HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER: Hibriten earns top West 2A seed for playoffs

E. Lincoln, S. Caldwell, Watauga also

have home matches in first round

 

By CHRIS HOBBS

HobbsDailyReport.com

CHAPEL HILL – The state boys’ high school soccer championship tournaments begin on Tuesday with seven teams from Greater Hickory area conferences in the mix.

The pairings were posted to the website of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSA) after they were completed on Saturday.

The 2A bracket includes Hibriten and Fred T. Foard from the Northwestern Foothills 2A and East Lincoln and Newton-Conover from the South Fork 2A.

Hickory and Watauga from the Northwestern 3A-4A are in the 3A bracket and South Caldwell gained that league’s 4A postseason bid.

Hibriten is the No. 1 seed in the West 2A bracket.

East Lincoln was the South Fork 2A champion, Hibriten won the Northwestern Foothills 2A title and Hickory and Watauga shared a title in the Northwestern 3A-4A with Watauga gaining the top playoff seed.

South Caldwell got in via having the top 4A record in the league (McDowell is the only other 4A in the Northwestern 3A-4A).

AREA TEAM’S FIRST ROUND MATCHES

West 2A

No. 10 Newton-Conover (9-1-2) at No. 7 Ledford (11-1-1)

No. 11 Fred T. Foard (12-2-0) at No. 6 Black Mountain Owen (8-2-1)

No. 12 Forbush (6-2-2) at No. 5 E. Lincoln (10-1-1)

No. 16 Smoky Mountain (7-4-2) at No. 1 Hibriten (14-0-0)

West 3A

No. 15 Mount Tabor (10-1-2) at No. 2 Watauga (11-1-0)

No. 16 Hickory (11-1-0) at No. 1 Forestview (12-0-0)

West 4A

No. 13 Providence (6-1-0) at No. 4 S. Caldwell (5-6-0)

STATEWIDE PAIRINGS: https://www.nchsaa.org/sites/default/files/2020-2021%20NCHSAA%20FINAL%20MSOC%20BRACKETS.pdf

FINAL STANDINGS STATEWIDE: https://www.nchsaa.org/sites/default/files/Mens%20Soccer%20Final%20Conference%20Standings%202021%209%20am.pdf

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