Baseball: Regional pairings

Winning the Class 5A-District 10 title earned Bayshore a trophy and a first-round home game in the regional tournament.

Here are the area regional baseball pairings for Wednesday's quarterfinals. The winners advances to the semifinals, scheduled for Tuesday, May 6.

Game time is 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

CLASS 7A-REGION 3
Braden River at St. Petersburg Northeast
CLASS 5A-REGION 3
Tampa Robinson at Bayshore
CLASS 3A-REGION 3
Clearwater Calvary Christian at Cardinal Mooney, 4:30 p.m.
Out-of-Door Academy at Clearwater Central Catholic

Softball: Regional semifinals

JoJo Muldoon and Bayshore's softball team are eyeing a return to Class 5A-Region 3 championship game.

Three area softball teams remain in the hunt for a state championship and continue their quest Tuesday during the regional semifinals. Game time is 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
Winners advance to the regional finals, scheduled for Friday, May 2.
The softball state semifinals and finals will be played May 7 through May 10 at Historic Dodgertown in Vero Beach.

CLASS 7A-REGION 3
Lakewood Ranch at Tarpon Springs East Lake
THE WINNER PLAYS: Melbourne or Fort Myers

CLASS 5A-REGION 3
St. Petersburg Lakewood at Bayshore
THE WINNER PLAYS: Cape Coral or Wauchula Hardee

CLASS 3A-REGION 3
Moore Haven at Saint Stephen's, 4 p.m.
THE WINNER PLAYS: St. Petersburg Admiral Farragut or St. Petersburg Catholic

Baseball: District finals pairings

Can Matt Parill and the Braden River Pirates sink the top-seeded and nationally-ranked Sarasota Sailors?

Here are the pairings for Friday's district baseball finals involving area teams. Game time is 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
Seeds are in parentheses.
All finalists have qualified for the regional playoffs, which get underway Wednesday, April 30.

CLASS 7A-DISTRICT 10
(3) Braden River at (1) Sarasota
CLASS 5A-DISTRICT 10
(2) Bayshore at (1) Gulfport Boca Ciega, 4 p.m.
CLASS 3A-DISTRICT 10
(2) Cardinal Mooney vs. (1) Out-of-Door Academy at McKechnie Field

Softball: Regional pairings

It took a few days, but the area's regional softball pairings have been set.
Winners advance to the regional semifinals, scheduled for Tuesday, April 29.
Games begin at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

THURSDAY
CLASS 7A-REGION 3
Clearwater Countryside at Lakewood Ranch
Braden River at Tarpon Springs East Lake
CLASS 5A-REGION 3
Tampa Middleton at Bayshore
CLASS 3A-REGION 3
Naples St. John Neumann at Saint Stephen's, 4 p.m.
Bradenton Christian at Moore Haven

Baseball: District pairings

Here are the area pairings for next week's district baseball tournaments.
The champion and runner-up from each district advance to the regional playoffs, which get underway Wednesday, April 30 (Classes 7A, 5A and 3A) and Thursday, May 1 (8A, 6A, 4A, 2A).

CLASS 8A-DISTRICT 8
TUESDAY, APRIL 22 - SEMIFINALS
(4) Palm Harbor University at (1) St. Petersburg, 4 p.m., Huggins-Stengel Baseball Complex
(3) Riverview at (2) Manatee, 7 p.m.
THURSDAY, APRIL 24 - CHAMPIONSHIP
4 or 7 p.m. at highest remaining seed

CLASS 7A-DISTRICT 10
TUESDAY, APRIL 22 - QUARTERFINAL
(5) Lakewood Ranch at (4) Palmetto, 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23 - SEMIFINALS
Palmetto/Lakewood Ranch at (1) Sarasota, 7 p.m.
(3) Braden River at (2) North Port, 7 p.m.
FRIDAY, APRIL 25 - CHAMPIONSHIP
7 p.m. at highest remaining seed

