JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Varsity 4 News4JAX flag football Super 6 rankings will be published Wednesday through the end of the regular season with the exception of a week off for spring break. Records are through April 7.
Varsity 4 Super 6 flag football rankings
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Rank, previous, school, record, classification
T1. (1) Clay (9-0, Class 2A)
Notable wins: Santa Fe, St. Augustine, Tocoi Creek, White.
Glance: The Blue Devils pounded Fletcher 45-0 in their lone game since our last Super 6. They round out the regular season with games against Gainesville, Fleming Island and Chiles. I’ve said it before, but a team like Clay should be playing stronger competition. Fleming Island and Chiles are their most challenging opponents of the season. Will be interesting to see if they can keep their shutout streak intact over the next week. They’ve outscored competition by a combined 305-0 this year.
T1. (T1) Ponte Vedra (13-0, Class 3A)
Notable wins: Bartram Trail, Chiles, Fletcher, Land O’Lakes, Nease, Paxon, Sandalwood, St. Augustine, Stanton, Yulee.
Glance: The Sharks added two more quality Ws since our last Super 6. They blanked previously ranked Nease (26-0) and then edged previously unbeaten Bartram Trail (13-5) in what was their second most challenging game of the year. They round out the regular season against Tocoi Creek and Jackson. Izzy Murray has 48 TD passes and 3,199 yards this season. Peyton Gruver and Julia Conroy have combined for 31 TD catches. Conroy also has 12 interceptions on defense, followed by Gruver’s eight.
3. (3) Bartram Trail (13-1, Class 3A)
Notable win: Atlantic Coast, Baker County, Fleming Island, Nease.
Glance: The Bears went 1-1 since our last Super 6, beating Matanzas (26-6) and losing to No. 1 Ponte Vedra (13-6) in a close one. Still a great season even with that loss. Kaila Pierce has thrown 46 TD passes, a combined 27 of those to Riley Abelon and Bralynne McDonald.
4. (4) Paxon (9-1, Class 2A)
Notable wins: Bradford, Fleming Island, Sandalwood, Stanton, Tocoi Creek.
Glance: Three wins for the Golden Eagles since our last Super 6, including quality Ws over Tocoi Creek (13-6) and Sandalwood (32-13). Paxon enters the Gateway tournament as the favorite. Elyanna Perez has 21 TD passes for the Golden Eagles. They should collide with Mandarin in the final if things go according to plan.
5. (5) Mandarin (10-0, Class 4A)
Notable wins: Baker County, Bolles, Ribault, Sandalwood, St. Augustine, Stanton.
Glance: Solid W over St. Augustine (7-0) and a 35-6 blowout of Fletcher since our last Super 6. They’ll be a pick to fill one side of the Gateway Conference championship bracket this week. Cameron Latsko has thrown 20 TD passes for Mandarin.
6. (NR) Bolles (8-2, Class 1A)
Notable wins: Baker County, Fleming Island, Sandalwood, Tocoi Creek, University Christian, Yulee.
Glance: Tough call on this spot. I moved Nease out after its loss to Ponte Vedra. I know there’s a head-to-head loss by Bolles to Nease (15-6), but I also looked at common opponents between the teams. Bolles has beaten Yulee (25-0) and Tocoi Creek (14-7), teams that Nease struggled against (25-19 win over Yulee and a 31-0 loss to Tocoi Creek). They’ve also beaten common opponents in Baker County and Creekside by the same 19- and 26-point margins, respectively. Kayla Bliss has 19 TD passes for Bolles, a combined 11 of those going to Patricia Freeman and Alexa Clutter.
Dropped out
Nease (9-3, Class 3A)
On the bubble
Atlantic Coast (6-5, Class 4A); Baker County (7-7, Class 2A); Baldwin (6-5, Class 1A); Crescent City (9-3, Class 1A); Eagle’s View (8-2, Class 1A); Flagler Palm Coast (9-3, Class 4A); Fleming Island (7-4, Class 3A); Middleburg (5-3, Class 3A); Nease (9-3, Class 3A); Orange Park (9-2, Class 3A); Ribault (10-4, Class 2A); St. Augustine (9-5, Class 2A); Sandalwood (6-7, Class 4A); Stanton (5-6, Class 2A); Tocoi Creek (5-6, Class 4A); University Christian (5-3, Class 1A); White (5-4, Class 2A); Yulee (9-4, Class 2A).