A trio of Palm Beach County teams earned rankings in the Miracle Sports Florida High School Class 9A state softball poll released Monday.
Kelsey Lay and Palm Beach Gardens are ranked No. 3 in this week’s Class 9A state softball poll. (Post file photo)
Palm Beach Gardens (15-1) is ranked No. 3 in 9A; Jupiter (13-2) is No. 5; and Park Vista (12-2) is No. 6. The Warriors and Gators play tonight in Palm Beach Gardens.
Also earning state rankings this week are Suncoast (10-3), which is No. 8 in Class 6A; American Heritage (10-0), which is No. 2 in Class 4A; and Grandview Prep (3-1), which is No. 7 in Class 2A.
All six Palm Beach County teams are ranked in this week’s Post top 10.
Here is this week’s Miracle Sports Florida High School softball poll, with local teams highlighted in bold:
Class 9A Poll
1. Newsome 14-0
2. West Orange 14-1
3. Palm Beach Gardens 15 -1
4. Palmetto (Miami) 10-1
5. Jupiter 13-2
6. Park Vista 12-2
7. Boone 11-1
8. Spruce Creek 11-2
9. Western 14-4
10. Treasure Coast 11-2
ARV- Mandarin 12-3 Palm Coast 6-2 Osceola 6-2 Palm Harbor University 9-4
University (Orlando) 6-3 South Dade 5-2 Monarch 5-1
Class 8A Poll
1. Oakleaf 15-0
2. St. Thomas Aquinas 8-2
3. Hagerty 12-1
4. Lakewood Ranch 10-2
5. Plant City 12-1
6. George Jenkins 12-3
7. Ocala Forest 9-6
8. Winter Springs 10-2
9. Seminole 9-1
10. Countryside 11-2
ARV- St. Cloud 11-4 Atlantic Coast 11-4 Bartow 9-3 Lake Minneola 10-4
Steinbrenner 10-3 Chiles 9-4 Lincoln 12-5 Sickles 9-4
Class 7A Poll
1. Gainesville 14-1 (Tie)
1. Tate 13-1 (Tie)
3. Lake Region 14-0
4. Pembroke Pines Charter 10-1
5. Viera 14-1
6. Escambia 15-3
7. Chamberlain 11-1
8. Gaither 12-2
9. Niceville 10-3
10. Braden River 13-0
ARV- Naples 9-1 South Fork 9-1 Creekside 9-4 Mitchell 12-3 Fort Myers 7-3
New Smyrna 10-3 Deltona 11-1 Charlotte 11-3 Milton 4-3 Bartram Trail 9-5
Class 6A Poll
*=Includes forfeit win
1. American Heritage (Plan) 11-0
2. N. Ft. Myers 15-0
3. Belleview 12-1
4. Rockledge 14-1
5. Springstead 12-1
6. Land O’ Lakes 13-2*
7. Ponte Vedra 13-3
8. Suncoast 10-3
9. Arnold 12-3
10. Clay 9-2
ARV- Miami Springs 10-1 River Ridge 9-4 Mosley 9-5
West Florida 7-7 Bayside 13-6 Orange Park 9-5 Gulf Breeze 8-3
Class 5A Poll
1. Coral Springs Charter 14-1
2. South Sumter 11-1
3. Nature Coast Tech 14-1
4. West Nassau 12-1
5. Baker Co. 9-3
6. Lincoln Park 11-2
7. Gulliver Prep 4-1
8. Astronaut 8-2
9. Suwannee 12-3
10. Space Coast 11-4
ARV- Godby 14-5 Melbourne Central Cath 15-3
Eustis 11-2 Hudson 9-6 Walton 11-2
Class 4A Poll
1. Westminster Chr. 10-2
2. American Heritage 10-0 (Delray)
3. Academy of the Holy Names 11-2
4. Montverde 11-1
5. Tampa Catholic 12-3
6. Bishop Verot 9-3
7. Berkeley Prep 10-4
8. FSU School 8-6
9. Interlachen 10-5
10. Oasis 6-4
ARV- Ransom Everglades 4-2 First Academy 5-6
Class 3A Poll
1. John Carroll Cath. 11-1
2. University Chr. 11-1
3. Moore Haven 9-2
4. Lakeland Chr. 9-3
5. Rocky Bayou Chr. 11-0
6. Cornerstone 11-2
7. Marathon 10-3
8. Bishop McLaughlin Cath. 8-4
9. St. Johns County Day 8-7
10. Masters Acad. (Oviedo) 12-9
ARV- Admiral Farragut 9-2 Archbishop Curley 8-1
Class 2A Poll
1. Aucilla Chr. 6-3
2. Canterbury 3-5
3. Mount Dora Chr. 13-5
4. Sarasota Chr. 8-1
5. Central Fl Chr. 11-3
6. Countryside Chr. 10-5
7. Grandview Prep 3-1
8. Masters Acad. (Vero Beach) 5-4
9. Covenant Chr. 6-2
10. Glades Day 6-4
ARV- Seven Rivers Chr. 9-2 Academy at the Lakes 4-4
Class 1A Poll
1. Wewahitchka 12-1
2. Ft. White 14-0 (Tie)
2. Chiefland 12-1 (Tie)
4. Union Co. 9-3
5. Lafayette 14-3
6. Liberty Co. 10-5
7. Baldwin 12-4
8. Trenton 9-4
9. Holmes Co. 13-3
10. Paxton 4-0
ARV-Northview 8-6 Ft. Meade 10-6 Taylor 10-3 Jay 8-3
Sneads 9-7 Poplar Springs 5-3 Branford 10-5
