These are the projections for the 3A West bracket for the 2023-24 NCHSAA softball playoffs.
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3A West Softball Projection
Time of last update -- Friday, Apr. 5 at 12:23 p.m.
- Note: Where there is a currently-unbreakable tie for an automatic bid, we are using RPI (which is how the NCHSAA breaks ties that cannot be done by head-to-head or "best win").
- Conference champs are in bold. Conference champs who would not be seeded as conference champs if the playoffs began today are in bold italics.
Big South champ: Kings Mountain
Big South 2nd place: Crest
Mid-Piedmont champ: Oak Grove
Mid-Piedmont 2nd place: North Davidson
Mid-State champ: Rockingham County
Mid-State 2nd place: Eastern Guilford
**Mountain Athletic 1-seed: Enka
Mountain 7 champ: Franklin
Mountain 7 2nd place: West Henderson
**Northwestern 1-seed: Ashe County
**Queen City Athletic 1-seed: West Charlotte
*Rocky River champ: Piedmont
South Piedmont champ: East Rowan
South Piedmont 2nd place: Central Cabarrus
South Piedmont 3rd place: West Rowan
Western Foothills champ: Foard
Western Foothills 2nd place: North Lincoln
*-Split conference with 2A schools — 1-seeds must have an overall win percentage of .500 or better OR finish in the top three in the conference standings to be seeded with the 1-seeds, or else be seeded with the 2s and wild-cards.
**-Split conference with 4A schools — 1-seeds must have an overall win percentage of .500 or better OR finish in the top three in the conference standings to be seeded with the 1-seeds, or else be seeded with the 2s and wild-cards.
Last five in, first five out
27. Northwest Cabarrus
28. North Iredell
29. East Lincoln
30. South Rowan
31. Tuscola
32. West Charlotte
1. Freedom
2. Central Academy
3. South Point
4. Smoky Mountain
5. Concord
Projected seeds, matchups
(1) Oak Grove vs (32) West Charlotte
(16) Central Cabarrus vs (17) Forestview
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(8) Rockingham County vs (25) North Buncombe
(9) Foard vs (24) Stuart W. Cramer
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(5) East Rowan vs (28) North Iredell
(12) Crest vs (21) Eastern Guilford
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(13) West Henderson vs (20) Central Davidson
(4) Kings Mountain vs (29) East Lincoln
(3) Enka vs (30) South Rowan
(14) Montgomery Central vs (19) Parkwood
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(6) Piedmont vs (27) Northwest Cabarrus
(11) Ledford vs (22) A.C. Reynolds
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(7) Ashe County vs (26) North Lincoln
(10) North Davidson vs (23) Southern Guilford
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(15) West Rowan vs (18) Pisgah
(2) Franklin vs (31) Tuscola
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