After beach volleyball had its first Florida High School Athletic Association rankings released last week, this time, we add in boys volleyball as well.
With limited beach and boys volleyball squads in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties, we'll combine the rankings every week through the end of the season.
Now that Northwest Florida is past spring break, both volleyball seasons are a little past midway of the regular season. The beach volleyball playoffs begin on April 21 with district tournaments, while boys volleyball starts about a week later on April 28.
Here are the second FHSAA beach volleyball rankings and the first boys volleyball rankings for area teams, plus a way-too-early playoff watch.
BEACH VOLLEYBALL RANKINGS
Class 2A
- Gulf Breeze (15.760) – first in District 1-2A, third in Region 1-2A, fifth in Class 2A, 18th overall in state
- Pace (8.006) – fourth in District 1-2A, seventh in Region 1-2A, 23rd in Class 2A, 64thh overall in state
Way-too-early playoff watch
District tournaments aren't for another month, but it's still fun to examine what the playoff scenarios would look like if the regular season ended today as far as region tournaments.
District champions automatically advance to the region tournament after the district tourney, and there are four at-large bids per region. For the playoff watch, we'll presume that the top team in each district wins the district tournament and moves onto regionals – that's what we're going to share below.
Rankings are bound to change after district tournaments as well, so we'll pretend that they didn't change at all through districts to make things a little easier. Remember: anything can happen in the playoffs.
Here's what the region tournaments would look like.
Region 1-2A
- 1. Chiles (2)* vs. 8. Middleburg (4)*
- 2. Bishop Kenny (3)* vs. 7. Pace (1)
- 3. Gulf Breeze (1)* vs. 6. Crestview (1)
- 4. Leon (2) vs. 5. Mosley (1)
Notes: With beach volleyball utilizing a pair of play-in games before the first round of the state tournament, that's what's represented above. Third-seeded Gulf Breeze would host Crestview in the first round, while seventh-seeded Pace would head to Bishop Kenny to start the postseason. There will be a re-seeding starting the first round for the Top 16 teams, which is in Tallahassee.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL RANKINGS
Class 2A
- Gulf Breeze (9.150) – first in District 1-2A, second in Region 1-2A, 17th in Class 2A, 51st overall in state
Way-too-early playoff watch
District tournaments aren't for another month, but it's still fun to examine what the playoff scenarios would look like if the regular season ended today as far as region tournaments.
District champions automatically advance to the region tournament after the district tourney, and there are four at-large bids per region. For the playoff watch, we'll presume that the top team in each district wins the district tournament and moves onto regionals – that's what we're going to share below.
Rankings are bound to change after district tournaments as well, so we'll pretend that they didn't change at all through districts to make things a little easier. Remember: anything can happen in the playoffs.
Here's what the region tournaments would look like.
Region 1-2A
- 1. Ponte Vedra (2)* vs. 8. Dunnellon (4)
- 2. Gulf Breeze (1)* vs. 7. North Bay Haven (1)
- 3. Nease (2) vs. 6. Bartram Trail (2)
- 4. North Marion (4)* vs. 5. St. Augustine (3)*
Notes: Gulf Breeze, as the presumed District 1 champion, would host at least the quarterfinals, and it'd be district rival North Bay Haven, as of now. The other three district champions are in the top eight teams, however, St. Augustine would still be on the road, going to a higher-seeded district champion.
This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: FHSAA Volleyball Rankings: Gulf Breeze beach and boys volleyball teams among best
