North Johnston enters the postseason as the N&O's top-ranked area softball team.

Below are all of the match-ups in the softball playoffs and we'll update this blog with links to our coverage from every round. The fourth round is Tuesday.

Garner enters the postseason as the N&O's top-ranked area baseball' lacrosse team.

Below are all of the match-ups in the baseball playoffs and we'll update this blog with links to our coverage from every round. The fourth round is Tuesday.

Green Hope enters the postseason as the N&O's top-ranked area girls' soccer team.

Below are all of the match-ups in the girls' soccer playoffs and we'll update this blog with links to our coverage from every round. The East regional finals are this week with state championships to follow.

Wakefield enters the postseason as the top-ranked team in the state

Below are all of the match-ups in 4A, 3A, 2A and 1A boys' tennis dual team tennis and we'll update this blog with links to our coverage from every round. Millbrook, Cardinal Gibbons, Carrboro and N.C. Science & Math are in the championship finals..

The N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association spring sports playoffs are underway, with all of them ending on or before May 18. Below are the brackets for each sport.

East Chapel Hill enters the postseason as the N&O's top-ranked girls' lacrosse team.

Below are all of the match-ups in the girls' lacrosse and we'll update this blog with links to our coverage from every round. East Chapel Hill is in the state championship on Saturday.

Cardinal Gibbons enters the postseason as the N&O's top-ranked boys' lacrosse

Below are all of the match-ups in the boys' lacrosse and we'll update this blog with links to our coverage from every round. Apex is in the state championship Saturday.

Green Hope was the girls' lacrosse Conference 2 champs.

One blog with all of the all-conference performers, stat leaders, links to postseason stories and final season standings for the 2013 Conference 2 (aka Tri-9) girls' lacrosse season.

Want previous years?

• 2012 Conference 2 girls' lacrosse blog
• 2011 Conference 2 girls' lacrosse blog
• 2010 Conference 2 girls' lacrosse blog

Green Hope was undefeated in Tri-9 boys tennis

Below are the team standings, as well as the top six singles players and doubles teams that advanced to the 4A regional competition.

Previous years:

• Did not do 2012 Tri-9 boys tennis blog
• 2011 Tri-9 boys tennis blog (season); 2011 tournament blog 
• 2010 Tri-9 boys tennis blog (season)

Millbrook's Chris Mahan and John Karlawish were runner-up in 4A doubles
The NCHSAA individual tennis championships saw the area have four players earn state championships: Middle Creek's Nick Stachowiak and Cardinal Gibbons' Robert Kelly won singles championships, while Matt Galush and Noah Constantine won a doubles titles.

Wakefield's Bo Boyden and Carrboro's Brian Freiburghouse were runners-up.

Story from 4A finals in Raleigh
Story from 3A finals in Burlington

We've updated each bracket below with local players in bold.