High school football playoff brackets are out. Here are the Dade, Broward teams that made it
The Florida High School Athletic Association playoffs kick off this week and matchups between local teams highlight the first weekend of action in South Florida.
The first weekend slate features 20 games with teams from Miami-Dade and Broward counties, with three defending state champions officially beginning their title defenses.
In Class 7A, St. Thomas Aquinas hosts Atlantic in Fort Lauderdale. In Class 5A, Miami Central hosts North Miami Beach and Plantation American Heritage hosts Boynton Beach. Cardinal Gibbons has a bye in Class 4A and Champagnat Catholic has one in Class 2A.
In the state’s four largest classifications, four district champions earned automatic berths, while four wild-card teams were determined based on RPI. In the four smallest classifications, six teams qualify for the postseason in each region based on RPI with the top two teams receiving first-round byes.
The state championships for Classes 8A-4A will be held in Fort Lauderdale next month and the title games in Classes 3A-1A will be back in Tallahassee.
Here are the full first-round brackets:
The brackets
Region 4-8A
▪ No. 1 Davie Western vs. No. 8 Parkland Stoneman Douglas
▪ No. 4 Miami Dr. Krop. vs. No. 5 Miami Columbus
▪ No. 2 Miami Palmetto vs. No. 7 Coral Glades
▪ No. 3 Deerfield Beach vs. No. 6 Boca Raton
Region 4-7A
▪ No. 1 Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas vs. No. 8 Delray Beach Atlantic
▪ No. 4 Miramar vs. No. 5 Doral Academy
▪ No. 2 Homestead vs. No. 7 South Broward
▪ No. 3 Fort Lauderdale vs. No. 6 Fort Lauderdale Dillard
Region 4-6A
▪ No. 1 Fort Myers Dunbar vs. No. 8 Plantation
▪ No. 4 Coconut Creek vs No. 5 South Fort Myers
▪ No. 2 Naples vs. No. 7 Charlotte
▪ No. 3 Miami Northwestern vs. No. 6 Fort Myers
Region 4-5A
▪ No. 1 Miami Killian vs. No. 8 Cypress Lake
▪ No. 4 Estero vs. No. 5 Fort Lauderdale Stranahan
▪ No. 2 Plantation American Heritage vs. No. 7 Boynton Beach
▪ No. 3 Central vs. No. 6 North Miami Beach
Region 4-4A
No. 1 seed Miami Gulliver Prep and No. 2 seed Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons receive first-round byes
▪ No. 4 Miami Booker T. Washington vs. No. 5 Fort Lauderdale Calvary Christian Academy
▪ No. 3 Miami LaSalle vs. No. 6 Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest
Region 4-3A
No. 1 seed Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna and No. 2 seed Miami Florida Christian receive first-round byes
▪ No. 4 Miami Edison vs. No. 5 Somerset Academy South Homestead
▪ No. 2 West Palm Beach Cardinal Newman vs. No. 6 Boca Raton Saint Andrew’s
Region 4-2A
No. 1 seed Hollywood Avant Garde Academy and No. 2 seed Hialeah Champagnat receive first-round byes
▪ No. 4 Miami True North Classical Academy vs No. 5 Fort Pierce John Carroll Catholic
▪ No. 3 Belle Glade Glades Day vs. No. 6 Fort Lauderdale Westminster Academy
This story was originally published November 7, 2021 at 12:51 PM.
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