High school boys soccer playoffs: Forestview, Myers Park get top seeds for postseason that begins on Tuesday

By Richard Walker

The N.C. High School Athletic Association announced the boys soccer playoff pairings for a postseason that begins on Tuesday.

Locally, Forestview and Myers Park took top seeds in the Class 3A and Class 4A Western N.C. playoffs.

Forestview enters after the school’s sixth unbeaten conference title run in school history.

Coach Stanley Janik’s team went 12-0 in the Big South 3A Conference and will make its 22nd straight postseason appearance. As the No. 1 seed, it will host co-Northwestern 3A/4A Conference champion Hickory (11-1) in the opening round of the 3A playoffs.

Myers Park (8-0-1), which won the Southwestern 4A Conference with a 7-0 league record, will host Panther Creek in the first round of the 4A playoffs.

Other playoff participants include Southwestern 2A Conference champion South Point (11-3), South Fork 2A Conference champion East Lincoln (10-1-1), Southern Piedmont 1A Conference champion Christ the King (10-0-2), PAC 7 1A Conference champion Community School of Davidson (13-1), South Meck 4A Conference champion South Meck (8-1), I-Meck 4A Conference champion Hough (7-2-1) and league runner-ups Cramer (11-2-1), Shelby (11-1), Thomas Jefferson (10-2-1), Providence (7-1) and Butler (6-2-1).

Cramer is making its first-ever appearance after losing only to Forestview this season. Coached by Matthew Robertson, the Storm also swept Southwestern 2A champion South Point, and are the West No. 11 3A seed and will visit Montgomery Central.

Forestview’s 22nd playoff appearance will make it the record-holder in Gaston County.

Shelby’s appearance is its Cleveland County-record 31st.

The full pairings of local teams:

Class 4A
Myers Park (8-0-1, West No. 1): hosts Panther Creek
South Meck (8-1, West No. 5): hosts East Forsyth
Hough (7-2-1, West No. 6): hosts Greensboro Page
Providence (7-1, West No. 13): at South Caldwell
Butler (6-2-1, West No. 15): at Northwest Guilford

Class 3A
Forestview (12-0, West No. 1): hosts Hickory
Cramer (11-2-1, West No. 11): at Montgomery Central

Class 2A
South Point (11-3, West No. 4): hosts Salisbury
East Lincoln (10-1-1, West No. 5): hosts Forbush
Shelby (11-1, West No. 14): at North Forsyth

Class 1A
Community School of Davidson (13-1, West No. 3) hosts Uwharrie Charter
Christ the King (10-0-2, West No. 8) hosts Pine Lake Prep
Thomas Jefferson (10-2-1, West No. 10) at Swain County

Here are the final regular season standings and listed as conference record, overall record:

BIG SOUTH 3A
Forestview 12-0, 12-0
Cramer 9-2-1, 11-2-1
Ashbrook 8-3-1, 8-3-1
Crest 5-6-1, 5-7-1
Kings Mountain 3-8-1, 3-8-1
Huss 1-10-1, 1-10-1
North Gaston 1-10-1, 1-10-1

SOUTHWESTERN 2A
Shelby 11-1, 11-1
South Point 11-1, 11-3
East Gaston 7-5, 7-5
East Rutherford 5-6-1, 5-7-1
Chase 4-7-1, 6-7-1
R-S Central 2-10, 2-10
Burns 1-11, 2-11

SOUTH FORK 2A
East Lincoln 10-1-1, 10-1-1
Newton-Conover 9-1-2, 9-1-2
Lincolnton 7-3-2, 7-3-2
Lk Norman Charter 5-7, 5-8
North Lincoln 4-6-2, 4-6-2
Bandys 3-8-1, 3-8-1
Maiden 0-12, 0-12

SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 1A
Christ the King 10-0-1, 10-0-2
Thomas Jefferson 9-2-1, 10-2-1
Lincoln Charter 8-4, 4-4
Highland Tech 6-4, 6-4
Piedmont Comm Char 3-9, 3-9
Cherryville 3-9, 3-11
Bessemer City 0-11, 0-11

PAC 7 1A
Community Davidson 11-1, 13-1
Pine Lake Prep 9-2-1, 9-2-1
Langtree Charter 8-3-1, 8-3-1
Union Academy 5-6-1, 7-6-1
Mtn Island Charter 3-7-1, 3-7-1
Queen’s Grant 3-9, 5-9
Bradford Prep 0-11, 0-11

SOUTHWESTERN 4A
Myers Park 7-0, 8-0-1
Hickory Ridge 4-1-2, 6-2-4
Butler 4-2-1, 6-2-1
Independence 3-3-1, 3-3-2
Porter Ridge 2-2-3, 5-4-4
Garinger 2-5, 3-6-1
East Meck 2-5, 2-5-1
Rocky River 0-6-1, 0-7-1

I-MECK 4A
Hough 7-0, 7-2-1
Lake Norman 6-1, 9-2-1
Mooresville 5-2, 5-8
Vance 3-3-1, 3-3-2
North Meck 3-4, 3-5
Mallard Creek 2-4-1, 2-6-1
Hopewell 1-6, 1-7-1
West Charlotte 0-7, 0-8

SOUTHERN MECK 4A
South Meck 6-0, 8-1
Providence 5-1, 7-1
Kell 4-2, 5-2-1
Olympic 3-3, 5-4-1
Berry Academy 2-4, 4-4
Harding 0-5, 0-5
West Meck 0-5, 0-5