The 64 Team Field For 2018 – Utilizing MaxPreps Final Rankings
Written by Lee Roggenburg on . Posted in Central Boys, Featured Posts, Florida Lacrosse News, High School, Northern Boys, Southeast Boys, Tampa/Treasure Coast Boys.
In this part FLN went through the final MaxPreps rankings to populate a field of 64, split into 4 quadrants of 16 teams each. All district champions were included and we went straight down the final rankings to figure the next 8 teams in each current quadrant.Remember that some teams might have fallen through the cracks if they did not post 15 game results. A second place finish did not guarantee a bid and in some cases one district got three teams into the field. I seeded the teams 1-16 based on their final rankings. A link to the first page of the rankings are here:http://www.maxpreps.com/rankings/lacrosse-spring-18/1/state/florida.htmAgain, I have some real issues with some of these rankings so don’t shoot the messenger! There is a lot of good in this approach and it’s safe to say that the good outweighs the hiccups.Here’s the teams by quadrant, in order of their ranking:
Again, remember this is based on the FINAL rankings. Obviously, Oxbridge would have been the #1 seed in the Southeast going into the playoffs as one example. But you get the point.So how would the first round matchups have looked? For simplicity I didn’t take into account District championships. North:#1 Ponte Vedra hosts #16 Bolles#2 Nease hosts #15 Providence#3 Oak Hall hosts #14 Episcopal School-Jacksonville#4 Lake Mary hosts #13 West Florida#5 St. Augustine hosts #12 Fletcher#6 Creekside hosts #11 Buchholz#7 Gulf Breeze hosts #10 Matanzas#8 Bartram Trail hosts #9 Chiles Tampa/Orlando:#1 Bishop Moore hosts #16 Steinbrenner#2 Tampa Jesuit hosts #15 Boone#3 Winter Park hosts #14 Oviedo#4 Plant hosts #13 Montverde Academy#5 West Orange hosts #12 All Saints Academy#6 Newsome hosts #11 Lake Highland Prep#7 Sickles hosts #10 Hagerty#8 First Academy hosts #9 Lake Brantley Gulf Coast/Treasure Coast:#1 Jupiter hosts #16 Cocoa Beach#2 Cardinal Mooney hosts #15 Bishop Verot#3 Benjamin hosts #14 Naples#4 Riverview-Sarasota hosts #13 Barron Collier#5 Canterbury hosts #12 Merritt Island#6 Viera hosts #11 Wiregrass Ranch#7 St. Edward’s hosts #10 ODA-Sarasota#8 Gulf Coast hosts #9 Melbourne Central Catholic Southeast:#1 Saint Andrew’s hosts #16 Key West#2 Oxbridge hosts #15 Gulliver Prep#3 St. Thomas Aquinas hosts #14 WT Dwyer#4 King’s Academy hosts #13 Park Vista#5 American Heritage-Delray hosts #12 Cardinal Gibbons#6 American Heritage-Plantation hosts #11 Western-Davie#7 Saint John Paul II hosts #10 Pine Crest#8 Belen Jesuit hosts #9 Stoneman Douglas One thing that really stands out about this is all the fresh matchups! We get new games that have not occurred yet.We get nearly ONE-THIRD of all the programs playing an FHSAA playoff game.It only takes ONE MORE ROUND of playoffs to do this.Don’t sweat the travel . . . our sport is used to it.32 more games for the FHSAA to cash in . . . that’s got to be a good incentive for them.And twice as long a podcast for Wells and I after District . . . I’m game if he is!Again, don’t write in to complain that a team or two is missing. That’s easy enough to slot in. Just take in the most important thing . . . double the pleasure and double the fun!
| North | Orlando/Tampa |
| Ponte Vedra | Bishop Moore |
| Nease | Tampa Jesuit |
| Oak Hall | Winter Park |
| Lake Mary | Plant |
| St. Augustine | West Orange |
| Creekside | Newsome |
| Gulf Breeze | Sickles |
| Bartram Trail | First Academy |
| Chiles | Lake Brantley |
| Matanzas | Hagerty |
| Buchholz | Lake Highland Prep |
| Fletcher | All Saints Academy |
| West Florida | Montverde Academy |
| Episcopal School – Jacksonville | Oviedo |
| Providence | Boone |
| Bolles | Steinbrenner |
| Gulf Coast/Treasure Coast | Southeast |
| Jupiter | Saint Andrews |
| Cardinal Mooney | Oxbridge |
| Benjamin | St. Thomas Aquinas |
| Riverview-Sarasota | King’s Academy |
| Canterbury | American Heritage-Delray |
| Viera | American Heritage-Plantation |
| St. Edwards | Saint John Paul II |
| Gulf Coast | Belen Jesuit |
| Melbourne Central Catholic | Stoneman Douglas |
| ODA-Sarasota | Pine Crest |
| Wiregrass Ranch | Western-Davie |
| Merritt Island | Cardinal Gibbons |
| Barron Collier | Park Vista |
| Naples | WT Dwyer |
| Bishop Verot | Gulliver Prep |
| Cocoa Beach | Key West |
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