This week marks the postseason There's baseball, softball and youth volleyball, with a spot in the district tournament and regional playoffs at stake.
baseball: Harmony, Osceola and Tohopekaliga are the top three seeds in the District 7A-9 tournament. Celebration (11-10-1) hosts Poinciana (2-13) on Monday at 6 p.m. The winner will travel to top-seeded Harmony (14-11) in a semifinal match Tuesday at 6 p.m. Osceola (10-11) will face Tohopekaliga (13-11) in the other semifinal.The top remaining seeds will host the title game Thursday at 6 p.m.
Harmony has emerged as the hottest team in the district, having already won the OBC Championship and 10 of the past 13.
“We've had a lot of injuries, but we've played with unity and resilience. We're having fun right now, and I think that makes the game easier,” Harmony coach Heath Williams said. “They have earned the right to play this tournament at home.”
Osceola is the defending district championship. Senior Nick Palmi has been a standout this season, leading the team in most offensive categories, and was named to the Florida Athletic Coaches Association All-State team this week.
Third-seeded St. Cloud (14-10) will play second-seeded Melbourne (12-12) in the semifinals of the 6A-8 tournament at the USSSA Complex in Vero Beach at 4 p.m. A win would advance the Bulldogs to the final game between top-seeded Vero Beach and the winner of Heritage/Sebastian River on Friday at 6 p.m.
David Blackmore's young St. Cloud team won 14 games this season with only two part-time senior starters.
Gateway (6-14) hosts Sebring and Liberty (2-18) in the Class 5A, District 7 quarterfinals Monday at 7 p.m., and Tuesday's semifinals. Lake Wales and Auburndale are scheduled to meet in the other semifinal, with the championship game scheduled for the remaining top seeds Thursday at 7 p.m.
soft ball: St. Cloud coach Ray Houbry hopes the tough regular season schedule has prepared the Lady Bulldogs (12-13) for the 7A-9 tournament. St. Cloud will play the winner of Monday's Freedom/Cypress Creek game in Tuesday's semifinal. The winner of that game will play the winner of the Lake Nona/Boone game for the district title Thursday at 7 p.m. All tournament games will be played at Lake Nona.
The 7A-10 tournament will have an OBC feel as all five district teams are from Osceola County. OBC champion Harmony (10-9) hosts the winner of Poinciana (13-10) vs. Celebration (4-15) on Tuesday at 6 p.m., with the Longhorns led by Emerson Alsan (.404 batting average). , 6 HR, 16 RBI) and pitcher Lindsay Green (8-8, 3.69 batting average). If Harmony advances, it will host the winner of the game between Osceola (12-10) and Tohopekaliga (14-6) for the district title Thursday at 6 p.m.
Osceola has already faced the Tigers twice this year, winning 12-1 on March 19th and 16-15 in overtime on April 12th. The Cowboys also feature a young team with six freshmen and one sophomore starting. line up.
Top-seeded Horizon (17-5) will be the favorite to win the 5A-6 tournament in Auburndale. Third-seeded Liberty (7-12) will play sixth-seeded Gateway (0-14) in Monday's quarterfinals, with the winner playing second-seeded Auburndale (9-13) in Tuesday's semifinals. ) to play against. Horizon will take the winner of the other semifinal between Lake Buena Vista and Jones.
Due to the small number of schools sponsoring the sport in Florida, men's volleyball is a single classification (1A) sport with 32 school districts. All seven of Osceola's schools are in District 10, meaning he is guaranteed at least one county team to advance to regionals.
OBC champion St. Cloud (17-6) is the top seed in the tournament and will face the winner of Monday's Harmony-Tohope Liga game. Poinciana will host Gateway and Celebration will host Liberty Monday.of The winners will play in the semifinals on Tuesday.
In all three competitions, regional winners advance to the regional competition. The top eight non-district winning teams from each region will also be promoted as at-large teams based on their rankings.
District baseball game schedule
Monday, April 29th
Celebration Poinciana, 6pm (7A, D9)
Liberty at Gateway, 7pm (5A, D7)
Tuesday, April 30th
Celebration in Harmony/Poinciana Winners, 6pm (7A, D9)
Tohopekaliga in Osceola, 6 p.m. (7A, D9)
St. Cloud vs. Melbourne, Viera, 4 p.m. (6A, D8)
Liberty/Gateway winner at Sebring, 6 p.m. (5A, D7)
Thursday, May 2nd
7A, District 9 Championship Game (venue TBA), 6 p.m.
6A, District 8 Championship Game, USSSA Sports Complex Viera, 6 p.m.
5A, District 7 Championship Game (Venue TBA) 7:00 p.m.
Softball district game schedule
Monday, April 29th
Celebration at Poinciana, 6pm (7A, D10)
Liberty at Gateway, 6pm (5A, D6)
Tuesday, April 30th
Poinciana Winners at Celebration/Harmony, 6pm (7A, D10)
Tohopekaliga in Osceola, 6 p.m. (7A, D 10)
Freedom/Cypress Creek Winner vs. St. Cloud at Lake Nona (7A, D9)
Liberty/Gateway winner, Sebring, 7 p.m. (5A, D7)
Thursday, May 2nd
7A, District 10 Championship Game (venue to be determined), 6 p.m.
7A, District 9 championship game at Lake Nona, 6 p.m.
5A, District 7 Championship Game (Venue TBA) 7:00 p.m.
Boys Volleyball District 10 Tournament Schedule
Monday, April 29th
Tohopekaliga at Harmony, 6 p.m.
Liberty at Celebration, 6 p.m.
Gateway of Poinciana, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, April 30th
Harmony/Toho Winner St. Cloud 7 p.m.
Celebration/Liberty Winner vs. Gateway/Poinciana Winner, St. Cloud, 5 p.m.
Thursday, May 2nd
District 10 championship game, 6 p.m. at St. Cloud.
