High school softball playoffs ’25: More than 2 dozen local teams in the postseason

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The high school softball playoff field is set, with 30 teams from the area reaching the postseason and the regional quarterfinals (May 7-8) include a handful of all-local first-round collisions.

Bartram Trail and Oakleaf meet in Region 1-6A, Ponte Vedra visits Matanzas (1-5A), Suwannee and West Nassau meet up in Callahan in Region 1-3A, Bishop Snyder heads to Episcopal (1-2A) and Harvest Community heads to Peniel Baptist (1-1A).

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Regional quarterfinals

All games May 7, 7 p.m. unless indicated

Region 1-4A

(8) Choctawhatchee (5-18) at (1) Baker County (19-4)

(4) Arnold (17-8) at (5) Clay (15-10)

(7) Menendez (10-11) at (2) Fort Walton Beach (18-8)

(6) Escambia (15-8) at (3) Columbia (14-11)

Region 1-3A

(8) Bishop Kenny (11-15) at (1) Wakulla (19-4-1)

(5) Yulee (13-9) at (4) West Florida (14-12)

(7) South Walton (10-12) at (2) Paxon (17-5)

(6) Suwannee (11-11) at (3) West Nassau (12-11)

Region 2-3A

(6) Palatka (16-11) at (3) Crystal River (22-5)

Region 1-2A

(7) Freeport (12-10) at (2) Baldwin (18-7

(6) Bishop Snyder (14-10) at (3) Episcopal (21-5)

Region 2-2A

(7) Keystone Heights (9-16) at (2) Trinity Catholic (19-8)

Region 1-1A

(8) Rocky Bayou Christian (10-6) at (1) University Christian (17-4)

(5) Harvest Community (21-6) at (4) Peniel Baptist (19-6), 6 p.m.

(2) North Florida Christian (13-8) at (7) Christ’s Church (13-7), 6 p.m.

(6) St. Joseph (12-5) at (3) St. John Paul II (11-12)

All games May 7, 7 p.m. unless indicated

Region 1-7A

(5) Apopka (21-5) at (4) Atlantic Coast (22-5)

(6) Creekside (17-9) at (3) Spruce Creek (18-5)

Region 1-6A

(8) Fletcher (12-9) at (1) Pace (20-3), 8:30 p.m.

(5) Bartram Trail (15-11) at (4) Oakleaf (11-12)

Region 1-5A

(5) Fleming Island (15-7) at (4) Chiles (19-3)

(7) Ponte Vedra (14-10) at (2) Matanzas (21-1)

(6) Milton (14-12) at (3) Middleburg (18-8)

Rural

(3) Fort White (17-6) at (2) Branford (19-6)

(4) Union County (17-8) at (1) Madison County (18-1)


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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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