Bartram Trail, St. Johns Country Day remain on top for third straight week
By Official Florida FC
Girls soccer has reached the last-acceptable-loss part of the schedule. The regular season concludes this week and district tournaments kick off next week.
The teams in the statewide top 10 do not have anything to worry about – for now. They are in the postseason regardless of what happens in the district tournaments. But, a loss in districts would mean a handful of road trips throughout their region and the likelihood they would not host a state semifinal at home.
St. Johns Bartram Trail and Orange Park St. Johns Country Day remain the top two teams in Florida. This is the third straight ranking the Bears are the No. 1 team in Florida. The Spartans have been one of top two teams in the state for all four rankings this season.
Bartram Trail solidified its spot on Jan. 13 with a 1-0 win over previous statewide No. 5 Orlando Bishop Moore on a frigid night in St. Johns.
Bartram Trail is one of 18 programs in the state that were unbeaten when the FHSAA rankings were released earlier this week.
Of course, statewide acclaim in January doesn’t matter. The top three girls soccer programs in the final FHSAA rankings in the 2021-22 season each lost in the second round of the playoffs. Granted, all three lost to the eventual state champion in their classification. But, that didn’t assuage the tears that undoubtedly flowed when the three whistles blew on their seasons.
2022-23 FHSAA girls soccer rankings
| Rank | School Name | Class Rank |
Rating | Strength of Schedule |
Record | Class | Region | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Johns Bartram Trail | 1 | 25.275 | 13.96 | 13-0-2 | 7A | 1 | 1 |
| 2 |
Orange Park St. Johns Country Day |
1 | 23.377 | 13.26 | 12-1-1 | 2A | 3 | 1 |
| 3 |
Delray Beach American Heritage |
1 | 22.747 | 13.14 | 6-0-1 | 4A | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Fort Lauderdale Archbishop McCarthy |
1 | 21.573 | 7.92 | 16-0-0 | 5A | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Montverde Academy | 1 | 21.157 | 15.18 | 6-1-2 | 3A | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Palm Harbor University | 2 | 21.156 | 8.08 | 11-0-0 | 7A | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Palm Beach Gardens Benjamin |
2 | 20.576 | 9.53 | 8-0-1 | 3A | 3 | 11 |
| 8 | Ponte Vedra | 1 | 20.508 | 13.40 | 11-3 | 6A | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Santa Rosa Beach South Walton |
2 | 20.037 | 10.95 | 9-1-1 | 4A | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | Miami Lourdes | 2 | 19.957 | 11.11 | 10-1-2 | 6A | 4 | 16 |
Classification Rankings
Class 7A
Class 7A
1. St. Johns Bartram Trail (13-0-2)
2. Palm Harbor University (11-0-0)
3. Bradenton Lakewood Ranch (11-0-1)
4. Boca Raton (12-3)
5. Doral Academy (8-4-1)
Class 6A
1. Ponte Vedra (11-3)
2. Lourdes Academy (10-1-2)
3. Gulf Breeze (11-2-1)
4. Oviedo (12-1)
5. Lynn Haven Mosley (9-1)
Class 5A
1 . Fort Lauderdale Archbishop McCarthy (16-0-0)
2. Plantation American Heritage (9-2-2)
3. Cape Coral Mariner (12-3)
4. Tallahassee Lincoln (9-2-2)
5. Wesley Chapel Cypress Creek (10-2)
Class 4A
1. Delray Beach American Heritage (6-0-1)
2. Santa Rosa Beach South Walton (9-1-1)
3. Orlando Bishop Moore (10-2-3)
4. Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons (10-1-2)
5. Boynton Beach Somerset Academy (9-2-1)
Class 3A
1. Montverde Academy (6-1-2)
2. Palm Beach Gardens Benjamin (8-0-1)
3. Merritt Island Edgewood (12-0-0)
4. Tampa Catholic (12-2)
5. Miami Palmer Trinity (9-1-1)
Class 2A
1. Orange Park St. Johns Country Day (12-1-1)
2. Lakeland Christian (12-2-2)
3. St. Petersburg Shorecrest Prep (8-2-2)
4. Bradenton St. Stephen’s (9-3)
5. Miami Archbishop Carroll (8-0-0)
