Girls basketball: FHSAA releases latest rankings — Jan. 10

The Florida High School Athletic Association released its latest girls basketball rankings of the season that will determine playoff seedings and some postseason berths. The district winners in each region automatically qualify for the playoffs and secure a home playoff in the region quarterfinals. The next four postseason berths in each region are determined strictly by the rankings. Here is the list of the top eight in regions that include area teams. Local ranked teams are in bold.

Class 7A, Region 3
Rank/teamRecordRating
1. Winter Haven12-218.844
2. Plant14-316.337
3. Venice 11-512.925
4. Durant9-411.459
5. Sarasota Riverview8-711.274
6. Sumner13-510.567
7. Sarasota10-89.550
8. East Lake11-39.064
Local in the mix: No. 9 Steinbrenner (11-6)

Class 6A, Region 1
Rank/teamRecordRating
1. Oakleaf16-118.891
2. Ponte Vedra Nease12-415.388
3. Pace12-311.344
4. Niceville12-411.334
5. Navarre12-410.609
6. Gainesville6-610.384
7. Ponte Vedra8-79.507
8. Crestview10-68.149
Local in the mix: No. 10 Land O’ Lakes (9-6)

Class 6A, Region 3
Rank/teamRecordRating
1. Bloomingdale16-117.139
2. Punta Gorda Charlotte9-615.469
3. Tampa Bay Tech15-314.516
4. Armwood10-68.787
5. South Fort Myers10-58.393
6. Fort Myers8-45.975
7. Hillsborough11-55.420
8. Wharton9-64.282
Local in the mix: No. 9 Largo (8-4)

Class 5A, Region 2
Rank/teamRecordRating
1. Kissimmee Gateway14-314.409
2. River Ridge13-57.381
3. Orlando Jones9-96.400
4. Lake Region9-62.463
5. Lake Wales5-82.412
6. Wesley Chapel9-80.217
7. Tavares4-40.035
8. Gulf9-7-0.326
Local in the mix: No. 10 King (4-5)

Class 5A, Region 3
Rank/teamRecordRating
1. Port Charlotte12-712.062
2. Clearwater9-510.337
3. St. Petersburg11-28.791
4. Parrish Community6-92.934
5. Naples Barron Collier 12-82.746
6. Braden River8-92.293
7. Sebring5-41.654
8. Boca Ciega5-40.933
Local in the mix: No. 11 Seminole (5-9)

Class 4A, Region 3
Rank/teamRecordRating
1. Sarasota Booker11-513.797
2. Academy of the Holy Names10-512.155
3. Lakewood8-310.946
4. Gibbs 14-310.509
5. DeSoto County10-310.344
6. Avon Park8-45.478
7. Robinson12-53.979
8. Lemon Bay9-73.781
Local in the mix: No. 10 Weeki Wachee (12-5)

Class 3A, Region 2
Rank/teamRecordRating
1. Seffner Christian14-417.583
2. West Palm Beach King’s Academy10-415.122
3. Melbourne Holy Trinity Episcopal11-314.974
4. Palm Beach Gardens Benjamin11-510.977
5. West Palm Beach Cardinal Newman10-77.999
6. Merritt Island Edgewood10-07.138
7. Windermere Prep11-67.108
8. The First Academy12-46.650
Local in the mix: No. 9 Bell Creek Academy (11-7)

Class 3A, Region 3
Rank/teamRecordRating
1. Sarasota Cardinal Mooney11-318.473
2. Brooks DeBartolo9-713.559
3. Tampa Prep12-310.710
4. Tampa Catholic8-68.550
5. Carrollwood Day9-44.555
6. Calvary Christian7-63.717
7. Community School of Naples6-23.131
8. Bradenton Christian10-62.825
Local in the mix: No. 9 St. Petersburg Catholic (12-3)

Class 2A, Region 2
Rank/teamRecordRating
1. Central Florida Christian Academy14-317.008
2. Orlando Faith Christian7-89.948
3. Mount Dora Christian13-46.403
4. Orlando Christian Prep5-63.820
5. Ocoee Legacy Charter4-41.750
6. Ormond Beach Calvary Christian 7-20.348
7. Academy at the Lakes10-20.260
8. Seven Rivers Christian9-20.257
Class 2A, Region 3
Rank/teamRecordRating
1. Fort Myers Evangelical Christian12-411.183
2. Naples St. John Neumann13-59.184
3. Keswick Christian13-36.111
4. Bradenton Saint Stephen’s6-14.831
5. Naples Seacrest Country Day8-54.446
6. Gulf Coast HEAT5-3-2.746
7. Ave Maria Donahue Catholic8-6-4.039
8. Lakeside Christian3-5-5.641
Local in the mix: No. 9 Cambridge Christian (5-7)