St. Johns Country Day, Trinity Christian and Union County are headed to the baseball state semifinals.
The Spartans and Tigers swept their regional finals on Saturday, while the Conquerors roared back to edge Bishop Snyder in Game 3 to win Region 1-2A.
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The state semifinals are over the next two weeks in Fort Myers. Clay could make it four teams in Fort Myers, but the Blue Devils’ game in Region 1-4A at Choctawhatchee was postponed until Sunday.
The Spartans beat St. John Paul II 10-5 to win Region 1-1A for their fourth trip to the final four in the past five years.
St. Johns has reached the state semifinals all but one year since 2021 (lost in the 2022 regional finals). The Spartans won the state championship in 2024, and finished runner-up in 2021, ’23, and ’25. Gavin Coffey had nine strikeouts, Brayden Harris and Hunter Rodgers both had three hits and St. Johns cruised. Hudson Dantzler, Preston Cole, Harris and Rodgers all homered for the Spartans.
Jordan Martinez blasted two homers for the Conquerors in Game 2, his third multi-homer game of the year. Ethan Wheeler whiffed 11 in 6.1 innings, and Romy DeCenzo got out of a bases-loaded jam to top Snyder. In the clincher, the Conquerors pushed four runs across in the bottom of the sixth to wrap up the series with a 5-3 win. Jarod Flowers broke the tie with a two-run single that put Trinity ahead for good. Martinez added his 12th homer of the year in the third game.
Trinity won its only title in 2015. The Conquerors have gone to the state semifinals (2018, ’19, ’24) and played for a state championship last year.
In the Rural class, Union County walked it off in the bottom of the eighth inning for an 8-7 win over Lafayette. Jasen Sullivan had three hits, Westyn Miller drove in a pair of runs, and Nate Robertson homered for the Tigers.
Regional finals
Friday, May 8/Saturday May 9 (best of 3 series)
Region 1-4A
Game 1: (3) Clay 1, (1) Choctawhatchee 0 (9-2)
Game 2: (3) Clay (18-13) at (1) Choctawhatchee (25-7), postponed to Sunday
Game 3: TBA
Region 1-3A
Games 1/2: (1) South Walton 2, (3) Suwannee 0 (2-1, 10-0)
Region 1-2A
Game 1: (2) Bishop Snyder 8, (1) Trinity Christian 2
Game 2: (1) Trinity Christian 6, (2) Bishop Snyder 4
Game 3: (1) Trinity Christian 5, (2) Bishop Snyder 3
Region 1-1A
Game 1: (1) St. Johns Country Day 5, (3) St. John Paul II 1
Game 2: (1) St. Johns Country Day 10, (3) St. John Paul II 5
Rural
Game 1: (1) Union County 14, (3) Lafayette 3
Game 2: (1) Union County 8, (3) Lafayette 7
Regional semifinals
Region 1-6A
Friday, May 1 (best of 3); games 2 and 3 (if necessary) on Saturday
(1) Pace 2, (5) Tocoi Creek 0 (12-2, 7-2)
(2) Buchholz 2, (6) Oakleaf 0 (5-3, 7-1)
Region 1-4A
(1) Choctawhatchee 2, (5) St. Augustine 1 (2-3, 4-1, 4-1)
(3) Clay 2, (7) Escambia 0 (5-0; 8-1)
Region 1-3A
(3) Suwannee 2, (2) Fernandina Beach 1, (12-0, 3-4, 5-1)
Region 1-2A
(1) Trinity Christian 2, (4) Trinity Catholic 0 (5-0, 9-6)
(2) Bishop Snyder 2, (3) Bolles 0 (8-5, 10-0)
Region 1-1A
(1) St. Johns Country Day 2, (4) University Christian 0 (4-2, 8-2)
(3) St. John Paul II 2, (7) Covenant School of Jacksonville 0 (7-6, 7-2)
Rural
Friday, May 1 (best of 3); games 2 and 3 (if necessary) on Saturday
(1) Union County 2, (4) Madison County 0 (7-6, 10-7)
Regional quarterfinals
Region 1-7A
Friday, April 24 results (single elimination)
(8) Lake Mary 6, (1) Creekside 3
(4) West Orange 4, (5) Sandalwood 1
(2) Spruce Creek 11, (7) Flagler Palm Coast 1
Region 1-6A
(5) Tocoi Creek 2, (4) Tate 1
(2) Buchholz 12, (7) Mandarin 2
(6) Oakleaf 12, (3) Bartram Trail 2, Thursday
Region 1-5A
(1) Chiles 5, (8) Ponte Vedra 3
(2) Niceville 3, (7) Beachside 2
(3) Mosley 5, (6) Columbia 2
Region 1-4A
(1) Choctawhatchee 9, (8) Baker County 0
(5) St. Augustine 10, (4) Arnold 6
(7) Escambia 3, (2) Bishop Kenny 1
(3) Clay 4, (6) Wakulla 0
Region 1-3A
Saturday, April 25 results
(1) South Walton 13, (8) Wolfson 0
(4) West Florida 1, (5) Baldwin 0
(2) Fernandina Beach 10, (7) Bay 0
(3) Suwannee 12, (6) West Nassau 1
Region 2-3A
(4) South Sumter 12, (5) Palatka 0
Region 1-2A
(1) Trinity Christian 6, (8) Florida High 3
(2) Bishop Snyder 9, (7) Providence 5
(3) Bolles 6, (6) Pensacola Catholic 5
Class 1A
(1) St. Johns Country Day 15, (8) Rocky Bayou Christian 0
(4) University Christian 6, (5) North Florida Christian 2
(7) Covenant School of Jacksonville 10, (2) St. Joseph 5
(6) Christ’s Church Academy (13-13) at (3) St. John Paul II (15-8), postponed to April 27