These are the projections for the 2A West bracket for the 2023-24 NCHSAA softball playoffs.
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2A West Softball Projection
Time of last update -- Friday, Apr. 5 at 1:19 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.
*Catawba Shores 1-seed: Lincoln Charter
Catawba Valley champ: Maiden
Catawba Valley 2nd place: Bunker Hill
*Central Carolina champ: East Davidson
Foothills champ: West Wilkes
Foothills 2nd place: Forbush
Mid-State champ: McMichael
Mid-State 2nd place: West Stokes
*Mountain Foothills champ: R-S Central
*Mountain Foothills 2nd place: Brevard
*PAC-7 champ: Southwestern Randolph
**Rocky River 1-seed: West Stanly
*Southern Piedmont champ: East Gaston
*Western Highlands 1-seed: Owen
*Yadkin Valley champ: North Stanly
*-Split conference with 1A 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 3A 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
28. Pine Lake Prep
29. North Wilkes
30. West Davidson
31. Patton
32. Morehead
1. Surry Central
2. Burns
3. Shelby
4. Madison
5. Lincolnton
Projected seeds, matchups
(1) Maiden vs (32) Morehead
(16) Forbush vs (17) West Stokes
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(8) R-S Central vs (25) East Burke
(9) Lincoln Charter vs (24) West Caldwell
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(5) McMichael vs (28) Pine Lake Prep
(12) Randleman vs (21) CHASE
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(13) Bunker Hill vs (20) East Rutherford
(4) West Wilkes vs (29) North Wilkes
(3) Southwestern Randolph vs (30) West Davidson
(14) Bandys vs (19) West Lincoln
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(6) Owen vs (27) Walkertown
(11) East Gaston vs (22) Providence Grove
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(7) West Stanly vs (26) Hendersonville
(10) East Davidson vs (23) Wheatmore
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(15) Mount Pleasant vs (18) Brevard
(2) North Stanly vs (31) Patton
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