Sunday, November 7, 2021

2021 FHSAA Football Playoff Brackets

     The Florida High School Athletic Association on Sunday released the teams that will participate in the upcoming 2021 FHSAA football postseason. All eight classifications will have first-round playoff games later this week. 
     The top five classifications from Class 8A down to Class 4A will have their state championship games to be held from December 16-18 at DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale. Class 3A, Class 2A and Class 1A will happen at Gene Cox Stadium in Tallahassee from December 9-11. 
     Region 4 of Class 8A is led by district rivals as #3 Deerfield Beach hosts #6 Boca Raton. #5 Columbus challenges #4 Dr. Krop, #7 Coral Glades is at #2 Miami Palmetto and #1 Western faces #8 Marjory Stoneman Douglas. 
     Four Palm Beach County schools will clash with four teams north of them in Region 2. #8 Centennial goes to #1 Palm Beach Central, #5 Vero Beach visits #4 Forest Hill, #7 Palm Beach Gardens travels to #2 Treasure Coast and #6 Wellington makes the journey to #3 Boone. 
     Class 7A in Region 4 has eight tri-county South Florida teams. The defending state champion #1 St. Thomas Aquinas stays home against #8 Atlantic while #6 Dillard heads east to #3 Fort Lauderdale. #5 Doral Academy faces #4 Miramar and #7 South Broward tangles with #2 Homestead. Region 2 has #6 Seminole Ridge visiting #3 Melbourne. 
     There will be long road trips for all competitors in Region 4 for Class 6A. #8 Plantation is at #1 Dunbar, #5 South Fort Myers is at #4 Coconut Creek and #6 Fort Myers is at #3 Miami Northwestern. 
     Class 5A in Region 4 consists of eight local high schools. #8 Cypress Lake challenges #1 Miami Killian while #7 Boynton Beach travels to Plantation and faces defending state champion #2 American Heritage. #3 Miami Central hosts #6 North Miami Beach and #5 Stranahan makes the long cross-state trip to #4 Estero. 
     Region 4 of Class 4A has the defending state champion #2 Cardinal Gibbons and #1 Gulliver Prep having byes in the first round. #5 Calvary Christian Academy heads for Miami to take on #4 Booker T. Washington and #6 Pine Crest visits #3 Immaculata-LaSalle. 
     Region 3 has two Palm Beach County squads. #5 Glades Central is at #4 American Heritage in Delray Beach. 
     Class 3A in Region 4 has six high schools participating. State finalist #1 Chaminade-Madonna and #2 Florida Christian have the first-round off. #3 Cardinal Newman hosts #6 St. Andrew's while #4 Miami Edison hosts #5 Somerset Academy South Homestead. 
     #2 Benjamin is the only South Florida representative in Region 2. Following their bye, they will take on either #3 The First Academy or #6 Lake Placid. 
     Region 4 has six local teams involved in Class 2A. #1 Avant Grande and two-time defending state champion #2 Champagnat Catholic have byes. #6 Westminster Academy is at #3 Glades Day and #5 John Carroll is at #4 True North.
     There is only one South Florida high school in Class 1A. #2 Pahokee has a bye week in the first round and will tangle with either #3 Bradford or #6 Newberry. 

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