Baseball: FHSAA releases latest rankings — April 4
The Florida High School Athletic Association released its first baseball rankings 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 if they are not playing another champion. 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 includes area teams. Local ranked teams are in bold.
Class 7A, Region 2
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Sarasota
12-2
15.313
2. Plant
11-3
14.590
3. Winter Haven
13-3
14.533
4. Lake Nona
12-3
14.112
5. Windermere
13-3
13.424
6. Durant
11-3
11.891
7. Alonso
11-4
11.694
8. Venice
10-6
11.013
Local in the mix: No. 11 Newsome (8-5)
Class 6A, Region 2
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Melbourne
12-2
13.379
2. Wiregrass Ranch
9-1
12.770
3. Viera
13-3
12.748
4. Mitchell
13-4
12.305
5. Land O’ Lakes
12-4
10.868
6. Lake Minneola
12-2
10.565
7. Lakeland
11-4
10.144
8. Lakeland George Jenkins
11-5
9.092
Local in the mix: No. 11 Springstead (10-6)
Class 6A, Region 3
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Sickles
13-2
16.273
2. Gaither
10-5
11.878
3. East Lake
10-2
11.051
4. Bloomingdale
9-4
8.900
5. Lennard
7-6
7.514
6. Naples Palmetto Ridge
9-4
6.615
7. Fort Myers Riverdale
8-5
5.219
8. Wharton
7-7
4.607
Local in the mix: No. 9 Plant City (5-8), No. 10 Armwood (9-4)
Class 5A, Region 2
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Lake Wales
13-2
17.323
2. Sebring
13-4
11.790
3. Auburndale
10-5
11.037
4. Wesley Chapel
8-5
6.888
5. Deltona Pine Ridge
10-3
6.599
6. Zephyrhills
8-3
5.608
7. Cypress Creek
8-5
4.012
8. Ocala Vanguard
10-5
3.966
Local in the mix: No. 10 River Ridge (6-9)
Class 5A, Region 3
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Jesuit
14-2
20.157
2. Parrish Community
11-3
12.776
3. Cape Coral Island Coast
13-2
11.484
4. Naples
11-3
11.420
5. Braden River
8-5
10.985
6. Hollins
8-5
10.638
7. Bonita Springs
11-2
9.239
8. Seminole
11-4
7.624
Local in the mix: No. 9 Osceola (11-4)
Class 4A, Region 2
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. North Marion
11-4
14.455
2. Merritt Island
14-2
12.245
3. Orlando Bishop Moore
11-6
10.775
4. Hernando
11-3
9.128
5. Dunnellon
7-6
5.624
6. Nature Coast
8-4
5.465
7. The Villages
7-9
4.519
8. Eustis
7-7
3.296
Local in the mix: No. 10 Weeki Wachee (6-8)
Class 4A, Region 3
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Dunedin
13-1
14.685
2. Lakeland McKeel Academy
10-6
9.173
3. Jefferson
10-5
8.497
4. Lemon Bay
11-3
7.894
5. Wauchula Hardee
8-6
4.176
6. Lake Region
7-8
2.510
7. Robinson
6-8
2.379
8. Estero
6-6
1.216
Local in the mix: Chamberlain (7-8)
Class 3A, Region 2
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Calvary Christian
13-3
15.329
2. Tampa Catholic
12-4
11.911
3. Fort Myers Bishop Verot
11-7
10.489
4. Berkeley Prep
9-7
8.385
5. Fort Meade
10-5
6.482
6. Avon Park
9-7
5.961
7. Clearwater Central Catholic
7-7
3.508
8. Cape Coral Oasis
5-3
1.787
Local in the mix: No. 10 Bell Creek Academy (7-5)
Class 2A, Region 2
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Orlando The First Academy
16-1
11.226
2. Maitland Orangewood Christian
13-2
8.503
3. Lakeland Christian
8-4
9.303
4. Winter Garden Foundation Academy
9-5-1
7.996
5. Bishop McLaughlin
9-4
7.622
6. Mount Dora Christian
10-7
6.796
7. Lakeland Santa Fe Catholic
8-8
5.146
8. Leesburg First Academy
8-1
3.802
Class 2A, Region 3
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Fort Myers Canterbury
14-2
15.560
2. Northside Christian
12-4
12.032
3. Naples St. John Neumann
10-6
10.614
4. Sarasota Out-of-Door
9-5
8.068
5. Fort Myers Southwest Florida Christian
10-3
7.490
6. Community School of Naples
8-6
4.969
7. Seffner Christian
8-5
3.895
8. Fort Myers Evangelical Christian
7-6
0.939
Local in the mix: No. 9 Indian Rocks Christian (6-5), No. 11 Tampa SLAM (8-6)
