5 Chatham County girls’ soccer teams earn spots in state playoffs

By Gene Galin

Pittsboro, NC – The NCHSAA released its girls’ soccer playoff brackets Friday and the matchups are set for the NCHSAA’s 2023 girls soccer state playoffs. This year Chatham County has five high school girls soccer teams make it into the state soccer playoffs.

Here’s a roundup of when Chatham county teams will begin their first round on playoff games.

1st Round 3A State soccer playoffs

Rocky Mount, NC

6 pm #17 Northwood girls (10-8-3) vs #16 Northern Nash girls (15-5)
The winner of this game will play the winner of #1 Eastern Alamance County (14-0-1) vs #32 Croatan (14-15)

Team Scoring Average12FinalNorthwood1.9.93.3Northern Nash2.92.15.4

1st Round 2A State soccer playoffs

Pittsboro, NC

6pm #7 Seaforth (15-5-1) will host #26 Midway (8-10-1)
The winner of this game will play the winner of #1 Eastern Alamance County (14-0-1) vs #32 Croatan (14-15)

Team Scoring Average12FinalMidway.4.31.8Seaforth3.31.24.6

Rocky Mount, NC

5 pm #18 Jordan-Matthews (10-5-4) vs #15 Nash Central (11-6-1)
The winner of this game will play the winner of #2 Raleigh Charter (11-4) vs #31 Spring Creek (3-11-1)

Team Scoring Average12FinalJordan-Matthews1.32.44.5Nash Central1.81.33.9

1st Round 1A State soccer playoffs

#1 Woods Charter School (16-1-3) gets a 1st round bye
They will play the winner of #16 Southside (8-11-2) vs #17 Triangle Math & Science (6-9)

Williamston, NC

6 pm #26 Chatham Charter (1-13) vs #7 Bear Grass Charter (9-8-1)
The winner of this game will play the winner of #10 Roxboro Community (12-4-1) vs #23 Cape Hatteras (2-11-1)

Team Scoring Average12FinalChatham Charter.8.21.0Bear Grass Charter1.21.32.7

Here’s the round-by-round schedule for the girls soccer state playoffs:

Monday, May 15: First Round @ higher seed

Thursday, May 18: Second Round @ higher seed

Monday, May 22: Third Round @ higher seed

Thursday, May 25: Fourth Round @ higher seed

Tuesday, May 30: Regional Championships @ higher seed

Friday & Saturday, June 2-3: State Championships @ UNC-Greensboro