 5 p.m.
May 6: at Faith Christian, 5:30 p.m.
May 7: Crispus Attucks, 5 p.m.
May 11: at Living Water Marlins, time TBA
May 13: at Indiana Deaf, 5 p.m.
May 14: at Brebeuf Jesuit, 5 p.m.
May 16: Covenant Christian, 5 p.m.
WESTFIELD
March 18: at Monrovia, 5:30 p.m.
March 21: at Taylor, 5:30 p.m.
March 25: Carmel, 5:30 p.m.
March 26: at Franklin Central, 5:30 p.m.
March 27: at Pendleton Heights, 5:30 p.m.
April 9: Brownsburg, 6 p.m.
April 10: Greenfield-Central, 6 p.m.
April 13: at Lawrence Central Invite, 10 a.m.
April 16: at Fishers, 6 p.m.
April 19: at Lebanon, 7 p.m.
April 20: Kokomo, 10 a.m.
April 20: Huntington North, 2 p.m.
April 22: at Sheridan, 5 p.m.
April 23: Noblesville, 6 p.m.
April 24: Tipton, 5:30 p.m.
April 26: Scecina, 6 p.m.
April 29: Lawrence North, 5:30 p.m.
April 30: Zionsville, 6 p.m.
May 3: Mount Vernon, 6 p.m.
May 6: Cathedral, 5:30 p.m.
May 7: at Hamilton Southeastern, 6 p.m.
May 8: at Hamilton Heights, 5:30 p.m.
May 11: at Southmont doubleheader, 10 a.m.
May 13: at Western, 5:30 p.m.
May 14: Avon, 6 p.m.
May 16: McCutcheon, 6 p.m.
Softball scrimmage schedule
Several county softball teams will participate in scrimmages next week. Here is a schedule:
Thursday, March 14
North Montgomery at Westfield, 5:30 p.m.
Friday, March 15
Taylor at Hamilton Heights, 5 p.m.
Tipton at Sheridan, 5 p.m.
Frankton at Fishers, 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 16
Guerin Catholic at Noblesville, noon
The Noblesville softball team will come into the 2019 season as the defending sectional and regional champion. The Millers open their season Tuesday, March 19 by hosting Western Boone. (Richie Hall/File photo)