21 SWFL teams heading to high school football playoffs
The FHSAA announced the brackets for the high school football playoffs Friday evening after the regular season wrapped up Thursday night. 21 teams from Southwest Florida are postseason bound. Here's the bracket breakdown (local teams are in bold and higher seeds get home field unless denoted):
Class 5A Region 3
No. 1 Manatee vs. No. 8 Pinellas Park
No. 4 Immokalee vs. No. 5 Cape Coral
No. 2 Fort Myers vs. No. 7 Charlotte
No. 3 Riverdale vs. No. 6 North Fort Myers
Class 4A Region 3
No. 1 Port Charlotte vs. No. 8 South Fort Myers
No. 4 Clearwater at No. 5 Jesuit
No. 2 Naples vs. No. 7 River Ridge
No. 3 Dunbar at No. 6 St. Petersburg
Class 3A Region 4
No. 1 Miami Northwestern vs. No. 8 Barron Collier
No. 4 Lely vs. No. 5 Miami Jackson
No. 2 Key West vs. No. 7 Estero
No. 3 Somerset Academy vs. No. 6 Cypress Lake
Class 2A Region 3
No. 1 Cardinal Mooney vs. No. 8 Somerset Canyons
No. 4 Calvary Christian Academy vs. No. 5 Kings Academy
No. 2 Bishop Verot vs. No. 7 Tarpon Springs
No. 3 Glades Central vs. No. 6 Lakewood
Class 1A Region 3
No. 1 Cardinal Newman vs. No. 8 Evangelical Christian
No. 4 Community School of Naples vs. No. 5 St. John Neumann
No. 2 First Baptist vs. No. 7 Southwest Florida Christian
No. 3 Benjamin vs. No. 6 Northside Christian
