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Softball

Lake Brantley (22-3), the area’s top-ranked team, rolled to a 16-4 Wednesday road win against Apopka (20-5) to win the Class 7A District 3 championship. Maya Melendez, a ninth grader, went 3-for-4 with a home run, double and 7 RBI for the Patriots. Lauren Compton went 4-for-4 with 3 doubles and 4 RBI, and Auriana Turner was 2-for-2 with a triple and 3 RBI in the win.

Eustis (18-6) pitcher Carson Roden struck out nine in a complete game 2-1 victory vs. Villages Charter (16-10) for the 3A-7 crown.

St. Cloud (17-10) took the 7A-6 title with a 2-1 win against Harmony (12-11).

No. 2 University-Orange City (12-7) at No. 1 Spruce Creek (18-7) won 10-3 against University-Orange City (12-8) in 7A-2.

Seabreeze (11-12) shut out Bishop Moore 1-0 in 4A-6. The Hornets are 12-10.

Ocala Forest eked out a 2-1 win against Lake Minneola (15-8) in 6A-4.

The rest of this week’s finals were scheduled for Thursday. That includes Winter Springs at East River, Winter Park at Hagerty, West Orange at East Ridge, Boone vs. Lake Nona (at Cypress Creek), The First Academy at Montverde Academy, Oviedo vs. Lake Howell (at Winter Park), Master’s Academy at Geneva School, and Foundation Academy at Mount Dora Christian.

The four winners in each district advance to region quarterfinals set for Wednesday (1A-4A) and Thursday (5A-7A) next week. They will be joined by four at-large teams per region — based on FHSAA rankings.

Flag Football

Ocoee, the No. 8 seed in the 4A Region 1 tournament, pulled off a stunner with a 21-13 win against top seed Mandarin (14-3) in Jacksonville on Wednesday.

That marked the first regional win in program history for the Knights.

Seminole was the only one of the four rankings favorites in that region to score a win on Wednesday. The second seed Seminoles topped seventh seed Spruce Creek 13-7.

Frantashia Williams, the stellar senior quarterback for undefeated Deltona, ran for six touchdowns and passed for the other two in a wild 61-27 win against Ocala Vanguard. Williams has scrambled for 42 TDs this season and passed for 10 more.

West Orange scored a 35-12 win against Steinbrenner in Tampa in 4A-2.

Kissimmee Gateway scored an 18-0 shutout on the road against Gulf (14-4) in 2A-3.

Here are pairings for Monday’s semifinals. Winners advance to Thursday finals next week:

4A Region 1

No. 8 Ocoee (11-8) at No. 5 Ocala Forest (15-3)

No. 2 Seminole (12-2) vs. No. 6 Tocoi Creek (10-7)

4A Region 2

No. 5 West Orange (13-3) at No. 1 Alonso (18-0)

No. 3 Lennard (10-7) at No. 2 Plant (12-4)

4A Region 3

No. 5 Palm Beach Gardens (8-6) at No. 1 Harmony (17-1)

No. 3 Fort Pierce Central (12-5) at No. 2 Wellington (12-2)

2A Region 2

No. 4 Nature Coast Tech (14-4) at No. 1 Deltona (18-0)

No. 3 Clay (14-1) vs. No. 2 Hernando (13-3)

2A Region 3

No. 5 Gateway (14-3) at No. 1 Robinson (17-1)

No. 7 Northeast (11-8) at No. 3 Countryside (13-5)

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