Maiden High will be at home on Tuesday night to face Smoky Mountain in the opening round of the state 2A volleyball tournament, with East Lincoln, Fred T. Foard, Hickory and Watauga also opening the postseason with first-round home matches./PHOTO COURTESY OF OBSERVER NEWS ENTERPRISE
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The opening round of the state high school girls’ volleyball playoffs on Tuesday night will include five home matches for area teams, highlighted by Northwestern Foothills 2A foes Draughn and Fred T. Foard battling at Foard.
The South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A each advanced five teams to the postseason.
Foard has the highest seed among area teams at No. 1 2A in the West.
South Fork 2A
Regular-season champion East Lincoln is the No. 3 West seed and opens at home against No. 30 Canton Pisgah.
Maiden — the regular-season runner-up and league tournament champ — is seeded No. 11 and opens at home against No. 22 Smoky Mountain on Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Lake Norman Charter, seeded No. 21, goes to No. 12 South Rowan while Bandys, seeded No. 28, travels to No. 5 Forbush, and 24th-seeded North Lincoln starts at ninth-seeded Black Mountain Owen.
Northwestern Foothills 2A
Foard — the regular-season and conference tournament champion — plays Draughn, a No. 32 seed, at Foard at 6 p.m. on Tuesday.
Foard beat Draughn twice in the regular season, 3-0 at Foard and 3-0 at Draughn.
East Burke, seeded No. 20, plays at No. 13 West Stanly, No. 14 West Iredell is at home against No. 19 Franklin and No. 23 Bunker Hill goes to No. 10 East Henderson.
Northwestern 3A-4A
Watauga, Hickory, St. Stephens and Alexander Central made the 3A bracket and South Caldwell earned the league’s 4A bid.
Watauga is seeded No. 4 and begins play Tuesday at home against No. 19 Cramer.
Hickory, second in the regular season, is a No. 11 seed and at home Tuesday against No. 22 Weddington.
St. Stephens, seeded No. 27, goes to No. 6 Cox Mill, and No. 31 Alexander Central goes to No. 2 West Henderson.
South Caldwell is seeded No. 24 and plays first at No. 9 Lake Norman.
STATE VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS
West 1A
No. 30 E. Wilkes (4-16) at No. 3 LINCOLN CHARTER (21-1)
West 2A
No. 32 DRAUGHN (8-14) at No. 1 FRED T. FOARD (21-2)
No. 17 Ledford (19-3) at No. 16 E. Gaston (14-7)
No. 25 South Point (17-7) at No. 8 W. Wilkes (18-3)
No. 24 N. LINCOLN (13-11) at No. 9 Black Mountain Owen (13-10)
No. 28 BANDYS (10-12) at No. 5 Forbush (20-4)
No. 21 LAKE NORMAN CHARTER (13-8) at No. 12 S. Rowan (21-5)
No. 20 E. BURKE (15-8) at No. 13 W. Stanly (19-6)
No. 29 N. Davidson (10-14) at No. 4 W. Davidson (21-6)
No. 30 Canton Pisgah (8-16) at No. 3 E. LINCOLN (20-2)
No. 19 Franklin (15-10) at No. 14 W. IREDELL (14-12)
No. 27 Surry Central (13-12) at No. 6 R-S Central (19-6)
No. 22 Smoky Mountain (13-12) at No. 11 MAIDEN (19-5), 6 p.m.
No. 26 Central Academy (11-11) at No. 7 Mount Pleasant (19-5)
No. 23 BUNKER HILL (11-12) at No. 10 E. Henderson (16-9)
No. 18 Hendersonville (13-11) at No. 15 N. Surry (17-10)
No. 31 Shelby (11-10) at No. 2 Brevard (20-5)
West 3A
No. 32 E. Rowan (5-16) at No. 1 Marvin Ridge (38-2)
No. 17 N. Iredell (12-6) at No. 16 S. Iredell (18-7)
No. 25 Waynesville Tuscola (10-14) at No. 8 W. Rowan (17-4)
No. 24 Parkwood (10-9) at No. 9 A.C. Reynolds (21-3)
No. 28 Mount Tabor (13-10) at No. 5 McMichael (25-1)
No. 21 N. Henderson (13-12) at No. 12 Kings Mountain (23-3)
No. 20 Sun Valley (14-6) at No. 13 Concord Robinson (15-6)
No. 29 Cramer (15-8) at No. 4 WATAUGA (22-0)
No. 30 Piedmont (8-15) at No. 3 Carson (23-3)
No. 19 Cuthbertson (15-6) at No. 14 SW Guilford (19-6)
No. 27 ST. STEPHENS (14-10) at No. 6 Cox Mill (18-3). 6 p.m.
No. 22 Weddington (10-9) at No. 11 HICKORY (20-3)
No. 26 Ekna (9-12) at No. 7 Crest (22-2)
No. 23 Statesville (11-18) at No. 10 Charlotte Catholic (18-8)
No. 18 Asheville Roberson (17-8) at No. 15 N. Buncombe (16-9)
No. 31 ALEXANDER CENTRAL (10-14) at No. 2 W. Henderson (28-2)
West 4A
No. 1 Davie County (21-2), BYE
No. 17 W. Forsyth (12-14) at No. 16 Greensboro Grimsley (11-9)
No. 8 Winston-Salem Reagan (21-5), BYE
No. 24 S. CALDWELL (7-14) at No. 9 Lake Norman (21-6), 6 p.m.
No. 5 Hickory Ridge (20-3), BYE
No. 21 Richmond County (13-8) at No. 12 Providence (19-8)
No. 4 NW Guilford (16-10), BYE
No. 20 Mooresville (11-12) at No. 13 Pinecrest (14-9)
No. 3 Mallard Creek (22-8), BYE
No. 19 S. Mecklenburg (13-8) at No. 14 Myers Park (18-8)
No. 6 Fayetteville Britt (19-6), BYE
No. 22 Durham Jordan (8-15) at No. 11 Greensboro Page (15-8)
No. 7 Panther Creek (14-4), BYE
No. 23 N. Mecklenburg (12-12) at No. 10 Apex Friendship (14-7)
No. 2 Ardrey Kell (20-5), BYE
No. 18 E. Forsyth (13-11) at No. 15 Hough (18-8)
