RALEIGH – The pairings and the schedules are set for the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state fast-pitch softball championship.

This year there is a change in the finals format, as the championships are best-of-three series between the Eastern champion and the Western champion, both of whom won best-of-three regional series. Since 1995, the top four teams in each classification have come to Walnut Creek for a double-elimination tournament.

This will mark the 18th annual fast pitch championships and the 38th 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

2012 STATE FAST PITCH SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Walnut Creek Softball Complex, Raleigh

All series are best of three

 

CLASS 4-A:  Indian Trail Porter Ridge (31-1) vs. Holly Springs (24-3), Field 1

Friday, June 1: Game 1, 7 p.m.

Saturday, June 2: Game 2, 11 a.m. 

Saturday, June 2: Game 3, if necessary, 2:30 p.m.

CLASS 3-A: Pikeville Charles B. Aycock (29-2) vs. Newton Fred T. Foard (25-4), Field 5

Friday, June 1: Game 1, 8 p.m.

Saturday, June 2: Game 2, 11 a.m.

Saturday, June 2: Game 3, if necessary, 2:30 p.m.

CLASS 2-A: Madison (23-3) vs. Wilson Beddingfield (26-4), Field 2

Friday, June 1: Game 1, 7 p.m.

Saturday, June 2: Game 2, 11 a.m. 

Saturday, June 2: Game 3, if necessary, 2:30 p.m.

CLASS 1-A: Camden (16-11) vs. South Stanly (25-6), Field 3

Friday, June 1: Game 1, 8 p.m.

Saturday, June 2: Game 2, 11 a.m.

Saturday, June 2: Game 3, if necessary, 2:30 p.m.

NCHSAA FastFacts

Event: 38th annual NCHSAA Softball Championships

Date: June 1-2, 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: East Surry; 2-A: Canton Pisgah; 3-A: Greenville D.H. Conley; 4-A: Alexander Central

Tickets: Eight dollars per gane

Of Interest: Entering the 2012 playoffs, East Surry had won 62 NCHSAA post-season softball games, the most of any school.

Host City Sponsors: Raleigh Sports Consortium and Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau