The first of what will be 10 polls released by Miracle Sports for the high school season was released Thursday. There are 12 Central Florida schools named in the top-10 in their classification plus several other area teams listed in honorable mention.
Area teams ranked in the top five in their classes are: Timber Creek (No. 3 in 8A); Lake Howell (No. 4 in 7A); Pine Castle Christian (No. 4 in 2A) and The Villages (No. 5 in 3A).
The complete poll is listed below:
2013 Florida High School Softball Top 10 Week 1
Class A
1. Lafayette 6-1
2. Baldwin 5-1
3. Jay 1-1
4. Liberty 1-0
5. The Villages 5-1
6. Port St. Joe 1-1
7. Bell 3-1
8. Union County 4-2
9. Wewahitchka 0-0
10. Dixie Co 5-5
Class 2A
1. Southwest Florida Chr 6-2
2. Grandview Prep 0-3
3. Canterbury 4-1
4. Pine Castle Christian 2-3
5. All Saints 0-0
6. Trinity Christian (Deltona) 4-0
7. Glades Day 3-1
8. Princeton Chr 2-1
9. Foundation Academy 5-1
10.Wellington Chr 3-1
Also Receiving Votes
Sarasota Chr 0-0
Boca Chr 2-0
Munroe 0-0
Academy at the Lakes 2-1
Covenant Chr 1-2
Sheridan Hills 0-0
Aucilla Chr 0-0
Class 3A
1. American Heritage 4-0
2. Westminster Chr 5-1
3. Bishop Snyder 6-1
4. P. K. Yonge 5-1
5. McKeel Academy 0-0
6. Trinity Prep 0-0
7. Highlands 6-1
8. University Chr (Jax) 2-3
9. Calvary Chr (Ft Laud) 6-1
10.Benjamin 6-1
Also Receiving Votes
Bradenton Chr 5-2
Master's Academy (Oviedo) 4-1.
North Florida Christian 0-0
Cardinal Mooney 0-0
First Academy 5-2
King's Acad 4-5
Tampa Prep 4-0
John Carroll 6-1
Miami Country Day 3-1
Class 4A
1. Gulliver Prep 1-0
2. Bradford 7-0
3. Cocoa Beach 7-0
4. Bishop Verot 6-1
5. Lincoln Park Acad 4-1
6. Coral Springs Charter 5-0
7. University School of NSU 2-1
8. Santa Fe 3-3
9. Astronaut 6-1
10.Mater Lakes 7-1
Also Receiving Votes
Madison Co 0-0
West Nassau 1-3
North Broward 2-0
Class 5A
1. American Heritage 6-0
2. Bartram Trail 8-0
3. Bellview 6-1
4. North Marion 7-1
5. Creekside 7-1
6. Gulf 5-0
7. West Florida 2-1
8. Lemon Bay 5-1
9. Arnold 3-2
10.Eustis 7-1
Also Receiving Votes
Auburndale 2-2
Rutherford 4-1
Ponte Vedra 3-3
North Ft Myers 3-2
Baker County 6-1
Zephyrhills 4-2
Rockledge 6-2
Suwanee 3-1
Suncoast 3-1
Dunedin 0-0
Cape Coral 4-4
Class 6A
1. Niceville 2-0
2. Pembroke Pines 5-0
3. Naples 7-0
4. Tate 6-2
5. St. Augustine 7-0
6. Melbourne 7-1
7. Strawberry Crest 5-1
8. Archbishop McCarthy 4-0
9. Lake City Columbia 6-0
10.Atlantic Coast 6-0
Also Receiving Votes
Barron Collier 4-2
Oakleaf 5-2
Ft Myers 6-4
South Fork 5-2
River Ridge 3-0
Lakewood Ranch 4-2
Gulf Coast 5-1
Stranahan 5-1
Ida Baker 3-2
Osceola (Seminole) 2-1
Class 7A
1. Bartow 6-0
2. Chiles 5-1
3. Chamberlain 5-1
4. Lake Howell 6-0
5. Viera 9-0
6. Tallahassee Lincoln 8-1
7. Braden River 4-1
8. Osceola (Kissimmee) 6-0
9. Harmony 8-1
10.West Boca 5-1
Also Receiving Votes
East Ridge 8-2
George Jenkins 4-1
St Thomas Aquinas 5-1
Ocala Forest 5-2
Freedom 5-1
Winter Springs 4-3
First Coast 5-2
Okeechobee 4-3
Fletcher 5-2
1. Palm Beach Gardens 6-1
2. Park Vista 7-2
3. Timber Creek 7-1
4. Cypress Bay 6-0
5. Durant 4-2
6. Jupiter 6-3
7. West Orange 7-1
8. Palm Harbor University 6-2
9. Olympia 6-1
10.Warton 5-0
Also Receiving Votes
Wellington 5-2
Vero Beach 9-2
Joe Williams is a senior sports writer for the Orlando Sentinel. You can contact him at jwilliams@orlandosentinel.com
