
Predicting The 32 Team Bracket – The Districts Are Here – Districts 9-16!
Written by Lee Roggenburg on . Posted in Uncategorized.
District 9 – Lake Howell hosts
Hagerty vs Lake Howell
Winter Park vs Oviedo
This should be a Hagerty vs Winter Park final and Hagerty won the regular season game at home by 6 goals. WP will not get home field for the final so I don’t see this being a lot for Hagerty to handle. Maybe a close game but Hagerty pulls away to continue their big year.
District 10 – LHP hosts
LHP hosts . . . need I say more?
LHP vs East River
Boone vs Timber Creek
LHP handled all three but I expect a little run from Boone in this one, with LHP going on. Their final 7 games included Boone, Benjamin, SA, Jupiter, Mountain Vista (CO) and Bishop Moore. that should get them prepared.
District 11 – Montverde Academy hosts
West Orange vs Apopka
Montverde vs Lake Minneola
Montverde finished well and West Orange stumbled but WO holds the comfortable regular season win and it might be a year early for Montverde, who has really come on strong quickly as a program. The home field will certainly narrow the margin but look for West Orange to go through.
District 12 – Bishop Moore hosts
Bishop Moore vs Windermere Prep
First Academy vs Dr. Phillips
Bishop Moore is on a path of winning and nothing here stops that as they easily move on.
District 13 – All Saints Academy hosts
Lakeland vs Celebration
All Saints Academy vs Bartow
We discussed this three-way battle for the regular season title and Bartow finished with the short stick. None of these teams played a tough out of district game and Lakeland took the ASA game. ASA’s home field advantage might well kick in here but they have to be sure to not overlook Bartow in the first round, as they have already played twice.
Not an easy one to pick but I’ll go with the home field advantage in this one and take ASA, but I’m not betting anything of value on it.
District 14 – Tampa Bay Tech hosts
Newsome vs Tampa Bay Tech
Durant vs Bloomingdale
Newsome is undefeated and the rest have losing records. A Newsome loss would rival the 1980 US Hockey team as an upset here.
District 15 – Tampa Jesuit hosts
Tampa Jesuit vs HB Plant
Berkeley Prep vs Tampa Catholic
The best first round game of all. A Top 10 team from last season vs a Top 20 team this year. Yikes.
This one is brutal to decide but I suspect that the winner goes on to beat Berkeley in a heck of a final. Having not seen any of the three teams this year I can only admit picking a winner is an educated guess. I probably should have put Plant in my Also Considered Top 20 too. They’ve been taken for granted and their TJ loss was by one and the BP loss was by two so there’s no reason to think it can’t be them either.
I’m just going to recommend all fans in that area go out and enjoy the doubleheader and final.
District 16 – Sickles hosts
Sickles vs Wharton
Alonso vs Steinbrenner
Sickles won the regular season game at home vs Steinbrenner by 6 and that’s the same setup for the final.
Sickles goes on to face a team they will likely struggle with regardless of the matchup
That leaves us with a heck of a bracket
Hagerty vs LHP
West Orange vs Bishop Moore
All Saints Academy vs Newsome
Sickles vs Tampa Jesuit, Plant or Berkeley Prep