PrepZone releases first state baseball poll of the year

GAINESVILLE – Here is ThePrepZone.com first state baseball poll for the 2018 season. The initial state high school baseball rankings features several local teams including two teams in the top six of the all-classification poll.

ALL-CLASSIFICATION
1. Clearwater Calvary Christian (4A) 15-0
2. Ft. Lauderdale Calvary Christian Academy (4A) 16-2
3. Plantation American Heritage (6A) 13-3
4. Jacksonville Providence (4A) 15-2
5. Niceville (7A) 13-0
6. Jacksonville Bolles (5A) 14-2
7. Pembroke Pines Flanagan (9A) 11-2
8. Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas (8A) 13-2
9. Lynn Haven Mosley (6A) 13-3
10 Fort Myers Canterbury (3A) 11-1

CLASS 9A
1. Pembroke Pines Flanagan 11-2
2. Miami Palmetto 12-2
3. Orlando Cypress Creek 12-2
4. Lake Worth Park Vista 11-3
5. West Broward 11-3
6. Lantana Santaluces 15-2
7. Parkland Stoneman Douglas 7-4
8. Vero Beach 13-2
9. Lake Mary 10-2
10. Port St. Lucie Treasure Coast 10-4
Honorable mention: Miami Columbus 10-4, Kissimmee Gateway 10-2, Tampa Alonso 9-7, Orlando Timber Creek 10-5, Orlando Olympia 11-5, Jacksonville Mandarin 11-4, Lithia Newsome 9-4, Jupiter 8-7, Palm Beach Gardens 12-5, Kissimmee Osceola 9-3.

CLASS 8A
1. Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas 13-2
2. Oviedo Hagerty 14-2
3. Davie Nova 12-1
4. Ocala Forest 13-1
5. Pace 11-3
6. Lakeland George Jenkins 12-2
7. Tampa Plant 13-2
8. Wellington 13-3
9. Palmetto 12-4
10. Tampa Sickles 13-3
Honorable mention: Tallahassee Lincoln 9-6, Tampa Wharton 11-3, Tarpon Springs East Lake 12-4, Tallahassee Chiles 8-7, Gainesville Buchholz 11-5, Bradenton Lakewood Ranch 11-5-1, Plant City 11-3, Tallahassee Leon 11-4-1, Valrico Bloomingdale 9-5, Lakeland 11-4.

CLASS 7A
1. Niceville 13-0
2. Venice 13-3
3. Pace 11-3
4. St. Johns Creekside 11-2
5. Naples Gulf Coast 13-3
6. Palm Beach Gardens Dwyer 12-5
7. Cantonment Tate 10-5
8. Tampa King 13-3
9. Doral Academy 10-5-1
10. Punta Gorda Charlotte 11-4
Honorable mention: Ponte Vedra Nease 7-6, Winter Haven 10-5, Tampa Leto 11-4, New Smyrna Beach 12-5, Daytona Beach Father Lopez 13-2, Miami Belen Jesuit 9-4, Miami Sunset 10-2.

CLASS 6A
1. Plantation American Heritage 13-3
2. Lynn Haven Mosley 13-3
3. Tampa Jesuit 10-3
4. Merritt Island 13-3
5. Miami Springs 13-1
6. Rockledge 14-2
7. Cape Coral Island Coast 11-2
8. Southwest Ranches Archbishop McCarthy 9-6-1
9. Orange Park Ridgeview 11-3
10. Land O’ Lakes 12-3
Honorable mention: Miami Jackson 10-3, Melbourne Eau Gallie 8-5, Naples Lely 10-3, Dunedin 11-6, Ponte Vedra 11-4, Port St. Lucie 8-4, Tampa Jefferson 8-5, Miami Goleman 11-7, Spring Hill Springstead 11-4, Green Cove Springs Clay 10-5, Lake Wales 12-4, Dunnellon 9-4.

CLASS 5A
1. Jacksonville Bolles 14-2
2. Pompano Beach 11-4
3. Orlando Bishop Moore 14-3
4. Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons 11-2
5. Satellite Beach Satellite 15-1
6. Melbourne Central Catholic 11-3
7. Glen St. Mary Baker County 10-4
8. Miami Monsignor Pace 7-5
9. Brooksville Nature Coast 12-2
10. Jacksonville Bishop Kenny 11-4
Honorable mention: North Broward Prep 10-6, Bushnell South Sumter 9-4, Marianna 11-5, LaBelle 11-2, Fernandina Beach 10-4, Panama City Bay 9-4, Titusville 9-3, Key West 12-7.

CLASS 4A
1. Clearwater Calvary Christian 15-0
2. Ft. Lauderdale Calvary Christian Academy 16-2
3. Jacksonville Providence 15-2
4. Palm Beach Gardens Benjamin 15-3
5. Ocala Trinity Catholic 7-3
6. Pensacola Catholic 12-4
7. Jacksonville Trinity Christian 9-3
8. Orlando The First Academy 10-4
9. Miami Florida Christian 10-3
10. Miami Westminster Christian 12-5
Honorable mention: Delray Beach American Heritage 9-4, Tampa Berkeley Prep 10-5, Clearwater Central Catholic 8-5, Fort Lauderdale Westminster Academy 9-7.

CLASS 3A
1. Fort Myers Canterbury 11-1
2. Tampa Carrollwood Day 13-1
3. Tallahassee North Florida Christian 12-2
4. Spring Hill Bishop McLaughlin 10-4
5. Tampa Cambridge Christian 12-1
6. Bradenton Saint Stephens Academy 8-2
7. Sarasota Out-of-Door Academy 8-4
8. Jacksonville University Christian 12-7
9. St. Petersburg Northside Christian 9-3
10. Fort Pierce John Carroll Catholic 10-3
Honorable mention: Fort Myers Southwest Florida Christian 10-3, Lakeland Santa Fe Catholic 10-5, Maitland Orangewood Christian 10-5, Lake Mary Prep 11-6, Oviedo Master’s Academy 8-4-1, Lakeland Christian 10-6, Orange Park St. Johns Country Day 9-6.

CLASS 2A
1. Miami Christian 10-3
2. Lake Worth Trinity Christian 10-7
3. Lecanto Seven Rivers Christian 8-3
4. St. Petersburg Keswick Christian 9-4
5. Jacksonville Christ’s Church 7-4
6. Fort Pierce St. Andrew’s Episcopal Academy 8-3
7. Naples Seacrest Country Day 8-6
8. Brito Miami Private 7-3
9. Kissimmee City of Life Christian 9-3
10. Sarasota Gulf Coast HEAT 10-4
Honorable mention: Brevard HEAT 8-4, Land O’Lakes Academy at the Lakes 7-5, Monticello Aucilla Christian 6-4-1.

CLASS 1A
1. Sneads 12-2
2. Panama City Bozeman 13-2
3. Williston 9-3
4. Paxton 8-1
5. Trenton 8-4
6. Branford 9-2
7. Santa Rosa South Walton 10-6
8. Newberry 7-4
9. Bratt Northview 9-5
10. Pierson Taylor 9-4
Honorable mention: Malone 10-3, Lake Butler Union County 9-5Baldwin 8-5Crescent City 8-5, Freeport 7-4, Mayo Lafayette 7-4.

 

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