The Vienna High School softball team is the top seed for the Missouri Class 1 District 1 Tournament, to begin this week in Richland.

Vienna (15-10 entering this week) is seeded No. 1 followed by Crocker (14-6) No. 2, Stoutland (14-10) No. 3, Naylor (6-8) No. 4, Norwood (10-11) No. 5, Macks Creek (10-10) No. 6, Richland (6-14) No. 7, Newburg (9-8) No. 8 and Laquey (0-12) No. 9.

In the district play-in game Newburg meets Laquey while Naylor faces Norwood in first-round play Wednesday, Oct. 14. In other first-round games Thursday, Oct. 15 at Richland, Vienna plays the Newburg/Laquey winner at 4 p.m. while it’s Crocker vs. Richland at 5:30, p.m. and Stoutland vs. Macks Creek at 7 p.m.

In semifinal games Friday, Oct 16, the Vienna/Newburg or Laquey winner meets the Naylor/Norwood winner at 5 p.m. and the Crocker/Richland winner faces the Stoutland/Macks Creek winner at 6:30 p.m.

The district championship game is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Oct. 19.

The District 1 champion will meet the District 2 champion in state quarterfinal action Oct. 24. Schools in District 2 include Halfway, Dadeville, Wheatland, Weaubleau, Humansville and Hermitage.

The Missouri Class 1 Final Four is set to be held Oct 30-31 at the Killian Softball Complex in Springfield.

The Vienna Lady Eagles were scheduled to end the regular season Monday, Oct. 12 by hosting Stoutland.

Last week Vienna split two games, losing to Eugene 4-3 on the road Monday, Oct. 5 and defeating Iberia 13-11 Thursday, Oct 8 at Vienna. During the Eugene game Lady Eagle junior pitcher Delaney Schwartze set the program single-season strikeout record. Entering this week Schwartze had 170 strikeouts during the 2026 campaign.

Oct. 5 - Eugene 4, Vienna 3: Vienna took the early lead only to see Eugene come from behind. It was the second straight game that the Lady Eagles lost to Eugene by one run. The previous week at the South Callaway Tournament Eugene won 7-6.

Last week, the Lady Eagles scored a run in the top of the first inning and one in the third. Eugene then plated single runs in each of the bottom of the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh innings to walk off the victory. Vienna outhit Eugene 8-5 and a combined 10 errors were committed in the contest.

Senior Ella Hollis had two doubles, a single and scored all three runs for Vienna while Schwartze had two hits and an RBI; sophomore Alexis Curtis a hit and RBI, and freshman Harper Cohlmia and freshman Grace Barnhart each had a hit. Schwartze allowed no earned runs on five hits and no walks while striking out eight.

Oct. 8 - Vienna 13, Iberia 11: There were 24 runs, 22 hits and six errors produced by the high-scoring contest. Iberia erupted for eight runs in the top of the first inning and added a run in the third and two more in the sixth. The Lady Eagles battled back with two runs in each of the bottom of the first and second frames, five more in the fifth and four runs in the seventh to win.

Curtis clubbed a homer, a triple and drove in five runs while sophomore Liberty Rowden had a homer, single, two RBI and three runs; Hollis a double, two singles, an RBI and three runs; Cohlmia two hits and two runs; junior Kenna Roberds a hit and run; Barnhart a hit; freshman Marissa Fannon two runs, and Schwartze a run. Schwartze went the distance in the pitching circle, allowing 11 hits and two walks while fanning 10,