Softball: FHSAA releases playoff brackets — May 5

The Florida High School Athletic Association released the softball brackets in each classification. Eight teams (four district champions, four at-large berths) in each region made the playoffs in Classes 7A-2A. The seeds were based of the FHSAA’s rankings. In the quarterfinals, the higher seed hosts unless a district champion is playing an at-large opponent (district champ hosts in that scenario). The region quarterfinals start on Wednesday with Classes 4A-2A, followed by 7A-5A on Thursday. Here are the brackets for each class.

Class 7A

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Thursday’s area region quarterfinal matchups

Region 2

No. 8 Newsome (16-8) at No. 1 Plant (23-4), 7

No. 5 Lakewood Ranch (16-10) at No. 4 Steinbrenner (18-7-1), 7

Class 6A

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Thursday’s area region quarterfinal matchups

Region 2

No. 8 Mitchell (14-13) at No. 1 East Lake (22-4), 7

No. 5 Land O’ Lakes (16-11) at No. 4 Punta Gorda Charlotte (19-8), 7

No. 2 Sickles (16-11) at No. 7 Gaither (19-3), 7

No. 6 Wiregrass Ranch (15-7) at No. 3 Bloomingdale (16-7), 7

Class 5A

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Thursday’s area region quarterfinal matchups

Region 2

No, 5 Horizon (14-9) at No. 4 Osceola (16-8), 7

No. 2 Wesley Chapel (18-5) at No. 7 Pasco (10-8), 7

No. 6 Seminole (12-5) at River Ridge (17-8), 7

Region 3

No. 8 St. Petersburg (17-7) at No. 1 Parrish Community (19-3), 7

Class 4A

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Wednesday’s region quarterfinal matchups

Region 3

No. 8 Dunedin (11-14) at No. 1 LaBelle (19-8), 7

No. 4 Bonita Springs (18-9) at No. 5 Robinson (11-13), 7

No. 6 Cypress Lake (13-7) at No. 3 Clearwater (17-7), 7

Class 3A

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Wednesday’s area region quarterfinal matchups

Region 2

No. 8 Ocala Trinity Catholic (11-15) at No. 1 Hernando (22-4), 7

Region 3

No. 8 Lake Placid (10-12) at No. 1 Calvary Christian (17-7), 7

No. 5 Lakeland McKeel (13-13) at No. 4 Academy of the Holy Names (14-6), 7

No. 7 Clearwater Central Catholic (13-8) at No. 2 Fort Myers Bishop Verot (21-4), 7

No. 6 Tampa Catholic (7-12) at No. 3 Berkeley Prep (16-7), 7

Class 2A

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Wednesday’s area region quarterfinal matchups

Region 2

No. 4 Geneva (15-3) at No. 5 Academy at the Lakes (16-7), 7

Region 3

No. 8 Shorecrest (10-9) at No. 1 Fort Myers Evangelical Christian (18-5-1), 7

No. 5 Fort Meade (15-8) at No. 4 Canterbury (8-19), 7

No. 7 Lakeside Christian (15-5) at No. 2 Lakeland Christian (17-2), 7

No. 6 Admiral Farragut (12-8) at No. 3 Bradenton Christian (13-5), 7