High school baseball ‘24: St. Johns Country Day grabs No. 1 seed as postseason brackets released

The high school baseball playoffs begin Tuesday night. (Abbie Parr, 2020 Abbie Parr)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – News4JAX Super 6 No. 1 St. Johns Country Day led the way for area teams as the Florida High School Athletic Association announced the playoff bracket on Saturday morning.

The Spartans (20-6) have played for state championships in 2021 and last year under coach Tom Lucas. They open the postseason road against St. Francis on Wednesday. They could be in for a second-round collision against the area’s hottest team in University Christian (17-9). UC has won nine in a row after clobbering Eagle’s View 10-0 for the District 3-2A title on Thursday night.

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Earning No. 2 seeds were Bishop Kenny (19-8) in Region 1-4A, Super 6 No. 2 Trinity Christian (21-6) in Region 1-3A, Creekside (17-10) in 1-7A, Columbia (15-12) in 1-5A and Union County (14-13) in Region 3-1A.

The Conquerors’ region is stacked with area teams. Trinity opens with Trinity Catholic and would face either Bolles or Episcopal in the second round with a win. That region also has a colossal all-area showdown between Bishop Snyder and Providence as well as the Bulldogs and Eagles.

Baseball playoffs

Regional quarterfinals

Tuesday’s games

Region 1-7A

(8) Flagler Palm Coast (14-12) at (1) Timber Creek (21-6)

(5) Bartram Trail (16-11) at (4) Spruce Creek (18-9)

(7) Winter Park (13-12) at (2) Creekside (17-10)

Region 1-6A

(5) Fleming Island (18-10) at (4) Pace (19-6)

(7) Tocoi Creek (18-7) at (2) Tallahassee Chiles (18-8)

(6) Oakleaf (17-9) at (3) Hagerty (18-8)

Region 1-5A

(8) Orange Park (14-13) at (1) Tallahassee Lincoln (15-11)

(5) St. Augustine (15-10) at (4) Escambia (20-7)

(2) Columbia (15-12) at (7) Beachside (15-13)

(6) Ponte Vedra (12-15) at (3) Clay (16-9)

Regional semifinals

Region 3-1A

(3) Liberty County (16-7) at (2) Union County (14-13)

Wednesday’s games

Regional quarterfinals

Region 1-4A

(5) Suwannee (16-8-1) at (4) Wakulla (20-5-1)

(7) Baker County (16-12) at (2) Bishop Kenny (19-8)

Region 1-3A

(8) Keystone Heights (20-8) at (1) Pensacola Catholic (26-1), 8 p.m.

(5) Providence (13-11) at (4) Bishop Snyder (18-8)

(7) Trinity Catholic (12-11) at (2) Trinity Christian (21-6)

(6) Episcopal (19-8) at (3) Bolles (20-7)

Region 1-2A

(8) St. Francis (14-9) at (1) St. Johns Country Day (20-6)

(5) Oak Hall (13-5) at (4) University Christian (17-9)

(6) Christ’s Church (15-8) at (3) St. Joseph (19-8)


About the Author

Justin Barney joined News4Jax in February 2019, but he’s been covering sports on the First Coast for more than 20 years.

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