NCHSAA baseball playoff brackets, 2016

The N.C. High School Athletic Association baseball playoffs ended with Green Hope and South Granville reaching the state championship series but falling to teams from the West.

This blog will be updated with scores and links to our coverage from each round.

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.

Brackets are at the bottom of this page.

4A East

Note: Pinecrest is the No. 14 seed in the 4A West.

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

Second round (Friday-Saturday May 13-14): 1-Cardinal Gibbons vs 17-J.H. Rose (5-4) / 24-Fuquay-Varina vs 25-Jack Britt (Sat.) / 4-Green Hope (1-0) vs 13-East Wake / 12-Pine Forest (2-1) vs 28-Athens Drive /// 3-Hoggard (15-3) vs 14-Heritage / 6-Sanderson (8-7) vs 22-Apex / 23-New Hanover (6-5) vs 26-Panther Creek / 2-D.H. Conley (13-3) vs 15-Holly Springs

Third round (Tuesday-Wednesday May 17-18):

17-J.H. Rose (2-1) vs 24-Fuquay-Varina / 4-Green Hope (2-1) vs 12-Pine Forest /// 3-Hoggard (9-0) vs 6-Sanderson / 2-D.H. Conley (2-1) vs 23-New Hanover

Fouth round (Friday May 20): 4-Green Hope (2-1) vs 17-J.H. Rose /// 2-D.H. Conley vs 3-Hoggard (5-2)

East final (best-of-three series May 24-28):

3-Hoggard vs 4-Green Hope

Tue: 4-Green Hope (5-4) at 3-Hoggard

Thurs: 3-Hoggard at 4-Green Hope (3-1)

State championship (best-of-three series June 3-4):

Green Hope vs North Davidson

G1: North Davidson 6, Green Hope 0

G2: North Davidson 5, Green Hope 2

3A East

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

Second round (Friday-Saturday May 13-14):

1-Cleveland vs 17-Topsail (5-3) / 8-Rocky Mount vs 24-Triton (10-0) / 5-Orange (8-5) vs 21-Hunt / 6-C.B. Aycock vs 13-South Johnston (8-6) /// 19-Corinth Holders (2-0) vs 30-Fike / 6-West Craven vs 11-Northern Guilford (4-3) / 7-Rockingham County (7-1) vs 10-Northwood / 2-West Brunswick (10-0) vs 15-Chapel Hill

Third round (Tuesday-Wednesday May 17-18): 17-Topsail (7-1) vs 24-Triton / 5-Orange (6-3) vs 13-South Johnston /// 11-Northern Guilford vs 19-Corinth Holders (3-1) / 2-West Brunswick (14-4) vs 7-Rockingham County

Fourth round (Friday May 20): 5-Orange vs 17-Topsail (7-0) /// 2-West Brunswick vs 19-Corinth Holders (9-5)

East final (best-of-three series May 24-28):

17-Topsail vs 19-Corinth Holders

G1: 19-Corinth Holders at 17-Topsail (7-0)

G2: 17-Topsail at 19-Corinth Holders (2-1)

G3: 19-Corinth Holders at 17-Topsail (2-1)

State championship (best-of-three series June 3-4):

Topsail vs Marvin Ridge

G1: Marvin Ridge 6, Topsail 3

G2: Marvin Ridge 10, Topsail 7

2A East

First round (Tuesday-Wednesday May 10-11): 32-Dixon (3-2) vs 1-North Johnston / 16-Washington vs 17-South Columbus (4-1) / 8-North Pitt (5-0) vs 25-Clinton / 9-Roanoke Rapids vs 24-St. Pauls (6-2) / 5-East Bladen vs 28-Currituck County (6-5) / 12-First Flight (4-1) vs 21-Eastern Randolph / 4-Edenton Holmes (5-0) vs 29-Franklinton / 13-Midway (10-0) vs 20-Bertie /// 3-Fairmont (3-1) vs 30-SouthWest Edgecombe / 14-Carrboro vs 19-Greene Central (6-2) / 6-Croatan (19-4) vs 27-N.C. School of Science and Math / 11-North Brunswick (2-1) vs 22-Bartlett Yancey / 7-North Lenoir (9-8) vs 26-Red Springs / 10-South Lenoir (6-5) vs 23-Ayden-Grifton / 2-Bunn (6-1) vs 31-Pasquotank County / 15-South Granville (3-0) vs 18-East Duplin

