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Florida High School Football Playoffs: Regional Semifinal Predictions

With the regional quarterfinals completed, the Florida high school football playoffs move on to the regional semifinal round. Here’s a look at those games in each classification, along with our prediction for each.

Class 4M

The Florida high school Class 4M regional semifinal slate has a number of intriguing matchups on tap this Friday night, headlined by Apopka-Winter Park and Miami Columbus-Miami Palmetto. East Lake-Plant also has the potential to be close, as do West Orange-Ocoee and Western-Doral Academy.

  • Seminole 35, Lake Mary 14
  • Winter Park 21, Apopka 17
  • East Lake 30, Plant 24
  • West Orange 33, Ocoee 24
  • Palm Beach Central 35, Stoneman Douglas 17
  • Monarch 35, Palm Beach Gardens 17
  • Miami Columbus 30, Miami Palmetto 14
  • Western 33, Doral Academy 24

Class 4S

The Class 4S regional semifinal schedule is headlined by intriguing matchups featuring Bartram Trail taking on Creekside, as well as Osceola and Treasure Coast squaring off. Those two games have the potential to be close, as do a few others, such as Lake Minneola-Winter Haven and Riverview-Sarasota vs. Sarasota.

  • Bartram Trail 42, Creekside 28
  • Buchholz 35, Crestview 17
  • Lakeland 42, Mitchell 10
  • Lake Minneola 30, Winter Haven 21
  • Vero Beach 35, Melbourne 21
  • Osceola 20, Treasure Coast 10
  • Venice 35, Lehigh 17
  • Riverview-Sarasota 24, Sarasota 14

Class 3M

The Florida high school Class 3M regional semifinal slate is headlined by two big matchups in Edgewater-Tampa Bay Tech and Dillard-Blanche Ely, both of which could be decided by one possession. Jones-Oviedo also could be a game to watch for, as could Jesuit-Gaither and East Bay-Largo.

  • Edgewater 30, Tampa Bay Tech 28
  • Jones 30, Oviedo 21
  • Jesuit 30, Gaither 24
  • East Bay 28, Largo 27
  • St. Thomas Aquinas 42, Atlantic 14
  • Dillard 24, Blanche Ely 21
  • Homestead 38, Dr. Krop 17
  • Miramar 33, Southridge 20

Class 3S

Each of Class 3S’ top seeds are favored in their respective matchups, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they won’t be close. Lake Wales-Vanguard is a game to watch for; also keep an eye on Escambia-Columbia and Jensen Beach-Sebring, as both potentially could be decided by one possession.

  • Pine Forest 42, Choctawhatchee 17
  • Escambia 24, Columbia 21
  • Lake Wales 35, Vanguard 24
  • Zephyrhills 30, Lecanto 27
  • Rockledge 27, Mainland 17
  • Jensen Beach 24, Sebring 21
  • Naples 35, Port Charlotte 17
  • Dunbar 24, North Fort Myers 10

Class 2M

Class 2M’s regional semifinal round is headlined by two big matchups in the Miami area, one of which, Booker T. Washington-Norland, could be close. Tampa Catholic vs. Lakewood could be a tight game as well, possibly even being decided by one possession.

  • Raines 28, Riverside 17
  • Bolles 35, Bishop Moore 14
  • Tampa Catholic 30, Lakewood 28
  • Calvary Christian 30, Berkeley Prep 17
  • American Heritage 42, Boynton Beach 14
  • Cardinal Gibbons 38, Calvary Christian 17
  • Miami Central 38, Miami Northwestern 17
  • Booker T. Washington 35, Norland 24

Class 2S

The regional semifinal round of the Class 2S playoffs is headlined by two matchups in the same region of the bracket: Florida State-Pensacola Catholic and Suwannee-West Florida. Baldwin-Baker County also could be a matchup to watch for, while teams such as Cocoa and Bradford are big favorites.

  • Florida State 35, Pensacola Catholic 24
  • Suwannee 28, West Florida 24
  • Bradford 30, Eastside 10
  • Baldwin 28, Baker County 14
  • South Sumter 35, Hudson 20
  • Cocoa 35, Palm Bay 7
  • Bishop Verot 33, Clewiston 14
  • Frostproof 28, DeSoto County 17

Class 1M

Top Class 1M teams such as Chaminade-Madonna, Trinity Christian, and Clearwater Central Catholic all are favorites, as are University Christian and Cardinal Newman as well. There could be a few close matchups, with Westminster Christian-True North Classical a game to watch for in that conversation.

  • Trinity Christian 35, Orlando Christian Prep 14
  • University Christian 30, The First Academy 14
  • Clearwater Central Catholic 35, Indian Rocks Christian 13
  • Carrollwood Day 28, Northside Christian 21
  • Chaminade-Madonna 49, Avant Garde 7
  • Cardinal Newman 35, Benjamin 13
  • Archbishop Carroll 33, Palmer Trinity 14
  • Westminster Christian 33, True North Classical 28

Class 1S

A majority of the Florida high school Class 1S regional semifinal matchups are between teams that faced each other in the regular season, and the outcomes are likely to repeat themselves. One potentially close game to watch for is the Lakeland Christian-Victory Christian matchup; the Vikings previously defeated the Storm 28-27.

  • North Florida Christian 42, Maclay 7
  • St. John Paul II 27, Munroe 24
  • Trinity Catholic 48, Father Lopez 7
  • Holy Trinity Episcopal 38, P.K. Younge 10
  • John Carroll Catholic 28, Cardinal Mooney 10
  • Lakeland Christian 24, Victory Christian 20
  • First Baptist Academy 38, Community School of Naples 7
  • Evangelical Christian 24, Moore Haven 14

Class 1R

Four Class 1R teams – Northview, Sneads, Union County, and Hawthorne – each return to action this week after a bye in the regional quarterfinal round, and all four are favorites. Keep an eye on a few other star-studded 1R matchups as well. Chipley-Baker and Hilliard-Lafayette in particular are potentially close games.

  • Northview 30, Holmes County 17
  • Chipley 35, Baker 27
  • Sneads 33, Cottondale 20
  • Port St. Joe 28, Blountstown 14
  • Union County 28, Madison County 24
  • Hilliard 20, Lafayette 17
  • Hawthorne 30, Wildwood 20
  • Pahokee 35, Chiefland 24

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