CLASS 5A-DISTRICT 10
TUESDAY, APRIL 22 - QUARTERFINALS
(5) St. Petersburg Gibbs at (4) St. Petersburg Lakewood, 7 p..
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23 - SEMIFINALS
(3) Southeast at (2) Bayshore, 7 p.m.
Gibbs/Lakewood at (1) Gulfport Boca Ciega, 4 p.m.
FRIDAY, APRIL 25 - CHAMPIONSHIP
4 or 7 p.m. at highest remaining seed

CLASS 3A-DISTRICT 10
MONDAY, APRIL 21 - QUARTERFINALS
(5) Imagine School of North Port at (4) Saint Stephen's, 4:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 - SEMIFINALS at OUT-OF-DOOR ACADEMY
(3) Bradenton Christian vs. (2) Cardinal Mooney, 4:30 p.m.
Saint Stephen's/Imagine School vs. (1) Out-of-Door Academy, 7 p.m.
FRIDAY, APRIL 25 - CHAMPIONSHIP at MCKECHNIE FIELD
7 p.m.

Boys weightlifting: State qualifiers

Here are the area qualifiers for the state weightlifting meet, scheduled for Friday, April 25 (Class 1A) and Saturday, April 26 (2A) at the Kissimmee Civic Center.

CLASS 2A
BRADEN RIVER - Kevin Parra, 139 pounds.
MANATEE - Darian Oliver, 119; Dylan Beauchamp, heavyweight.

CLASS 1A
CARDINAL MOONEY - Tyler Garris, 169.
SOUTHEAST - Gage Takacs, 219; Greg Brevil, 219.

Prep football: Spring game pairings

Jack Allison and the Palmetto Tigers make the short trip to Booker for their May 23 spring game.

The first official spring football practice takes place Thursday, May 1.
And then come the games...
Listed below are the pairings for area games.

FRIDAY, MAY 16
Bradenton Christian, Southwest Florida Christian at Saint Stephen's
THURSDAY, MAY 22
Cardinal Mooney at Braden River
FRIDAY MAY 23
Palmetto at Booker
Haines City at Manatee
Bayshore at Cape Coral
Southeast at Riverview
Lakewood Ranch at Naples Lely

Prep softball: District pairings

A coin flip cost Bayshore the top seed in next week's Class 5A-District 10 softball tournament, which means the Bruins may have to go one the road to win a title.
Here are the pairings involving area schools. The champion and runner-up from each district advance to the regional playoffs, which get underway next Wednesday (Classes 8A, 6A, 4A and 2A) and Thursday (7A, 5A, 3A).
Seeds are in parentheses.

CLASS 8A-DISTRICT 8
TUESDAY - SEMIFINALS
 (4) St. Petersburg at (1) Riverview, 7 p.m.
 (3) Manatee at (2) Palm Harbor University, 4 p.m.
THURSDAY - CHAMPIONSHIP
At highest remaining seed, TBA

CLASS 7A-DISTRICT 10
MONDAY - QUARTERFINAL
(5) North Port at (4) Palmetto, 7 p.m.
TUESDAY - SEMIFINALS
North Port/Palmetto at (1) Braden River, 7 p.m.
(3) Sarasota at (2) Lakewood Ranch, 7 p.m.
THURSDAY - CHAMPIONSHIP
At highest remaining seed, 7 p.m.

CLASS 5A-DISTRICT 10
TUESDAY - QUARTERFINAL
(5) St. Petersburg Gibbs at (4) Gulfport Boca Ciega, 4 p.m.
WEDENSDAY - SEMIFINALS
Boca Ciega/Gibbs at (1) St. Petersburg Lakewood, 4 p.m.
(3) Southeast at (2) Bayshore, 7 p.m.
THURSDAY - CHAMPIONSHIP
At highest remaining seed, TBA

CLASS 3A-DISTRICT 11
TUESDAY - CHAMPIONSHIP
Bradenton Christian at Saint Stephen's, 4:30 p.m.