State Playoff Probables

Probable teams coming out of the EAST - 4A

Midsoutheastern Conference: (3 Berths)
Scotland County 15-3, 7-1
Richmond County 13-3, 6-1
Pinecrest 7-4, 5-2

Two Rivers Conference: (3 Berths)
South View 17-3, 9-1
Purnell Swett 13-7, 7-3
Cape Fear, 14-7, 6-5

Mideastern 3A/4A Conference: (2 Berths-4A)
Ashley 8-2
Hoggard 8-2

Tri-Seven Conference: (2 Berths)
Fuquay-Varina, 18-1, 7-1
Green Hope, 12-4, 5-2

Cap 6 Conference: (2 Berths)
Wakeforest-Rolesville
Wakefield/Millbrook currently tied

Triangle Alliance Conference: (2 Berths)
South Johnston 14-2, 5-0
Garner

Big East Conference: (2 Berths)
J H Rose, 6-0 in Conference
Havelock, 5-1 in Conference

Bubble Teams:
The BIGGEST BUBBLE TEAM in the state is Lee County with two losses in conference in the Tri-Seven... I pick Green Hope to Squeeze by them and FV to hold form.

Other bubble teams:
Jack Britt, Midsoutheastern, 5-4 in conference
Lumberton, Two Rivers, 7-11, 5-4
Laney, Mideastern, 7-4
DH Conley, Big East, 5-2 in Conference
Garner, Triangle Alliance, 3-2 in Conf
East Wake, Triangle Alliance, 3-2 in Conf
Millbrook-Raliegh, CAP 6, currently tied for 2nd with Wakefield

 

Probable teams coming out of the WEST - 4A

PAC-6 (3 Berths)
*Hillsborough-Orange, 15-2 (6-0)
*Riverside, 14-2 (4-2)
Jordan, 4-4 in conference
Updated for 5/5 victory by Orange over Riverside. Jordan upsets Riverside to move into sole possession of 3rd

SW4A (4 Berths)
*Myers Park, 10-3, 14-6
*East Meck, 11-3, 15-6
*Providence, 9-4, 12-6
South Meck, 9-5, 14-7
Season completed, awaiting results of conf tourney

MECA-8 (3 Berths)
*Central Cabarrus, 11-1, 14-5
*Hopewell, 9-4
North Meck/Independence
Key matchup 5/9 CC vs Indy

NW4A (2 Berths)
*South Caldwell, 9-2
Alexander Central, 7-3
Conf tourney will decide 2nd berth

Central Piedmont Conference (2 Berths)
South Rowan 6-2, 10-7
West Forsyth, 5-2, 15-5

Metro 4A Conference (2 Berths)
*North Forsyth, 15-3, 6-0
East Forsyth, 11-6, 4-2

Remember: THIS IS JUST MY GUESS

East Forsyth will have to hold form to hang on in the Metro 4A. NW Guilford is a threat up there.

* denotes guaranteed state slot *

 

How about a list of top 3A teams?

NCBBALLFAN, can you provide a list of the top 3A teams around the state? I feel like (once again) the North Piedmont Conference is one of the toughest 3A conferences in the state. We have 2 teams who are loaded, but we have at least 5 teams that are all capable of beating each other on any given night.

I look forward to seeing our teams face the Tuscolas/TC Robesons in the playoffs.

As a sidenote for Kannapolis, you probably know that it really makes me sick to read your list of top 4A teams, because we (Kannapolis -3A) have a 4-0 record against "3" different 4A teams (East Meck, Central Cabarrus, South Rowan) who are ALL leading their respective conferences. And yet we are struggling to even make the playoffs within our own 3A conference... Go figure...

 

Have patience wuffie ... building a list state-wide when there isn't a central repository of information ANYWHERE is difficult... I'm working on the 3A projections BUT don't expect 2A projections.

As you get lower in the classifications, the information becomes "sparse" to say the best and "absent" to say the usual.

I am having trouble getting the info out of the east .... but I'm working on it.

 

Projecting the 3A Berths

Conferences: Eastern North Carolina

3-A Big Eight (4 Berths)
Beddingfield, Clayton, Fike, Harnett Central, Hunt, Nash Central, Smithfield-Selma, Southern Nash, Triton, West Johnston.

Projected:
Smithfield-Selma
Still looking for a good source for this region


3-A Eastern Carolina (4 Berths)
C.B. Aycock, Eastern Wayne, Goldsboro, Kinston, South Central, Southern Wayne, Washington, West Carteret, West Craven

Projected:
CB Aycock
Still looking for a good source for this region

3-A Five County (3 Berths)
Bartlett Yancey, East Chapel Hill, Hillside, Southern Alamance, Southern Durham, Webb, J. F., Williams, Walter

Projected:
Southern Alamance
JF Williams
East Chapel Hill
Still looking for a good source for this region

3-A/4-A Mideastern (1 Berth)
Pender, West Brunswick, White Oak

Projected:
West Brunswick

3-A/2-A Northeastern Coastal (1 Berth)
Bertie, Hertford County, Manteo

Projected:
Hertford County, 13-5 overall

3-A Piedmont Triad (3 Berths)
Carver, Dudley, Glenn, Parkland, Morehead, Northeast Guilford, Rockingham County, Smith, Ben L., Southwest Guilford

Projected:
Glenn, 8-1
Northeast Guilford, 8-1
Southwest Guilford, 7-2
Glenn and NE Guilford play tonight to determine conf champ.

