NCHSAA girls soccer playoff brackets, 2016

This blog was updated with scores and links to our coverage from each round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association 2016 girls soccer playoffs.

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

Note: Pinecrest, the 4-seed, is alive in the third round of the 4A West.

First round (Tuesday-Wednesday May 10-11): 1-Clayton (6-0) vs 32-Harnett Central / 17-Jack Britt (2-1) vs 16-Northern Durham / 25-New Bern (4-3) vs 8-J.H. Rose / 24-Athens Drive (2-1) vs 9-Millbrook / 4-Leesville Road (3-2) vs 29-New Hanover / 13-Lumberton vs 20-Apex (5-1) / 5-Laney vs 28-Holly Springs (4-2) / 12-Fuquay-Varina (7-1) vs 21-West Johnston /// 2-Cardinal Gibbons (9-0) vs 31-Riverside / 15-East Chapel Hill vs 18-Heritage (2-0) / 7-Pine Forest vs 26-Middle Creek (5-0) / 10-Overhills vs 23-Wakefield (9-0) / 3-D.H. Conley vs 30-Panther Creek (3-1) / 14-Knightdale (4-0) vs 19-Garner / 6-Green Hope (3-2) vs 27-Ashley / 11-Hoggard vs 22-Sanderson (1-0)

Second round (Friday-Saturday May 13-14): 1-Clayton (3-1) vs 17-Jack Britt / 24-Athens Drive (4-0) vs 25-New Bern / 4-Leesville Road (1-0) vs 20-Apex / 12-Fuquay-Varina vs 28-Holly Springs (2-1, PKs) /// 2-Cardinal Gibbons (3-1) vs 18-Heritage / 23-Wakefield vs 26-Middle Creek (4-1) / 14-Knightdale vs 30-Panther Creek (3-1) / 6-Green Hope vs 22-Sanderson (1-0)

Third round (Tuesday-Wednesday May 17-18): 1-Clayton vs 24-Athens Drive (3-1) / 4-Leesville Road (1-0) vs 28-Holly Springs /// 2-Cardinal Gibbons vs 26-Middle Creek (1-0) / 22-Sanderson vs 30-Panther Creek (1-0)

Fourth round (Friday-Saturday May 20-21): 4-Leesville Road vs 24-Athens Drive (1-0) /// 26-Middle Creek (3-2, PKs) vs 30-Panther Creek

East final (Tuesday May 24):

24-Athens Drive vs 26-Middle Creek (4-1)

State championship at N.C. State (Saturday May 28):

26-Middle Creek vs 1-Providence (2-1)

3A East

First round (Tuesday-Wednesday May 10-11): 1-Terry Sanford (9-0) vs 32-Southern Nash / 16-Western Alamance vs 17-Hunt (2-1) / 8-South Brunswick vs 25-Eastern Alamance (2-0) / 9-Swansboro (5-0) vs 24-Cedar Ridge / 4-Chapel Hill (4-0) vs 29-Eastern Wayne / 13-Union Pines (2-0) vs 20-Triton / 5-Northern Guilford (8-0) vs 28-Smithfield-Selma / 12-Northwood (3-1) vs 21-Rockingham County /// 3-Corinth Holders (6-0) vs 30-Topsail / 14-Cleveland vs 19-West Carteret (7-1) / 6-Fike (9-0) vs 27-Havelock / 11-Williams (7-0) vs 22-Northern Nash / 7-C.B. Aycock vs 26-Richlands (2-1, PKs) / 10-Rocky Mount (5-0) vs 23-Gray’s Creek / 15-Southern Lee vs 18-Orange (5-4) / 2-Jacksonville (9-0) vs 31-J.F. Webb

Second round (Friday-Saturday May 13-14): 1-Terry Sanford vs 17-Hunt (2-1 PKs) / 9-Swansboro (7-0) vs 25-Eastern Alamance / 4-Chapel Hill (5-2) vs 13-Union Pines / 5-Northern Guilford (4-0) vs 12-Northwood /// 3-Corinth Holders (2-1) vs 19-West Carteret / 6-Fike (8-1) vs 11-Williams / 10-Rocky Mount (3-1) vs 26-Richlands / 2-Jacksonville (10-2) vs 18-Orange

Third round (Tuesday-Wednesday May 17-18): 9-Swansboro (4-0) vs 17-Hunt / 4-Chapel Hill (3-2) vs 5-Northern Guilford /// 3-Corinth Holders vs 6-Fike (2-1) / 2-Jacksonville (5-1) vs 10-Rocky Mount

Fourth round (Friday-Saturday May 20-21): 4-Chapel Hill vs 9-Swansboro (1-0) /// 2-Jacksonville (4-1) vs 6-Fike

East final (Tuesday May 24):

2-Jacksonville (4-3, PKs) vs 9-Swansboro

State championship at N.C. State (Saturday May 28):

2-Jacksonville vs 1-Weddington (2-1)

