Your calendar of prep sports dates to remember

Confused by the starting and ending dates for the various high school sports? Here's an all-in-one calendar to keep track.

Football

Final regular-season games: Oct. 30

NCHSAA bracket release: Oct. 31

NCISAA bracket release: Nov. 1

First-round games: Nov. 6

NCISAA championships: Nov. 20

NCHSAA championships: Dec. 10-12

Girls' flag football

Final regular-season games: Oct. 27

Bracket release: Oct. 28

Playoffs begin: Oct. 31

Championships: Nov. 14

Boys' soccer

(NCISAA)

Final regular-season matches: Oct. 16

Bracket release: Oct. 17/18

First-round matches: Oct. 20

Championships: Oct. 30-31

(NCHSAA)

Final regular-season matches: Oct. 28

Bracket release: Oct. 29

First-round matches: Nov. 2

Championships: Nov. 19-21

Girls' volleyball

(NCISAA)

Final regular-season matches: Oct. 15

Bracket release: Oct. 17/18

First-round matches: Oct. 20

Championships: Oct. 30-31

(NCHSAA)

Final regular-season matches: Oct. 14

Bracket release: Oct. 15

First-round matches: Oct. 17

Championships: Oct. 30-31

Girls' golf

NCHSAA regionals: Oct. 19-20

NCHSAA and NCISAA championships: Oct. 26-27

Girls' tennis

(NCISAA team)

Final regular-season matches: Oct. 15

Bracket release: Oct. 17/18

First-round matches: Oct. 20

Championships: Oct. 31

(NCHSAA individual)

Regionals: Oct. 16-17

Championships: Oct. 23-24

(NCHSAA team)

Bracket release: Oct. 9

First-round matches: Oct. 12

Championships: Oct. 30-31

And, looking waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay ahead:

Basketball

NCHSAA teams without football programs start practice Oct. 19 and can play games Oct. 28.

NCHSAA teams with football programs can start practice Oct. 28 and play games Nov. 11.

NCISAA teams can start playing games Nov. 3.