NCHSAA boys lacrosse playoffs, 2016
The N.C. High School Athletic Association boys lacrosse playoffs wrapped up with Cardinal Gibbons winning the 4A title and Carrboro finishing runner-up in the 1A/2A/3A championship. See a bracket, scores and links to our coverage from each round below.
Note: Final scores posted in parentheses, games listed in order as they appear from top-to-bottom on the bracket. Also, “///” divides the bracket’s top and bottom halves.
4A East
First round (Tuesday-Wednesday May 2-3): Enloe at Athens Drive (12-9) / J.H. Rose at Heritage (16-6) /// Ashley at Holly Springs (17-2) / New Hanover at Wakefield (10-9)
Second round (Friday May 6): Athens Drive at Hoggard (14-7) / Millbrook (13-12) at East Chapel Hill / Heritage at New Bern / Jordan at Middle Creek (18-7) /// Holly Springs (19-7) at Broughton / Laney at Leesville Road (17-1) / Wakefield at Apex (17-9) / Green Hope at Cardinal Gibbons (12-6)
Third round (Wednesday May 10): Millbrook at Hoggard (12-5) / Heritage at Middle Creek (17-5) /// Holly Springs at Leesville Road (8-7) / Cardinal Gibbons (8-6) at Apex
Fourth round (Friday May 13): Middle Creek at Hoggard (11-10) /// Leesville Road at Cardinal Gibbons (11-5)
East final (Tuesday May 16): Hoggard at Cardinal Gibbons (13-6)
State championship (May 21): Cardinal Gibbons (14-8) vs. Lake Norman at WakeMed Soccer Park
1A/2A/3A East
First round (Friday May 6): Northwood at Chapel Hill (11-5) / Havelock (9-4) at South Brunswick // First Flight at Northside Jacksonville (12-11) / Orange at Croatan (9-8)
Second round (Tuesday-Wednesday May 9-10): Chapel Hill (13-3) at Topsail / Havelock at Jacksonville (15-90 /// Northside at Cedar Ridge (15-13) / Croatan at Carrboro (17-6)
Third round (Friday May 13): Chapel Hill (11-10) at Jacksonville /// Carrboro (10-9) at Cedar Ridge
East final (Tuesday May 16): Chapel Hill at Carrboro (4-2)
State championship (May 20): Carrboro vs Marvin Ridge (16-3) at WakeMed Soccer Park
1A/2A/3A BRACKET
1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | East final | Champ |
Chapel Hill | ||||
Northwood at | at Topsail | Chapel Hill | ||
Chapel Hill | at Jacksonville | |||
Havelock | ||||
Havelock at | at Jacksonville | |||
South Brunswick | ||||
Chapel Hill | ||||
at Carrboro | ||||
Northside (Jax.) | Carrboro | |||
First Flight at | at Cedar Ridge | at Cedar Ridge | Marvin Ridge | |
Northside | Carrboro | |||
Croatan | ||||
Orange at | at Carrboro | |||
Croatan |
4A BRACKET
1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | 4th round | East final | Champ. |
at Hoggard | |||||
Enloe at | Athens Drive | ||||
Athens Drive | Millbrook | ||||
at East Chapel Hill | at Hoggard | ||||
Millbrook | |||||
at Hoggard | |||||
at New Bern | Middle Creek | ||||
J.H. Rose at | Heritage | ||||
Heritage | Heritage | ||||
Jordan at | at Middle Creek | ||||
Middle Creek | |||||
Hoggard | |||||
at Cardinal Gibbons | |||||
at Broughton | Cardinal Gibbons | ||||
Ashley at | Holly Springs | Holly Springs | Lake Norman | ||
Holly Springs | at Leesville Road | ||||
Laney | |||||
at Leesville Road | Leesville Road | ||||
at Cardinal Gibbons | |||||
at Apex | |||||
New Hanover at | Wakefield | Cardinal Gibbons | |||
Wakefield | at Apex | ||||
Green Hope | |||||
at Cardinal Gibbons |
This story was originally published May 20, 2016 at 2:15 PM with the headline "NCHSAA boys lacrosse playoffs, 2016."