Flag football: Tampa Bay area report — April 13, 2024

Playoff brackets released

The Florida High School Athletic Association released the flag football brackets in each classification. Eight teams (four district champions, four at-large berths) in each region made the playoffs in Classes 2A-1A. 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. Here are the region quarterfinal matchups in each class.

Wednesday’s area region quarterfinal matchups
Class 1A, Region 3

No. 5 Weeki Wachee at No. 4 Orlando Jones

Class 1A, Region 4

No. 8 Davenport at No. 1 Robinson

No. 5 Kissimmee Gateway at No. 4 Brandon

No. 7 Freedom at No. 2 Osceola

No. 6 Chamberlain at No. 3 Tampa Catholic

Class 1A, Region 5

No. 5 Fort Myers Dunbar at No. 4 Keswick Christian

No. 7 Northeast at No. 2 St. Petersburg

Thursday’s area region quarterfinal matchups
Class 2A, Region 3

No. 7 Strawberry Crest at No. 2 Newsome

No. 6 Armwood at No. 3 Ocoee

Class 2A, Region 4

No. 8 Springstead at No. 1 Alonso

No. 4 Steinbrenner at No. 5 Plant

No. 7 Hillsborough at No. 2 Lennard

No. 6 Sumner at No. 3 Fort Myers

District tournament scores

Here are the scores from each of the area district tournaments from this past week. The champions automatically qualified for the playoffs.

Class 2A, District 12

Monday’s quarterfinal scores

No. 4 Bloomingdale 45, No. 4 Plant City 6

No. 2 Armwood 35, No. 7 Wharton 0

No. 7 Strawberry Crest 7, No. 6 Durant 0

Tuesday’s semifinal scores

No. 1 Newsome 26, No. 4 Bloomingdale 7

No. 3 Strawberry Crest 20, No. 2 Armwood 19

Thursday’s final score

No. 1 Newsome 41, No. 2 Armwood 0

Class 2A, District 13

Monday’s quarterfinal scores

No. 4 Sickles 25, No. 5 Tampa Bay Tech 6

No. 2 Hillsborough 41, No. 7 Leto 0

No. 3 Plant 41, No. 6 Gaither 0

Tuesday’s semifinal scores

No. 1 Steinbrenner 26, No. 4 Sickles 0

No. 3 Plant 12, No. 2 Hillsborough 7

Thursday’s final score

No. 3 Plant 14, No. 1 Steinbrenner 13

Class 2A, District 14

Monday’s quarterfinal scores

No. 4 East Lake 13, No. 5 Pinellas Park 6

No. 2 Springstead 36, No. 7 Countryside 0

No. 3 Palm Harbor University 33, No. 6 Largo 7

Tuesday’s semifinal scores

No. 1 Alonso 46, No. 4 East Lake 0

No. 2 Springstead 19, No. 3 Palm Harbor University 13

Wednesday’s final score

No. 1 Alonso 34, No. 2 Springstead 0

Class 2A, District 15

At various sites

Monday’s quarterfinal scores

No. 4 Lakewood Ranch 21, No. 5 East Bay 14

No. 2 Sumner 38, No. 7 Bradenton Manatee 0

No. 3 Riverview 34, No. 6 Palmetto 0

Tuesday’s semifinal scores

No. 1 Lennard 25, No. 4 Lakewood Ranch 0

No. 3 Riverview 20, No. 2 Sumner 0

Thursday’s final score

No. 1 Lennard 28, No. 3 Riverview 0

Class 1A, District 9

Monday’s quarterfinal scores

No. 5 Hernando 19, No. 4 Central 0

No. 2 Weeki Wachee 33, No. 7 Crystal River 0

No. 3 Nature Coast 13, No. 6 Citrus 6

Tuesday’s semifinal scores

No. 1 Lecanto 44, No. 5 Central 0

No. 2 Weeki Wachee 12, No. 3 Nature Coast 6

Thursday’s final score

No. 1 Lecanto 26, No. 2 Weeki Wachee 0

Class 1A, District 14

Monday’s quarterfinal scores

No. 4 Bell Creek Academy 15, No. 4 Spoto 6

No. 2 Freedom 24, No. 7 Middleton 6

No. 3 Seffner Christian 14, No. 6 Brooks DeBartolo 6

Tuesday’s semifinal scores

No. 1 Brandon 20, No. 4 Bell Creek Academy 12

No. 3 Seffner Christian 13, No. 2 Freedom 7

Thursday’s final score

No. 1 Brandon 26, No. 3 Seffner Christian 20

Class 1A, District 15

Monday’s quarterfinal scores

No. 1 Robinson 40, No. 8 King 0

No. 4 Chamberlain 12, No. 4 Carrollwood Day 6

No. 2 Tampa Catholic 33, No. 7 Blake 0

No. 6 Jefferson 15, No. 3 Bayshore Christian 6

Tuesday’s semifinal scores 

No. 1 Robinson 46, No. 4 Chamberlain 0

No. 2 Tampa Catholic 27, No. 6 Jefferson 0

Wednesday’s final score

No. 1 Robinson 37, No. 2 Tampa Catholic 0

Class 1A, District 16

Monday’s quarterfinal scores

No. 4 Dunedin 25, No. 5 Clearwater 7

Tuesday’s semifinal scores

No. 1 Osceola 26, No. 4 Dunedin 7

No. 3 Seminole 13, No. 2 Tarpon Springs 12

Thursday’s final score

No. 1 Osceola 32, No. 3 Seminole 13

Class 1A, District 17

Monday’s quarterfinal scores

No. 5 Gibbs 13, No. 4 Lakewood 6

No. 2 Keswick Christian 45, No. 7 Hollins 0

No. 3 Northeast 19, No. 6 Boca Ciega 0

Tuesday’s semifinal scores

No. 1 St. Petersburg 19, No. 5 Gibbs 0

No. 3 Northeast 13, No. 2 Keswick Christian 12

Thursday’s final score

No. 1 St. Petersburg 40, No. 3 Northeast 8