NCHSAA 4-A State Softball Tournament

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association released brackets on Monday for state softball championships in all four classifications.

All games are at the higher seed and all rounds are single elimination rounds until the regional championships.

Regional championships and state championships are a best-of-three series. For the regional championships, the higher seeded team will host two games. If a third game is needed, the lower seed will host one game.

State championships will be played at NC State, Duke, and UNC-Greensboro.

Here is the playoff schedule for the baseball and softball playoffs:

First Round - May 9 @ higher seed
Second Round - May 12 @ higher seed
Third Round - May 16 @ higher seed
Fourth Round - May 19 @ higher seed
Regionals - May 22-27 (best of three)
State championships - June 2-3 (best of three)

East Regional

No. 1 D.H. Conley vs. No 32 Cardinal Gibbons

No. 16 Heritage vs. No. 17 Fuquay-Varina

No. 8 Apex vs. No. 25 New Bern

No. 9 Sanderson vs. No. 24 Northern Durham

No. 5 Wake Forest vs. No. 28 Rolesville

No. 12 Hoggard vs. No. 21 Clayton

No. 13 South View vs. No. 20 Panther Creek

No. 4 Cleveland vs. No. 20 Ashley

No. 3 Laney vs. No. 30 Middle Creek

No. 14 Garner vs. No. 19 Willow Spring

No. 6 Lumberton vs. No. 27 Gray’s Creek

No. 11 Wakefield vs. No. 22 Corinth Holders

No. 7 Richmond Senior vs. No. 26 Jordan

No. 10 Pine Forest vs. No. 23 Holly Springs

No. 15 Topsail vs. No. 18 Apex Friendship

No. 2 Southern Alamance vs. No. 31 Riverside (Durham)

West Regional

No. 1 Hickory Ridge vs. No. 32 Sun Valley

No. 16 Piedmont vs. No. 17 McDowell

No. 8 A.C. Reynolds vs. No. 25 South Iredell

No. 9 Butler vs. No. 24 Ardrey Kell

No. 5 East Forsyth vs. No. 28 Reagan

No. 12 West Forsyth vs. No. 21 Weddington

No. 13 Davie County vs. No. 20 Porter Ridge

No. 4 Northwest Guilford vs. No. 29 Southwest Guilford

No. 3 Marvin Ridge vs. No. 30 North Mecklenburg

No. 14 Northern Guilford vs. No. 19 Independence

No. 6 Myers Park vs. No. 27 Cuthbertson

No. 11 Mooresville vs. No. 22 Mallard Creek

No. 7 Hough vs. No. 26 Providence

No. 10 South Caldwell vs No. 23 Page

No. 15 South Mecklenburg vs. No. 18 Lake Norman

No. 2 Alexander Central vs. No. 31 T.C. Roberson