RALEIGH – The pairings and the schedules are set for the
North Carolina High School Athletic Association state fast-pitch softball
championships.
For the second year in a row, the championships are
best-of-three series between the Eastern champion and the Western champion,
both of whom won best-of-three regional series. From 1995 to 2011, the top four
teams in each classification came to Walnut Creek for a double-elimination
tournament.
This
will mark the 19th annual fast pitch championships and the 39th year for NCHSAA
softball. The Raleigh Sports Consortium and the Greater Raleigh Convention and
Visitors Bureau are among the host city sponsors.
NORTH CAROLINA
HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
2013 STATE FAST
PITCH SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Walnut Creek
Softball Complex, Raleigh
All series are best of three
CLASS 4-A: WAKE
FOREST-ROLESVILLE (20-3) vs. ALEXANDER CENTRAL (31-1), Field 2
Friday, May 31: Game 1, 8 p.m.
Saturday, June 1: Game 2, 11 a.m.
Saturday, June 1: Game 3, if necessary, 2 p.m.
CLASS 3-A:
GREENVILLE D.H. CONLEY (22-5) vs. CONCORD JAY ROBINSON (28-2), Field 1
Friday, May 31: Game 1, 7 p.m.
Saturday, June 1: Game 2, 11 a.m.
Saturday, June 1: Game 3, if necessary, 2 p.m.
CLASS 2-A: SOUTH
GRANVILLE (24-1) vs. WEST STANLY (26-4), Field 4
Friday, May 31: Game 1, 7 p.m.
Saturday, June 1: Game 2, 11 a.m.
Saturday, June 1: Game 3, if necessary, 2 p.m.
CLASS 1-A:
ROBERSONVILLE SOUTH CREEK (22-1) vs. WEST WILKES (25-3), Field 3
Friday, May 31: Game 1, 8 p.m.
Saturday, June 1: Game 2, 11 a.m.
Saturday, June 1: Game 3, if necessary, 2 p.m.
NCHSAA FastFacts
Event: 39th
annual NCHSAA Softball Championships
Date: May
31-June 1, 2012
Site: Walnut
Creek Softball Complex
First Held:
1975 (slow-pitch); first fast-pitch tournament was in fall of 1994
Qualifiers:
Eastern and Western champions meet for state title in best two-of-three series;
64 schools initially qualified for playoffs in each classification
Last year's
champions: 1-A: South Stanly; 2-A: Wilson Beddingfield; 3-A: Pikeville
Charles B. Aycock; 4-A: Indian Trail Porter Ridge
Tickets:
Eight dollars per game
Of Interest: Only
three players in NCHSAA history were three-time Most Valuable Players in the
state fast-pitch softball championships: Chelsea Leonard of Central Davidson,
Brittany Lehrschall of North Brunswick, and Haley Shelton of East Surry.
Host City
Sponsors: Raleigh Sports Consortium and Greater Raleigh Convention and
Visitors Bureau
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