These are the projections for the 4A West bracket for the 2023-24 NCHSAA softball playoffs.
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4A West Softball Projection
Time of last update -- Thursday, Apr. 11 at 12:14 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.
Central Piedmont champ: Reagan
Central Piedmont 2nd place: West Forsyth
Greater Metro champ: Mooresville
Greater Metro 2-seed: Lake Norman
Metro champ: Northwest Guilford
Metro 2nd place: Southwest Guilford
*Mountain Athletic champ: McDowell
*Northwestern champ: South Caldwell
*Queen City Athletic champ: Hough
Southwestern champ: Butler
Southwestern 2-seed: Independence
So. Meck champ: Myers Park
So. Meck 2nd place: South Mecklenburg
Southern Carolina champ: Weddington
*-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. Ardrey Kell
29. South Iredell
30. Southeast Guilford
31. Hopewell
32. T.C. Roberson
1. Sun Valley
2. Palisades
3. A.L. Brown
4. Glenn
5. North Mecklenburg
Projected seeds, matchups
(1) Mooresville vs (32) T.C. Roberson
(16) Southwest Guilford vs (17) Cuthbertson
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(8) Hough vs (25) Mallard Creek
(9) Butler vs (24) Cox Mill
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(5) Reagan vs (28) Ardrey Kell
(12) Marvin Ridge vs (21) Independence
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(13) Lake Norman vs (20) East Forsyth
(4) Northwest Guilford vs (29) South Iredell
(3) Weddington vs (30) Southeast Guilford
(14) Hickory Ridge vs (19) South Mecklenburg
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(6) McDowell vs (27) Charlotte Catholic
(11) Porter Ridge vs (22) Northern Guilford
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(7) Myers Park vs (26) Providence
(10) Alexander Central vs (23) Watauga
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(15) West Forsyth vs (18) Davie
(2) South Caldwell vs (31) Hopewell
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