2A East

First round (Tuesday-Wednesday May 10-11): 1-Carrboro (9-0) vs 32-Southern Vance / 16-Beddingfield (5-0) vs 17-South Lenoir / 8-Goldsboro vs 25-Midway (4-0) / 9-South Columbus vs 24-North Pitt (2-0) / 5-N.C. School of Science and Math (9-0) vs 28-Red Springs / 12-Bartlett Yancey vs 21-Jordan-Matthews (4-2) / 4-Clinton (9-0) vs 29-Northeastern / 13-South Granville (6-0) vs 20-Edenton Holmes /// 3-Dixon (7-0) vs 30-Franklinton / 14-Croatan vs 19-Roanoke Rapids (1-0 PKs) / 6-Washington vs 27-East Duplin (2-1) / 11-Currituck County (9-0) vs 22-North Lenoir / 7-First Flight (5-0) vs 10-Durham School of the Arts / 10-East Bladen (5-0) vs 23-Randleman / 2-Trinity (3-0) vs 31-Northside Jacksonville / 15-Wheatmore vs 18-Southwest Onslow (2-0)

Second round (Friday-Saturday May 13-14): 1-Carrboro (9-0) vs 16-Beddingfield / 24-North Pitt vs 25-Midway (3-2) / 5-N.C. School of Science and Math (6-0) vs 21-Jordan-Matthews / 4-Clinton (5-0) vs 13-South Granville /// 3-Dixon (4-0) vs 19-Roanoke Rapids / 11-Currituck County (2-1) vs 27-East Duplin / 7-First Flight (4-1) vs 10-East Bladen / 2-Trinity vs 18-Southwest Onslow (1-0)

Third round (Tuesday-Wednesday May 17-18): 1-Carrboro (5-0) vs 25-Midway / 4-Clinton (7-0) vs 5-N.C. School of Science and Math /// 3-Dixon vs 11-Currituck County (6-1) / 7-First Flight (2-0) vs 18-Southwest Onslow

Fourth round (Friday-Saturday May 20-21):

1-Carrboro (5-2) vs 4-Clinton /// 7-First Flight (3-1) vs 11-Currituck County

East final (Tuesday May 24):

1-Carrboro (5-0) vs 7-First Flight

State championship at N.C. State (Saturday May 28):

1-Carrboro (1-0) vs 1-Forbush

1A East

Note: North Moore, the No. 3 seed in the West, lost in the second round.

First round (Tuesday-Wednesday May 10-11): 1-Franklin Academy (11-0) vs 32-Chatham Charter / 16-Cape Hatteras vs 17-East Wake Academy (9-0) / 8-Woods Charter (9-0) vs 25-Kestrel Heights / 9-Lejeune (6-0) vs 24-Research Triangle / 5-Granville Central vs 28-Neuse Charter (3-2) / 12-Camden County (3-0) vs 21-Wallace-Rose Hill / 4-East Carteret (9-0) vs 29-Chatham Central / 13-Raleigh Charter (9-0) vs 20-Voyager Academy /// 3-Whiteville (10-1) vs 30-North Duplin / 14-James Kenan (1-0) vs 19-Roxboro Community / 6-Trask (4-0) vs 27-Hobbton / 11-West Columbus (4-3) vs 22-Union / 7-Manteo (1-0) vs 26-Pender / 10-Rosewood (6-1) vs 23-Lakewood / 15-Oxford Prep vs 18-Princeton (9-0) / 2-Spring Creek (11-2) vs 31-River Mill Academy

Second round (Friday-Saturday May 13-14): 1-Franklin Academy (10-1) vs 17-East Wake Academy / 8-Woods Charter (2-0) vs 9-Lejeune / 12-Camden County (2-1) vs vs 28-Neuse Charter / 4-East Carteret (2-0) vs 13-Raleigh Charter /// 3-Whiteville (8-1) vs 14-James Kenan / 6-Trask (1-0) vs 11-West Columbus / 7-Manteo vs 10-Rosewood (4-0) / 2-Spring Creek (5-1) vs 18-Princeton

Third round (Tuesday-Wednesday May 17-18): 1-Franklin Academy (3-1) vs 8-Woods Charter / 4-East Carteret (4-0) vs 12-Camden County /// 3-Whiteville (6-0) vs 6-Trask / 2-Spring Creek vs 10-Rosewood (4-0)

Fourth round (Friday-Saturday May 20-21): 1-Franklin Academy (3-1) vs 4-East Carteret /// 3-Whiteville (6-1) vs 10-Rosewood

East final (Tuesday May 24):

1-Franklin Academy (6-0) vs 3-Whiteville

State championship at N.C. State (Saturday May 28):

1-Franklin Academy vs 1-Community School of Davidson (5-1)

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This story was originally published May 27, 2016 at 9:41 PM with the headline "NCHSAA girls soccer playoff brackets, 2016."