Yes, there are still a few games remaining in the regular season. But the 4A East and West regional soccer tournaments are close to being set.

Here are the projected brackets as we have them:

BOYS
4A East
At Gillette, South Campus
Thursday
(3) Cheyenne Central or Cheyenne East vs. (6) Sheridan, 3 p.m.
(4) Riverton vs. (5) Gillette, 5:30 p.m.
Friday
(2) Cheyenne Central, Cheyenne East or Laramie vs. (3-6) winner, 3 p.m.
(1) Cheyenne Central or Laramie vs. Riverton-Gillette winner, 5:30 p.m.
Saturday
Semifinal losers, 11 a.m.
Semifinal winners, 1:30 p.m.

4A West
At Evanston
Thursday
(4) Green River vs. (5) Evanston, 3 p.m.
(3) Rock Springs vs. (6) Star Valley, 5 p.m.
Friday
(1) Kelly Walsh vs Green River-Evanston winner, 3 p.m.
(2) Natrona County vs. Rock Springs-Star Valley winner, 5 p.m.
Saturday
Semifinal losers, 11 a.m.
Semifinal winners, 1 p.m.

GIRLS
4A East
At Cheyenne East
Thursday
(3) Cheyenne East vs. (6) Sheridan, 3 p.m.
(4) Riverton vs. (5) Gillette, 5 p.m.
Friday
(2) Cheyenne Central vs. Cheyenne East-Sheridan winner, 3 p.m.
(1) Laramie vs. Gillette-Riverton winner, 5 p.m.
Saturday
Semifinal losers, 10 a.m.
Semifinal winners, noon

4A West
At Rock Springs, Crossroads Complex
Thursday
(3) Rock Springs vs. (6) Evanston or Star Valley, 3 p.m.
(4) Green River vs. (5) Evanston or Star Valley, 5:30 p.m.
Friday
(2) Natrona County vs. Rock Springs-Evanston/Star Valley winner, 10 a.m.
(1) Kelly Walsh vs. Green River-Evanston/Star Valley winner, 12:30 p.m.
Saturday
Semifinal losers, 10 a.m.
Semifinal winners, 12:30 p.m.

Right now, there are three games remaining in the regular season for 4A teams, and they're all scheduled for Monday. The first is Buffalo at Natrona County girls, which obviously won't affect conference seeding. The second is Cheyenne East-Gillette girls (they're playing at the North Casper Soccer Complex in, duh, Casper), which won't affect seeding either despite being a 4A East game. No matter what, East is locked in as the three seed, and Gillette is locked in as the five seed in that conference.

The third and final game is the Central-Laramie boys game in Laramie. This one has huge implications for the top three spots in the 4A East. If Laramie wins, the top three seeds will go Laramie-East-Central. If Central wins, the top three seeds will go Central-Laramie-East. If they tie, Laramie would earn the top seed and Central and East would tie for the second spot. That's where it gets fun.... If this happens, they'd have to go down to the fourth tiebreaking criteria, which is goals allowed in conference play. Central has given up 11 so far, East has given up 13. So if Central and Laramie tie 0-0 or 1-1, Central is the second seed, East is third. If Central and Laramie tie 3-3, 4-4, 5-5, etc., then East is second and Central is third. If Central and Laramie tie 2-2, then East and Central have to flip a coin to see who gets the second seed and who gets the third seed.

What can I say? You're welcome. Aren't you glad I went and figured all that out?

Oh, and the only other thing we're not sure about is the seeding for the fifth and sixth spots in the 4A West girls. We haven't heard a score from Friday's Rock Springs-Star Valley game in Rock Springs, and that's key because Star Valley is in limbo right now for that 5-6 spot. If you happen to know that final score, e-mail me at patrick.schmiedt@trib.com or post the score in a comment below.

Whew. I'm going on break.

Posted by patrick.schmiedt@trib.com