Second round (Friday-Saturday May 13-14): 17-South Columbus (4-3) vs 32-Dixon / 8-North Pitt vs 24-St. Pauls (10-4) / 12-First Flight vs 28-Currituck County (2-1) / 4-Edenton Holmes (4-3) vs 13-Midway /// 3-Fairmont (8-0) vs 19-Greene Central / 6-Croatan vs 11-North Brunswick (9-2) / 7-North Lenoir vs 10-South Lenoir (4-1) / 2-Bunn vs 15-South Granville (12-0)

Third round (Tuesday-Wednesday May 17-18): 17-South Columbus (9-2) vs 24-St. Pauls / 4-Edenton Holmes (6-2) vs 28-Currituck County /// 3-Fairmont (3-0) vs 11-North Brunswick / 10-South Lenoir vs 15-South Granville (13-4)

Fourth round (Friday May 20): 4-Edenton Holmes (4-1) vs 17-South Columbus /// 3-Fairmont vs 15-South Granville (8-5)

East final (best-of-three series May 24-28):

4-Edenton Holmes vs 15-South Granville

G1: 15-South Granville (4-0) at 4-Edenton Holmes

G2: 4-Edenton Holmes at 15-South Granville (4-3)

State championship (best-of-three series June 3-4):

South Granville vs East Rutherford

G1: East Rutherford 8, South Granville 0

G2: South Granville 8, East Rutherford 3

G3: East Rutherford 10, South Granville 5

1A East

Note: 12-Roxboro Community lost in the first round and 13-North Moore and 26-Chatham Central lost in the second round of the 1A West.

First round (Tuesday-Wednesday May 10-11): 1-Whiteville (5-0) vs 32-Southside / 16-Jones (8-7) vs 17-Oxford Prep / 8-Wallace-Rose Hill (16-0) vs 25-Rocky Mount Prep / 9-Manteo (5-3) vs 24-Columbia / 5-Riverside Williamston (13-0) vs 28-East Wake Academy / 12-Granville Central vs 21-Gates County (7-6) / 4-Voyager Academy (25-0) vs 29-KIPP Pride / 13-Tarboro (1-0) vs 20-Hobbton /// 3-Louisburg vs 30-Pamlico County (7-1) / 14-Princeton (6-0) vs 19-South Creek / 6-Spring Creek (9-0) vs 27-Northside Pinetown / 11-Rosewood (4-1) vs 22-North Duplin / 7-East Carteret (11-0) vs 26-Northwest Halifax / 10-Bear Grass Charter (2-1) vs 23-James Kenan / 2-Camden County (3-1) vs 31-Trask / 15-Perquimans (15-3) vs 18-Franklin Academy

Second round (Friday-Saturday May 13-14): 1-Whiteville (5-0) vs 16-Jones / 8-Wallace-Rose Hill (3-2) vs 9-Manteo / 5-Riverside Williamston vs 21-Gates County (8-5) / 4-Voyager Academy (3-1) vs 13-Tarboro /// 14-Princeton (5-1) vs 30-Pamlico County / 6-Spring Creek (2-0) vs 11-Rosewood / 7-East Carteret (2-1) vs 10-Bear Grass Charter / 2-Camden County vs 15-Perquimans (2-1)

Third round (Tuesday-Wednesday May 17-18):

1-Whiteville (7-0) vs 8-Wallace-Rose Hill / 4-Voyager Academy (11-0) vs 21-Gates County /// 6-Spring Creek (4-3) vs 14-Princeton / 7-East Carteret (7-4) vs 15-Perquimans

Fourth round (Friday-Saturday May 20-21): 1-Whiteville (1-0) vs 4-Voyager Academy /// 6-Spring Creek vs 7-East Carteret (6-2)

East final (best-of-three series May 24-28):

1-Whiteville vs 7-East Carteret

G1: 7-East Carteret at 1-Whiteville (4-3)

G2: 1-Whiteville (4-1) at 7-East Carteret

State championship (best-of-three series June 3-4):

Whiteville vs Cherryville

G1: Cherryville 5, Whiteville 4

G2: Cherryville 7, Whiteville 4

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This story was originally published June 5, 2016 at 7:36 PM with the headline "NCHSAA baseball playoff brackets, 2016."