Buchholz Aidan Kastensmidt (2) fouls one off during a high school baseball game against Columbia at Columbia High School in Lake City on Friday, March 14, 2025. [Alan Youngblood/Gainesville Sun]

Gainesville-Area Schools Advance To Baseball District Championships

Jalyn Garcia April 17, 2025 Baseball, Bradford High School, Buchholz High School, Eastside High School, Gainesville, Gainesville High School, Hawthorne High School, High School Sports, Newberry High School, Oak Hall High School, PK Yonge High School, Santa Fe High School, St. Francis High School, Williston High School 100 Views

The high school baseball district championship games are set, with four Gainesville area teams playing for a title. The final matchups will occur today at various times and locations in Alachua County.

Buchholz

The No. 1 seed Buchholz Bobcats (25-1) have advanced to the 6A-District 2 championship game. Buchholz made it after defeating Ocala Forest (14-13) in the semifinals 3-2. Now, Buchholz faces No. 2 seed St. Augustine Tocoi Creek (17-7) tonight at 7 at Buchholz.

Santa Fe

Top seed Santa Fe (11-14) defeated crosstown rival Eastside (0-22), 14-0 in the 3A-District 5 semifinals to continue in the tournament. Two seed Palatka (17-8) also advanced after beating Bradford (11-13) 17-1. After dominant wins in the semifinals, Santa Fe and Palatka face off in the championship tonight at 6.

Saint Francis vs Oak Hall

Top seed Saint Francis (18-6) swept Peniel Baptist Academy (7-12) in the district semifinals with a 10-0 win. Two seed Oak Hall (8-8) came out on top against Countryside Christian (14-6), beating them 16-3. Saint Francis and Oak Hall will go head to head for the 1A-District 5 title today at 4 p.m. at Saint Francis.

Other area results

No. 4 seed Gainesville (7-12) was upset by No. 5 Palm Coast Mantanzas (2-24) 5-3 in the 5A-District 5 quarterfinals.

No. 5 seed P.K. Yonge (10-13) lost in a close 8-7 game to No. 4 seed Interlachen (13-9) in the 2A-District 4 quarterfinals.

No. 2 seed Williston (13-11) had a dominant 21-0 win against Wildwood (1-16) in the Rural District quarterfinals. Williston advanced to the semifinals, where it was upset by No. 3 Chiefland (13-9), 7-3.

No. 2 Newberry Panthers (11-8) had a bye in the quarterfinals. In the 2A-District 4 semifinals they were upset by No. 3 Ocala Trinity Catholic (10-16)  in a 13-3 loss.

Six seed Hawthorne (10-10) suffered a tough 15-0 loss against Branford (21-6) in the Rural District 6 quarterfinal game.

The FHSAA regional playoff bracket will be announced Friday.

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