OAKLEAF - After a 10-0 demolition of district 2-8A rival Atlantic Coast High, one of just two teams to score a victory over the Oakleaf High softball team, the Lady Knights will be facing Wharton High of Tampa in the region 1-8A final on Fri., May 12 in Tampa.
Oakleaf scorched Tallahassee Lincoln by a 10-0 score just a week ago and the Atlantic Coast Stingrays had no answer to the batting lineup of the Knights who scored three of their runs solely off intimidation as the Stingrays' defense had no answers to thwart the strong batting averages of coach Christina Thompson scorecard.
?With senior pitching ace Kelsey Sweatt opening the game, the Knights bombarded Atlantic Coast ace Taylor Bauman for four runs in the Knights first at-bats with a slew of walks, field errors, stolen bases and a monster two run triple from Baylee Goddard fueling the blitzkrieg.
Sweatt answered with three strikeouts to Atlantic Coast.
In the bottom of the second, the score deficit increased off two walks, two passed balls and an error off a hard grounder from Angela Agurkis to go up 7-0.
Sweatt answered with two flyouts and a strikeout.
Oakleaf finish the game with singles from Mika Garcia, Tracey Ferguson and Destiny Pacetti to go 10-0.
Wharton, the 4-8A champions over Strawberry Crest, who beat Oakleaf in last year's region final, beat Strawberry Crest a fourth time 11-4 in their region semifinal to advance to play Oakleaf on May 12 in Tampa. Wharton comes in with a 17-5 overall record.

Region 1-6A
The Cinderella season of first-year coach Roger Harvey and his band of Panthers of Ridgeview High got rudely ousted from the region 1-6A bracket via a 15-0 pounding by Ponte Vedra High on Tuesday. The Panthers lasted into the 10th inning before succumbing to Ponte Vedra in the district 4-6A final, then defeating 3-4A champ Paxon last week before Tuesday's match.

Region 2-5A
Keystone Heights High lost 5-1 to Eustis High in the region 2-5A semifinal to compete the Lady Indians successful season under first-year coach Jessica Marquart. Eustis defeated district 5-5A runnerup Santa Fe 2-0 with Keystone Heights beating South Sumter 6-0 in the region quarterfinal on May 3.

Region 2-3A
St. Johns Country Day School lost 6-1 to Tallahassee Maclay in their region semifinal (no quarters for Class 1A-4A( with Maclay defeated North Florida Christian 6-4 in the region 1-3A semifinal to advance to that final against John Carroll Catholic. Catholic beat Marathon 17-0 in their region semifinal.

Baseball regions

Clay lone survivor of region openers

Region 1-6A
Clay High rallied to an 8-0 lead into the third inning en route to a 13-4 win over Stanton Prep in the region 1-6A quarterfinal. Clay, on Tues., May 16, will host Paxon, a 2-0 winner over district 4-6A champion Ponte Vedra in a mild upset in that region quarterfinal. In the top of the regon 1-6A bracket is Gulf Breeze and the winner of West Florida vs. Mosley.
With Austin Burke pitching for Clay, the Blue Devils' bats came alive in the top of the second inning with doubles from Cole Escher and Josh Lemen and singles from Burke and Kevin Jackson with Connor Solomon slashing a hard grounder that bounced out of the Stanton third baseman's glove for a single. Clay finished with a 6-0 lead.
In the third, Andy Yarbrough singled in Burke who stretched a centerfield double to a triple in the at-bat in front of Yarbrough. Escher doubled in Yarbrough to complete the scoring at 8-0.
Stanton answered with three runs off a double, two singles, an error and two walks before Jackson dove under a long fly ball in right field to leave three baserunners stranded.
In the fifth, Josh Lemen doubled to push Escher in and score the game 10-3.

Region 1-8A
After getting hammered 17-4 in the district 2-8A final by Fletcher High School, the Oakleaf High Knights baseball got beat 6-0 by Tallahassee Lincoln in their region 1-8A quarterfinal to end the Knights' season.

Region 2-5A
Keystone Heights put the brakes on after a dominating district championship win over P.K. Yonge with a 4-1 region quarterfinal loss to The Villages, the district 6-5A runnerups behind South Sumter. South Sumter beat P.K. Yonge 6-0 in the second region semifinal to replay the district 6-5A title game in the region 2-5A semifinal.

Region 1-3A
St. Johns Country Day School, on Wed.,May 10, will travel to Tallahassee Maclay for the region 1-3A semifinal (no quarters in Class 1A-4A). St. Johns lost a continued, weather-delayed two-day championship game to University Christian for the district 2-3A championship. University Christian will host North Florida Christian in their region semifinal.