By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Eastern Alamance’s bid to return to the state championship game in Class 3-A girls’ soccer will be as the No. 1 seed in the East Region.
The Eagles (14-0-1) have won every game since a season-opening tie with Chapel Hill. On Monday night, they meet No. 32 seed Croatan (4-15).
Several other Alamance County teams are in the tournament based on brackets unveiled Friday.
Western Alamance (16-2-1) is seeded No. 12, opening at home Monday night against Central 3-A Conference rival Orange (8-8-2), which is seeded No. 21. Western, with both its losses coming to Eastern Alamance, won 4-1 and 2-0 in the regular season against Orange.
Williams (9-9-2) starts the postseason on the road as the No. 23 seed and a trip to No. 12 seed Fayetteville Sanford (15-4-1).
Class 4-A
Southern Alamance (9-11) holds the No. 31 seed, meaning a visit to second-seeded Chapel Hill (18-0-2). The teams met twice in the DAC-VII Conference, with Chapel Hill winning 10-1 and 9-0.
Class 1-A
No. 14 seed River Mill (5-11-1) has a home date with No. 19 seed Pender (4-14-2).
No. 18 seed Clover Garden (5-11-1) opens at No. 15 seed East Wake Academy (2-11), with the winner visiting No. 2 seed Hobbton (18-1-1).
North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association
Burlington Christian Academy opened the Class 2-A state playoffs by winning 6-1 against visiting Fayetteville Christian on Thursday at Springwood Park.
Next for the Royals (6-5-1) is a second-round game at 11:00 a.m. Saturday at O’Neal School (13-1) in Southern Pines.
The Burlington School began the state playoffs with Tuesday’s 7-2 loss at Neuse Christian despite two goals from Alex Eguren. The Spartans finished with an 1-11 record.
