FHSAA Gainesville-area high school softball regional playoff results

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TL;DR

The FHSAA Gainesville-area high school softball regional playoffs have begun, with quarterfinals for Classes 1A-4A starting on May 6. Gainesville High in Class 5A will start its playoff on May 7.

Key points

FHSAA high school softball playoffs have started
Quarterfinals for Classes 1A-4A begin on May 6
Gainesville High in Class 5A starts on May 7
Buchholz will play at Navarre due to weather
Class 5A skips quarterfinals

BuchholzGainesville High

FHSAA Gainesville-area high school softball regional playoff results

The high school softball postseason is officially here.

The action begins Wednesday, May 6, with the region quarterfinals for Classes 1A-4A. Buchholz, although in 6A, will begin that same day at Navarre due to bad weather on the Panhandle.

Gainesville High in Class 5A starts on Thursday, May 7, along with the Rural teams. That classification skips the quarterfinals due to its small size.

The Gainesville area has seen massive success in the circle this season, and that showed with the matchups as 14 teams earned bids. In the final rankings that accompanied the reveal, five squads – Columbia, Trenton, Santa Fe, Gainesville High and Branford – are in the top 60 statewide. All five earned No. 1 or 2 seeds in their region.

Forest Leighton Hetzel (1) tries for the tag on Deltona Kaitlyn Caruso (10) at third during 5A district 5 championship at Gainesville High School in Gainesville, FL on Thursday, April 30, 2026. [Alan Youngblood/Gainesville Sun]