NCHSAA softball playoff brackets, 2016

The N.C. High School Athletic Association softball playoffs ended with South Granville and Princeton defeating teams from the West for state championships.

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.

A bracket is attached at the bottom.

4A East

Note: Pinecrest, an 11-seed, lost in the second round of the 4A West bracket.

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

Second round (Friday-Saturday May 13-14): 1-Cape Fear (2-0) vs 16-South Central / 9-Apex (9-1) vs 25-Lumberton / 5-Fuquay-Varina (6-5) vs 12-Jack Britt / 20-Wakefield (11-4) vs 29-Millbrook /// 3-Garner vs 14-Hoggard (3-1) / 6-Southern Alamance vs 11-Wake Forest (1-0) / 7-Laney vs 10-West Johnston (4-0) / 2-D.H. Conley (4-0) vs 15-Hoke County

Third round (Tuesday-Wednesday May 17-18): 1-Cape Fear (10-0) vs 9-Apex / 5-Fuquay-Varina (7-1) vs 20-Wakefield /// 11-Wake Forest (6-1) vs 14-Hoggard / 2-D.H. Conley (2-1) vs 10-West Johnston

Fourth round (Friday May 20): 1-Cape Fear (7-1) vs 5-Fuquay-Varina /// 2-D.H. Conley (6-0) vs 11-Wake Forest

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

1-Cape Fear vs 2-D.H. Conley

G1: 2-D.H. Conley at 1-Cape Fear (2-1)

G2: 1-Cape Fear at 2-D.H. Conley (6-3)

G3: 2-D.H. Conley at 1-Cape Fear (1-0)

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

Cape Fear vs West Forsyth

G1: West Forsyth 3, Cape Fear 0

G2: West Forsyth 4, Cape Fear 3

3A East

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

Second round (Friday-Saturday May 13-14): 1-C.B. Aycock (5-1) vs 16-Triton / 8-Orange (4-3) vs 9-Eastern Alamance / 5-West Carteret vs 12-Cleveland (5-3) / 4-Lee County (11-0) vs 13-Hunt /// 3-Topsail (10-0) vs 14-Morehead / 6-Northern Nash (4-3) vs 22-Havelock / 23-West Brunswick vs 26-Corinth Holders (8-2) / 2-Northwood (3-2) vs 15-J.F. Webb

Third round (Tuesday-Wednesday May 17-18): 1-C.B. Aycock (8-5) vs 8-Orange / 4-Lee County (4-0) vs 12-Cleveland /// 3-Topsail (10-1) vs 6-Northern Nash / 2-Northwood vs 26-Corinth Holders (10-8)

Fourth round (Saturday May 21): 1-C.B. Aycock (4-3) vs 4-Lee County /// 3-Topsail (2-1) vs 26-Corinth Holders

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

1-C.B. Aycock vs 3-Topsail

G1: 3-Topsail (9-7) at 1-C.B. Aycock

G2: 1-C.B. Aycock (5-2) at 3-Topsail

G3: 3-Topsail at 1-C.B. Aycock (3-0)

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

C.B. Aycock vs Enka

G1: Enka 8, C.B. Aycock 6

G2: Enka 5, C.B. Aycock 3

2A East

First round (Tuesday-Wednesday May 10-11): 1-Jordan-Matthews (3-0) vs 32-Southwest Onslow / 16-North Brunswick vs 17-Beddingfield (8-7) / 8-North Johnston (5-0) vs 25-Midway / 9-West Bladen (3-1) vs 24-Franklinton / 5-Currituck County (6-0) vs 28-Northside Jacksonville / 12-Washington (17-0) vs 21-First Flight / 4-East Duplin (7-1) vs 29-Northeastern / 13-Randleman (6-0) vs 20-North Lenoir /// 3-Eastern Randolph (10-0) vs 30-Trinity / 14-Edenton Holmes vs 19-Roanoke Rapids (10-0) / 6-South Lenoir (7-0) vs 27-SouthWest Edgecombe / 11-Greene Central (14-0) vs 22-Graham / 7-South Columbus (20-3) vs 26-Red Springs / 10-Bunn (11-0) vs 23-Dixon / 15-Bartlett-Yancey vs 18-Providence Grove (10-5) / 2-South Granville (10-0) vs 31-Farmville Central

Second round (Friday-Saturday May 13-14): 1-Jordan-Matthews (5-1) vs 17-Beddingfield / 8-North Johnston (6-3) vs 9-West Bladen / 5-Currituck County vs 12-Washington (5-3) / 4-East Duplin (3-0) vs 13-Randleman /// 3-Eastern Randolph (9-8) vs 19-Roanoke Rapids / 6-South Lenoir vs 11-Greene Central (8-5) / 7-South Columbus vs 10-Bunn (9-1) / 2-South Granville (2-1) vs 18-Providence Grove

Third round (Tuesday-Wednesday May 17-18): 1-Jordan-Matthews (12-3) vs 8-North Johnston / 4-East Duplin vs 12-Washington (12-3) /// 3-Eastern Randolph (3-2) vs 11-Greene Central / 2-South Granville (11-3) vs 10-Bunn

Fourth round (Friday-Saturday May 20-21): 1-Jordan-Matthews vs 12-Washington (6-1) /// 2-South Granville (3-0) vs 3-Eastern Randolph

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

2-South Granville vs 12-Washington

G1: 12-Washington at 2-South Granville (5-4)

G2: 2-South Granville (5-4) at 12-Washington

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

South Granville vs West Lincoln

G1: South Granville 5, West Lincoln 4

G2: West Lincoln 4, South Granville 0

G3: South Granville 10, West Lincoln 5

1A East

Note: 7-Chatham Central is alive in the third round, 16-North Moore lost in the second round and 17-Roxboro Community lost in the first round of the 1A West

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

Second round (Friday-Saturday May 13-14): 1-Princeton (3-2) vs 16-East Columbus / 8-East Carteret (6-1) vs 9-Camden County / 21-Jones (13-2) vs 28-Spring Creek / 4-Perquimans (7-1) vs 13-Franklin Academy /// 3-South Creek vs 14-Northside Pinetown (7-1) / 6-Louisburg (7-5) vs 11-Riverside Williamston / 7-North Duplin (3-0) vs 23-Gates County / 2-Trask (4-3) vs 15-Manteo

Third round (Tuesday-Wednesday May 17-18): 1-Princeton (2-1) vs 8-East Carteret / 4-Perquimans (8-3) vs 21-Jones /// 6-Louisburg vs 14-Northside Pinetown (8-7) / 2-Trask vs 7-North Duplin (8-0)

Fourth round (Friday-Saturday May 20-21): 1-Princeton (4-0) vs 4-Perquimans /// 7-North Duplin (8-5) vs 14-Northside Pinetown

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

1-Princeton vs 7-North Duplin

G1: 7-North Duplin at 1-Princeton (1-0)

G2: 1-Princeton at 7-North Duplin (2-1)

G3: 7-North Duplin at 1-Princeton (7-0)

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

Princeton vs North Stanly

G1: North Stanly 3, Princeton 2

G2: Princeton 8, North Stanly 1

G3: Princeton 3, North Stanly 2

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