Updated high school playoffs schedule (May 6, 2016)

The Lower State baseball and softball tournaments are upon us.

Beginning Saturday, five area teams will begin the second tier of the postseason in the four-team, double-elimination fields that will determine who plays for the state championships. Carolina Forest baseball, Aynor baseball and softball and Carvers Bay softball will play Saturday, with St. James baseball opening the Class AAA Lower State tournament Monday.

Additionally, four area boys soccer teams will take to the pitch on Saturday in the third round of the playoffs, fighting for a spot in the Lower State finals.

SATURDAY

BASEBALL

CLASS AAAA

White Knoll at Carolina Forest, 4 p.m. (Lower State tournament, first round)

CLASS AA

Johnsonville at Aynor, 6 p.m. (Lower State tournament, first round)

SOFTBALL

CLASS AA

Aynor at Battery Creek, 6 p.m. (Lower State tournament, first round)

CLASS A

Hannah-Pamplico at Carvers Bay, 6 p.m. (Lower State tournament, first round)

BOYS SOCCER

CLASS AAAA (third round)

No. 1 Bluffton at No. 1 Socastee

CLASS AAA (third round)

No. 2 Aiken at No. 1 Myrtle Beach, 7 p.m.

No. 3 North Myrtle Beach at No. 1 Hilton Head, 6 p.m.

CLASS AA (third round)

No. 4 Waccamaw at No. 1 Bishop England

MONDAY

BASEBALL

CLASS AAA

Airport at St. James (Lower State tournament, first round)

GIRLS SOCCER

CLASS AAA

No. 1 Myrtle Beach at No. 1 Hilton Head (third round)

BOYS TENNIS

CLASS AAAA (third round)

No. 2 Socastee at No. 1 South Aiken

CLASS AA (second round)

Waccamaw at Academic Magnet

Aynor at Bishop England

This story was originally published May 6, 2016 at 10:25 PM with the headline "Updated high school playoffs schedule (May 6, 2016)."