These are the projections for the 1A East bracket for the 2023-24 NCHSAA softball playoffs.
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1A East Softball Projection
Time of last update -- Thursday, Apr. 11 at 1:08 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.
Atlantic 5 1-seed: Bear Grass Charter
Carolina 1-seed: North Duplin
Central Tar Heel 1-seed: Chatham Charter
*Coastal Plains 1-seed: Northside - Pinetown
*Four Rivers 1-seed: Perquimans
*Mid-Carolina 1-seed: Chatham Central
*Super Six 1-seed: Falls Lake Academy
Tar-Roanoke champ: Weldon
Tar-Roanoke 2nd place: Warren County
Triangle North champ: Vance Charter
*Waccamaw 1-seed: East Columbus
*-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.
Last five in, first five out
28. Rocky Mount Prep
29. Hobbton
30. North East Carolina Prep
31. Lejeune
32. River Mill
1. Bertie
2. North Edgecombe
3. Mattamuskeet
4. Cape Hatteras
5. West Columbus
Projected seeds, matchups
(1) North Duplin vs (32) River Mill
(16) Warren County vs (17) North Moore
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(8) Chatham Charter vs (25) Jones
(9) Weldon vs (24) Northwest Halifax
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(5) Chatham Central vs (28) Rocky Mount Prep
(12) Roxboro Community vs (21) Union
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(13) Rosewood vs (20) East Bladen
(4) Vance Charter vs (29) Hobbton
(3) East Columbus vs (30) North East Carolina Prep
(14) Oxford Prep vs (19) Hobgood Charter
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(6) Bear Grass Charter vs (27) East Wake Academy
(11) Pamlico County vs (22) Gates Countyl
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(7) Perquimans vs (26) Southside
(10) Falls Lake vs (23) Clover Garden School
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(15) Pender vs (18) Northampton County
(2) Northside - Pinetown vs (31) Lejeune
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