Conferences: Western North Carolina

3-A Big South (2 Berths)
Ashbrook, East Gaston, East Lincoln, Forestview, Hunter Huss, North Gaston, South Point

Projected:
*Ashbrook, Conf Champion
East Gaston/East Lincoln, 6-3
Play tonight to see who gets it

3-A Mountain Athletic (3 Berths)
Asheville, East Henderson, Enka, Erwin, Clyde, Franklin, North Buncombe, Roberson, T. C., Smoky Mountain, Tuscola

Projected:
Tuscola 10-2
TC Roberson 9-3
Franklin 8-3

3-A North Piedmont (3 Berths)
Brown, A. L., East Rowan, Lake Norman, Mooresville, North Iredell, Northwest Cabarrus, Statesville, West Rowan

Projected:
West Rowan 11-1
NW Cabarrus 9-2
Mooresville/AL Brown at .500
Mooresville picked up 2 critical wins and have a double header on saturday. AL Brown is a game back in the loss column and still has tough NW Cabarrus. Mooresville plays Lake Norman and West Rowan

3-A South Piedmont (2 Berths)
Anson, Concord, Parkwood, Piedmont, Robinson, J. M., Sun Valley, Weddington

Projected: (The SPC still isn't posting much)
Weddington
Piedmont

3-A Southwestern Foothills (3 Berths)
Burns, Crest, Foard, Fred T., Hickory, Kings Mountain, R-S Central, St. Stephens

Projected:
St. Stephens 8-1
Hickory 6-3
RS Central/Kings Mountain 5-4

3-A Tri-County (3 Berths)
Asheboro, Eastern Randolph, High Point Central, Ragsdale, Southeast Guilford, Southwestern Randolph, Trinity, Union Pines

Projected: (I'm guessing here)
Ragsdale 10-1,
Eastern Randolph 10-1, 12-5
Trinity 7-4, 10-6

 

Thanks...

NCBBALLFAN, you are STILL the man!!! Thanks.

Also if I "may" add,,, I have my own Top 3A "Western" teams in this order:
1- Ragsdale
2- Tuscola
3- West Rowan
4- Northwest Cabarrus
5- Eastern Randolph
6- TC Robeson
Best of the rest: Ashbrook, Mooresville, Kannapolis, East Rowan, Franklin, St.Stephens, and East Gaston.

p.s. Yes I can see South Point on my "best of the rest" list too...

 

Wuffie ...... I know you heavily favor the NPC, but ya gotta include at least a couple more when talking about "dangerous teams" in the Western 3A....

South Point and Piedmont both could play a big part of whatever happens in 3A ball before all is said and done....

obtw: Anyone have an update on how Jimmy Race from Piedmont is doing this year?????

 

Western 3A....

NCBBALLFAN, I can add South Point onto my list of "Best of the Rest"; however, I disagree about Piedmont. I've only seen Piedmont twice this year (btw, they lost both games), but the entire SPC is weak. Yes I'm a NPC follower, but I'm also old enough and have no current ties that I'm just being honest about what I've seen too. Again I will use the example of Kannapolis, who is struggling in the tough NPC, but Kann is 3-0 against SPC teams this year (one win against Piedmont, AT Piedmont).

Believe it or not, I would honestly give an SPC team credit if I thought they were a top team in the state, but I don't think so...

Btw, if I was going to add one more team to my list, it would be Hickory...

 

Just so the information is up to date:

Big South 3A standings. East Gaston beat North Gaston on Friday night after the storm passed. Here's how the conference looks going into today's games/rainouts.


Ashbrook 8-1, 16-4
East Gaston 7-3, 13-7
East Lincoln 6-3, 14-5
South Point 6-3, 12-7

Remaining: East Lincoln must play South Point and East Gaston.

South Point must play East Lincoln and Ashbrook.

The remainder of the games, for all the above, are with the bottom 3 teams.

If the rain this week cancels the conference tournament, then it will be a "dogfight" for 2nd place. Ashbrook only has to win one of it's final three games to be assured of a tie for 1st, two wins is 1st outright.

 

Hickory is one of those "gonna REALLY getcha next year" teams to me. They are VERY YOUNG this season and are only going to get better and better over the next 2 seasons.

Not a top 10 contender, dangerous and loaded for bear next season. This team should be considered a pre-season favorite for the 2004 campaign.