The Hanover Central Wildcats: 2026 IHSAA Class 3A State Champions in softball. #nwipreps @nwi @HCHSWildcats https://t.co/09QEuG8TnR pic.twitter.com/n4VqTH4D5l

— Mason Williams (@mvsonwilliams) June 12, 2026

Onto the seventh in the Class 3A State Championship:

Hanover Central 6, New Palestine 2.

Wildcats are three outs from a second-ever state softball championship. #nwipreps

— Mason Williams (@mvsonwilliams) June 12, 2026

Brooklyn Oostman drills an RBI single back up the middle. 6-2 Wildcats with one out in the bottom of the sixth. Hanover Central supporters can certainly start to sense it. #nwipreps

— Mason Williams (@mvsonwilliams) June 12, 2026

Don't forget, on Friday and Saturday, we will have all four 2026 @IHSAA1 Softball State Finals ONLY on https://t.co/nrgSchfc79! @NPHSDragons @HCHSWildcats @THNorthSports @LCIndians @BarrReeveSports @SouthCentralAD @thsbraves @WeBoAthletics pic.twitter.com/fQXSEUYYMC

— Champions Network (@IHSAAtv) June 11, 2026

Hanover Central freshman Dallas Bowen, the younger sister of Drayk and Dylan, is proving to be quite “a gamer” too.@MichaelOsipoff has the story for #TribSuburbanSports.@DallasBowen37 @StilleySienna26 @HCHSWildcats @DraykBowen @dylan_bowen00 https://t.co/ao151CyFQr

— Post-Tribune Sports (@PostTribSports) June 10, 2026