BY CLIFF SMELLEY
Telegraph Staff Writer
The Florida High School Association released its football playoff brackets on Nov. 6, which revealed that Bradford and Union County are the number-one seeds in their respective regions.
Bradford, which plays in Region 2 of Class 2S, will host eighth seed Crescent City (4-6) in a quarterfinal game on Friday, Nov. 11, at 7:30 p.m. The winner will play the winner between fourth seed North Marion (7-3) and fifth seed Eastside (7-2) in a semifinal game on Friday, Nov. 18.
The other matchups in the Region 2-2S are second seed Baldwin (8-2) versus seventh seed Palatka (7-3).
As the region’s number-one seed, Bradford (9-1) will play at home in the semifinals and host the Region 2 championship game if it keeps winning.
Union County (6-2) earned the number-one seed and a first-round bye in Region 3 of Class 1R. The Tigers will host either fourth seed Madison County (3-6) or fifth seed Fort White (6-4) in a semifinal game on Friday, Nov. 18, at 7 p.m. Madison and Fort White play each other in a Friday, Nov. 11, quarterfinal game.
If the Tigers win, they’ll host either second seed Hilliard (8-2), third seed Lafayette (8-2) or sixth seed Branford (7-3) for the Region 3 championship on Friday, Nov. 25. Lafayette and Branford play each other in a quarterfinal game, with the winner advancing to the semifinals to play Hilliard.
Final RPI rankings
Bradford had been the number-one team in the overall Class 2S RPI rankings every week until the final rankings were released Nov. 6. The Tornadoes are now second behind Florida High (10-0). The rest of the top 10, in descending order, consists of South Sumter (10-0), Suwannee (8-2), West Florida (7-2), Cocoa (6-3), Bishop Verot (7-2), Pensacola Catholic (9-1), Baldwin and Wakulla (7-3).
Crescent City, the Tornadoes’ first-round playoff opponent, is ranked 44th.
Union finished fourth in the 1R rankings behind number-one Hawthorne (8-0), number-two Pahokee (8-2) and number-three Northview (10-0). The rest of the top 10, in descending order, consists of Chiefland (6-2), Chipley (10-0), Williston (10-0), Wildwood (7-2), Sneads (10-0) and Hilliard.
Madison County is ranked 15th, while Fort White is 17th.
