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Five of the 14 teams from the South Fork 2A (5), Northwestern Foothills 2A (5) and Northwestern 3A-4A (4) that gained state boys’ high school soccer playoff bids on Wednesday will open the postseason at home on Saturday.
Home matches include Lake Norman Charter at Newton-Conover, East Burke at East Lincoln and East Gaston at Hibriten in 2A, plus Hunter Huss at Watauga and Southwest Guilford at Hickory in 3A.
South Caldwell received a first round bye in 4A and will have a second round home match on Tuesday.
These match times for Saturday have been announced: Hibriten’s match is at 6 p.m. on Saturday while Hickory’s match is the same night at 7 p.m., and West Caldwell said its road match at Concord will begin at 3 p.m.
Newton-Conover, the South Fork 2A champion, is also the defending state 2A champion and will play Lake Norman Charter for the third time this season. The Red Devils won regular-season league matches over the Knights, 4-0 in Newton and 4-2 in Huntersville.
STATE SOCCER TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS
(First round matches on Saturday)
Note: For all 1A pairings and East 2A, 3A an 4A pairings, visit www.nchsaa.org:
West 1A
No. 6 LINCOLN CHARTER (13-7-1), bye
West 2A
No. 32 E. Gaston (9-10-1) at No. 1 HIBRITEN (21-0-2), 7 p.m.
No. 17 Central Davidson (16-7-0) at No. 16 Lexington (15-7-1)
No. 25 FRED T. FOARD (11-13-0) at No. 8 Black Mountain Owen (14-4-0)
No. 24 Forbush (111-13-0) at No. 9 Forest Hills (10-11-1)
No. 28 Ashe County (13-9-1) at No. 5 Shelby (16-3-2)
No. 21 LINCOLNTON (11-9-0) at No. 12 W. IREDELL (14-4-3)
No. 20 N. Surry (11-7-1) at No. 13 W. Stokes (11-5-3)
No. 29 LAKE NORMAN CHARTER (7-11-0) at No. 4 NEWTON-CONOVER (18-3-1), 6 p.m.
No. 30 W. Davidson (9-13-1) at No. 3 Salisbury (20-2-1)
No. 19 PATTON (13-9-1) at No. 14 E. Henderson (14-6-1)
No. 27 W. Stanly (11-6-1) at No. 6 Hendersonville (12-3-2)
No. 22 BANDYS (10-7-3) at No. 11 N. Davidson (17-4-0)
No. 26 Winston-Salem Carver (5-7-0) at No. 7 Wilkes Central (14-4-3)
No. 23 E. BURKE (12-7-1) at No. 10 E. LINCOLN (19-3-0)
No. 18 Smoky Mountain (16-4-3) at No. 15 South Point (11-7-0)
No. 31 N. LINCOLN (9-12-2) at No. 2 Surry Central (16-1-2)
West 3A
No. 32 Parkwood (6-12-1) at No. 1 Charlotte Catholic (21-2-1)
No. 17 A.C. Reynolds (15-7-0) at No. 16 McMichael (16-4-0)
No. 25 Enka (14-7-1) at No. 8 Cox Mill (12-8-3)
No. 24 N. Iredell (13-6-1) at No. 9 Marvin Ridge (16-3-0)
No. 28 Hunter Huss (13-7-0) at No. 5 WATAUGA (19-5-0), 6 p.m.
No. 21 W. CALDWELL (15-6-0) at No. 12 Concord (16-4-2), 3 p.m.
No. 20 Weddington (10-6-3) at No. 13 Winston-Salem Parkland (12-3-0)
No. 29 N. Forsyth (8-10-1) at No. 4 Asheville (20-1-1)
No. 30 Western Guilfod (13-9-1) at No. 3 Mount Tabor (17-4-1)
No. 19 Central Cabarrus (14-4-1) at No. 14 Asheville Roberson (15-7-0)
No. 27 Cuthbertson (8-9-3) at No. 6 Ashbrook (17-3-1)
No. 22 Kings Mountain (14-5-1) at No. 11 Forestview (14-4-1)
No. 26 Monroe (10-8-1) at No. 7 S. Iredell (13-2-5)
No. 23 SW Guilford (10-7-5) at No. 10 HICKORY (15-4-4), 7 p.m.
No. 18 A.L. Brown (17-4-1) at No. 15 Statesville (11-8-2)
No. 31 Asheville Erwin (12-9-2) at No. 2 SW Randolph (16-1-0)
West 4A
No. 1 NW Guilford (18-1-1), bye
No. 17 Winston-Salem Glenn (10-9-1) at No. 16 Independence (14-6-1)
No. 8 Myers Park (16-2-0), bye
No. 24 N. Mecklenurg (11-10-2) at No. 9 W. Forsyth (16-4-2)
No. 5 Pinecrest (17-3-0), bye
No. 21 Winston-Salem Reagan (8-10-2) at No. 12 Hoke County (15-5-0)
No. 20 Lake Norman (10-7-2) at No. 13 Mooresville (118-1)
No. 4 Hough (17-6-0), bye
No. 3 Winston-Salem Reynolds (15-7-0), bye
No. 19 Greensboro Page (7-9-0) at No. 14 Durham Jordan (13-6-0)
No. 6 S. Mecklenburg (15-5-1), bye
No. 22 Jamestown Ragsdale (8-9-3) at No. 11 Greensboro Grimsley (12-7-1)
No. 7 S. CALDWELL (12-6-3), bye
No. 23 Richmond County (12-9-0) at No. 10 Ardrey Kell (15-5-1)
No. 18 E. Forsyth (9-8-2) at No. 15 Providence (14-4-2)
No. 2 Porter Ridge (21-2-0), bye
