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WASHINGTON, N.C. — It’s been a while but all three public school volleyball teams will be playing in the postseason starting Tuesday.

Northside, Washington and Southside qualified for the NC High School Athletic Association state playoffs as brackets for the postseason were released on Sunday. Teams begin play Tuesday and will continue to the state finals on Nov. 2 at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh.

Back on the right track: Southside anxious for return to volleyball state playoffs

The schedule is as follows:

• Oct. 22 — First round at higher seed
• Oct. 24 — Second round at higher seed
• Oct. 26 — Third round at higher seed
• Oct. 29 — Fourth round at higher seed
• Oct. 31 — Regional championships round at higher seed
• Nov. 2 — State championships at Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh

Click here to see the brackets, hosted by HighSchoolOT.com;

Class 1-A | Class 2-A

Northside (17-4), which finished second to Pamlico County in the Class 1-A Coastal Plains Conference, will host Northampton County on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. Northside is the No. 11 seed in the East. A win could set up a third meeting between the Panthers and Bear Grass on the road on Thursday. Northside lost at Bear Grass early in the season but won at home a week later.

Southside (7-14), the CPC No. 3 seed and No. 32 seed in the 1-A East, will go to No. 1 seed Falls Lake on Tuesday for a 6 p.m. contest. Falls Lake has eliminated Northside the past two seasons. The winner of that game would face either Vance Charter or Neuse Charter in the second round.

Washington (9-7), the Eastern Plains Conference No. 3 seed and No. 18 seed overall, will go to No. 15 seed Bunn on Tuesday. A win by the Pam Pack would put them on the road again Thursday against either Midway, the No. 2 seed, or West Craven, the No. 31 seed.