High school baseball: A look at recent rankings and district tournament breakdowns
The FHSAA unveiled another set of its high school baseball rankings Tuesday morning. However, this go-round, the rankings carried a little more weight as they determined district seedings for next week's tournaments.
Five area baseball programs sit in the FHSAA's top 100 with Buchholz (16-6) leading the area at No. 20 in the state and No. 4 in Class 6A. On the Bobcats' heels, however, is Lake City Columbia, which ranks No. 21 in the state and No. 3 in Class 5A.
Class 1A contenders Lafayette (No. 86 in state, No. 1 in 1A) and Union County (No. 93 in state, No. 2 in 1A) and Santa Fe (No. 98 in state, No. 13 in 4A) round out the area's top teams.
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Here's a breakdown of each of the area's baseball team's district tournament-opening matchups.
District 3-6A − Fletcher High School
No. 1 Buchholz: BYE; plays winner of No. 4 Nease-No. 5 Fletcher on May 2 at 8 p.m.
District 2-5A − Higher seed hosts
No. 1 Lake City Columbia: Hosts No. 4 Rickards on May 2 at 7 p.m.
No. 3 Gainesville: Visits No. 2 Tallahassee Lincoln on May 2 at 7 p.m.
District 4-4A − Higher seed hosts
No. 1 Santa Fe: BYE; plays winner of No. 4 Eastside-No. 5 Palatka on May 2 at 7 p.m.
No. 4 Eastside: Hosts No. 5 Palatka on May 1 at 7 p.m.
District 4-3A − Trinity Catholic High School
No. 2 Keystone Heights: Plays No. 7 Crescent City on May 2 at 7 p.m.
No. 3 P.K. Yonge: Plays No. 6 Interlachen on May 2 at 4 p.m.
District 2-3A − Higher seed hosts
No. 5 Bradford: Visits No. 4 Bishop Snyder on May 1 at 6 p.m.
District 4-2A − Saint Francis Catholic Academy
No. 1 Oak Hall: Plays No. 4 Peniel Baptist on May 1 at 4 p.m.
No. 2 Saint Francis: Hosts No. 3 Countryside Christian on May 1 at 1 p.m.
District 8-1A − Higher seed hosts
No. 2 Williston: BYE; plays No. 3 Bronson on May 2 at 7 p.m.
District 7-1A − Trenton High School
No. 1 Newberry: BYE; plays winner of No. 4 Dixie County-No. 5 Bell on May 2 at TBD
No. 2 Trenton: BYE; plays No. 3 Chiefland on May 2 at TBD
No. 4 Dixie County: Plays No. 5 Bell on May 1 at 7 p.m.
District 6-1A − Branford High School
No. 1 Lafayette: BYE; plays winner of No. 4 Hilliard-No. 5 Branford on May 2 at 7 p.m.
No. 2 Union County: BYE; plays winner of No. 3 Hamilton County-No. 6 Fort White on May 2 at 4 p.m.
This article originally appeared on The Gainesville Sun: Inside the brackets: Gainesville area high school baseball districts
