GAINESVILLE – After a full month of high school baseball, Florida is once again proving it is a hotbed for talent.
A total of six teams from the Sunshine State are ranked in the MaxPreps Xcellent 25 National Baseball Rankings, including the No. 1 team in the country. All six are ranked atop the first all-classification Florida rankings of the season.
All six nationally-ranked Florida teams are state-ranked top three in their respective class in theprepzone.com state baseball poll for Week #3.
Orlando Olympia, the top-ranked team in 8A, Florida’s largest class, is also the No. 1 team in America, according to MaxPreps. The Titans (9-0) get their toughest game of the season on Wednesday when they play at Ovideo. The Lions (10-1) are not nationally-ranked, but they are the top-ranked team in Class 7A.
Lake Worth Park Vista (#5 MaxPreps) is second in 8A behind Olympia. They are also ranked just behind the Titans in the first all-classification Florida rankings of the season. The Cobras (9-1) have won nine in a row since a season-opening loss to Taravella.
The third best team overall in Florida is Southwest Ranches Archbishop McCarthy. Not only are the Mavericks (10-0) unbeaten and nationally-ranked (7th), but they are also the top-ranked team in Class 5A.
Lynn Haven Mosley (8th), Winter Haven (11th) & Rockledge (23rd) are the other three FHSAA member schools to be recognized nationwide.
Winter Haven (9-1) is ranked No. 1 in Class 6A, while unbeaten Mosley (8-0) & Rockledge (10-0) are ranked behind Archbishop McCarthy in the 5A state rankings.
The top 10 teams in the state overall are located in Class 5A-8A. Of the 10 teams, a total of three are in Class 8A (Olympia, Park Vista & Oviedo Hagerty) and three are in Class 5A (Archbishop McCarthy, Mosley & Rockledge).
THEPREPZONE.COM STATE BASEBALL POLL – Week #3
ALL-CLASSIFICATIONS
1. Orlando Olympia (8A) 9-0
2. Lake Worth Park Vista (8A) 9-1
3. Southwest Ranches Archbishop McCarthy (5A) 10-0
4. Lynn Haven Mosley (5A) 8-0
5. Winter Haven (6A) 9-1
6. Rockledge (5A) 10-0
7. Oviedo (7A) 10-1
8. Oviedo Hagerty (8A) 8-1
9. Miami American (7A) 6-2
10. Pembroke Pines Charter (6A) 7-1
CLASS 8A
1. Orlando Olympia 9-0
2. Lake Worth Park Vista 9-1
3. Oviedo Hagerty 8-1
4. Loxahatchee Seminole Ridge 9-1
5. Tampa Alonso 9-1
6. Miami Columbus 9-2
7. Pembroke Pines Flanagan 7-2
8. Boca Raton 7-1
9. Miami Palmetto 8-1
10. Homestead South Dade 7-3
Honorable mention: Apopka 8-2; Miami Varela 6-2; Lake Mary 7-3; Palm Beach Gardens 6-2; Riverview 8-2; Coral Gables 5-3; Miami Killian 7-3; Orange City University 6-2; Lakeland 6-2.
CLASS 7A
1. Oviedo 10-1
2. Miami American 6-2
3. Winter Springs 7-2
4. St. Petersburg Northeast 10-0
5. Haines City 8-1
6. St. Thomas Aquinas 9-1
7. Cantonment Tate 7-0
8. Brandon 9-1
9. Plant City Durant 9-1
10. Sarasota 6-1
Honorable mention: St. Cloud 7-1; Gainesville Buchholz 7-2; Melbourne Viera 7-2; Tarpon Springs East Lake 7-3; West Boca Raton 7-3; Tallahassee Lincoln 6-2; Melbourne 6-3; Naples Gulf Coast 7-2.
CLASS 6A
1. Winter Haven 9-1
2. Pembroke Pines Charter 7-1
3. Hialeah Gardens Mater Academy 7-2
4. St. Johns Creekside 8-0
5. Venice 8-1
6. Pace 7-1
7. Miami TERRA Institute 9-1
8. Tampa Hillsborough 9-2
9. Cape Coral Ida Baker 9-2
10. Tampa Jefferson 7-3
Honorable mention: Naples Barron Collier 6-3; Stuart South Fork 6-2; Ocala Forest 7-1; Port St. Lucie 6-1; St. Johns Bartram Trail 7-2; Okeechobee 7-3; Miami Goleman 6-2.
CLASS 5A
1. Southwest Ranches Archbishop McCarthy 10-0
2. Lynn Haven Mosley 8-0
3. Rockledge 10-0
4. Plantation American Heritage 9-3
5. Tampa Jesuit 6-5
6. New Port Richey River Ridge 7-1
7. Dunedin 8-2
8. Cape Coral 9-2
9. Brooksville Hernando 8-2
10. Wesley Chapel 8-2
Honorable mention: Eustis 6-2; Jacksonville Bishop Kenny 6-3; Zephyrhills 6-2; Land O’ Lakes Sunlake 6-2; Merritt Island 10-3.
CLASS 4A
1. Delray Beach American Heritage 8-2
2. Miami Gulliver Prep 7-4
3. Pensacola Catholic 5-2
4. Jacksonville Bolles 9-2
5. Key West 7-2
6. Fort Myers Bishop Verot 7-3
7. Jacksonville Trinity Christian 10-3
8. Pensacola West Florida 7-2
9. Miami St. Brendan 6-3
10. Ft. Lauderdale Calvary Christian Academy 7-4
Honorable mention: Miami Monsignor Pace 6-4; Lakeland McKeel Academy 5-3; Bushnell South Sumter 6-1; Fort Lauderdale University 6-4; Ocala Trinity Catholic 5-5; North Broward Prep 4-5.
CLASS 3A
1. Fort Myers Canterbury 8-0
2. Jacksonville University Christian 10-2
3. Tallahassee North Florida Christian 6-4
4. Miami Westminster Christian 9-1
5. Spring Hill Bishop McLaughlin 7-2
6. Miami Palmer Trinity 8-1
7. Jacksonville Providence 6-3
8. St. Augustine St. Joseph 8-0
9. Palm Beach Gardens Benjamin 7-1
10. Clearwater Calvary Christian 6-2
Others receiving votes: Hialeah Educational Academy 9-2, Largo Indian Rocks Christian 8-3, Tampa Prep 7-2, Sarasota Out-of-Door Academy 8-1, Orlando The First Academy 9-2, Lakeland Santa Fe Catholic 8-2, Ft. Lauderdale Westminster Academy 8-2.
CLASS 2A
1. Brito Miami Private 9-1
2. Deltona Trinity Christian 7-3
3. Tampa Cambridge Christian 5-4
4. St. Petersburg Keswick Christian 9-2
5. Naples Seacrest Country Day 6-2
6. Quincy Munroe 7-3
7. Vero Beach Master’s Academy 5-1
8. Winter Garden Foundation Academy 5-2
9. Sarasota Christian 6-1
10. Ocala St. John Lutheran 8-4
Others receiving votes: Miami Christian 4-4, Belle Glade Glades Day 6-1, Lecanto Seven Rivers Christian 3-4.
CLASS 1A
1. Williston 8-1
2. Mayo Lafayette 8-1
3. Paxton 4-0
4. Panama City Bozeman 8-0
5. Bratt Northview 8-0
6. Blountstown 9-1
7. Chiefland 7-2
8. Wewahitchka 8-1
9. Bonifay Holmes County 7-3
10. Hilliard 7-2
Others receiving votes: Pierson Taylor 7-3, Bell 6-3, Sneads 5-3, Branford 6-4.
