JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The high school football playoff field is set in Florida and Georgia.
Providence (7-3), St. Augustine (8-1) and unbeatens Nease (9-0) and Raines (9-0) earned No. 1 seeds for the state playoffs during the Florida High School Athletic Association’s bracket release on Friday night.
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The opening round will include a few all-local matchups with Beachside-Ponte Vedra, Columbia-St. Augustine, Oakleaf-Mandarin, Baker County-Bishop Kenny and Impact Christian-University Christian.
Just missing out were perennial playoff teams Bartram Trail and Fletcher. The Senators (5-5) missed the playoffs for the first time since 2019.
Parker (5-5) finished in a three-way tie in District 3-4A with Menendez and Bishop Kenny, but finished 10th in the region and lost out on a playoff spot due to its rankings points.
The Bears (4-6) dropped five games to St. Johns County teams including a shootout to Nease on Thursday night to miss the playoffs for the first time since 2018. Despite Bartram’s close miss (the Bears finished out of a playoff spot by basically 1 percentage point) St. Johns County had a stellar season.
Creekside, Nease and St. Augustine all won district championships. Beachside, Menendez and Ponte Vedra all reached the playoffs. Factor in private school St. Joseph, which went 8-1 in the regular season and is competing in the Sunshine State Athletic Association playoffs and it was a stellar year in St. Johns.
Some oddities happened, too. Despite being a district champ and actually beating both Beachside and Ponte Vedra, Fleming Island (7-3) managed just a No. 6 seed and has to travel to Mosley for its playoff opener.
In Region 1-5A, Middleburg reached the playoffs for the third straight season, a massive achievement for coach Ryan Wolfe. The Broncos (7-3) posted their best record since 2003, although they travel to top-seeded Niceville for the opener.
High school football playoff matchups
Friday, Nov. 15
Region 1-7A
(5) Spruce Creek (7-3) at (4) Flagler Palm Coast (9-1), 7 p.m.
(2) Seminole (8-1) at (7) Creekside (5-5), 7 p.m.
Region 1-6A
(8) Tate (7-3) at (1) Nease (9-0), 7 p.m.
(5) Oakleaf (7-3) at (4) Mandarin (7-3), 6:30 p.m.
Region 1-5A
(8) Middleburg (7-3) at (1) Niceville (9-1), 8:30 p.m.
(5) Beachside (7-3) at (4) Ponte Vedra (8-2), 7 p.m.
(6) Fleming Island (7-3) at (3) Mosley (9-1), 8 p.m.
Region 1-4A
(8) Columbia (5-5) at (1) St. Augustine (8-1), 7 p.m.
(4) Pine Forest (5-5) at (5) White (7-3), 6:30 p.m.
(6) Riverside (5-5) at (3) Escambia (8-2), 8 p.m.
Region 1-3A
(8) Bay (5-5) at (1) Raines (9-0), 6:30 p.m.
(5) Menendez (6-4) at (4) Wakulla (7-3), 7 p.m.
(7) Suwannee (4-6) at (2) Godby (6-3), 7 p.m.
(6) Baker County (5-4) at (3) Bishop Kenny (7-3), 7 p.m.
Region 1-2A
(8) Baldwin (5-5) at (1) Gadsden County (9-1), 7:30 p.m.
(6) Taylor County (7-3) at (3) Bolles (8-1), 7:30 p.m.
Region 2-2A
(7) Villages (5-4) at (2) Bradford (8-1), 7:30 p.m.
(6) Palatka (7-3) at (3) Newberry (8-2), 7:30 p.m.
Region 1-1A
(1) Providence (7-3) at (8) Ocala Trinity Catholic (2-8), 7:30 p.m.
(5) Impact Christian (6-4) at (4) University Christian (5-5), 7:30 p.m.
(7) P.K. Yonge (5-4) at (2) Trinity Christian (7-3), 7 p.m.
Rural
(12) Fort White (5-4) at (5) Jay (9-1), 7:30 p.m.
(14) Holmes County (6-4) at (3) Union County (8-1), 7:30 p.m.
Georgia High School Association playoffs
Friday, Nov. 15
Class 6A
Camden County (7-3) at North Cobb (10-0)
Class 5A
Villa Rica (5-5) at Brunswick (9-1), 7:30 p.m.
Glynn Academy (6-4) at Rome (7-2), 7:30 p.m.
Class 4A
Ware County (5-5) at Tucker (7-3), 7:30 p.m.
Class 2A
Jackson (4-6) at Pierce County (9-1), 7:30 p.m.
Class A, Division II
Charlton County (5-5) at Lincoln County (9-0), Saturday, 4 p.m.