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MAXPREPS Florida 7A bracket features rematch between No. 3 Lakewood Ranch, No. 11 Newsome. The Class 7A bracket in Florida is arguably the toughest road to a high school softball state title. Four teams in the MaxPreps Top 25 high school softball rankings are in the 7A tournament and play in this week's Regional Semifinals this week. On Tuesday, third-ranked Lakewood Ranch (Bradenton, Fla.) meets No. 11 Newsome (Lithia, Fla.) for the second time in 13 days. This one is win-or-go-home. In Round One, it was a pair of sophomores for the Mustangs that helped lift Lakewood Ranch to a 2-0 ...

MAXPREPS Buccaneers jump to No. 19 after earning first state crown since 1997. Barbe (Lake Charles) finished the season with eight straight wins, including a 3-1 Louisiana Class 5A state title over Airline on Saturday. A two-run home run by Madison Chretien and strong pitching by Halie Pappion propelled the tournament third seed to its first state title since 1997. Barbe enters this week's MaxPreps Top 25 high school softball rankings at No. 19. Top-ranked Leander (Texas) opened postseason play by scoring 34 runs over two games while Lauren Tetreault and SJ Geurin each pitched comple...

MAXPREPS No. 3 Lakewood Ranch, No. 9 Newsome on collision course in Florida's 7A District 12 bracket. Florida is one off 11 states headed to the postseason this week while others are still in their season's infancy. Lakewood Ranch (Bradenton, Fla.), No. 3 in this week's MaxPreps Top 25 high school softball, landed the 7A District 12 two-seed, while the one seed went to No. 9 Newsome (Lithia, Fla.). The two could meet up Friday in the District final. The top team in California keeps changing each week as Golden State action really starts to ramp up. With so much talent spread througho...

Six states have hit the diamond and started the 2021 high school softball season. And we have already seen some shakeups in the first regular season MaxPreps Top 25 softball rankings. Fifth-ranked Hewitt-Trussville (Trussville, Ala.) is off to a hot start at 8-0. Junior Sarah Hindman tossed a complete-game, four-hitter in a 5-1 win over No. 24 ranked Bob Jones this past Thursday. Lakewood Ranch (Bradenton, Fla.) continues to roll in Florida. Colgate commit Jillian Herbst has three home runs and is one of several Mustangs powering their 6-0 start.

MAXPREPS Derrick Henry, Adrian Peterson, Reggie Bush headline list of running backs selected. What do Adrian Peterson, Christian McCaffrey, Derrick Henry, Leonard Fournette and Reggie Bush have in common? The quintet comprises one-fourth of the MaxPreps Top 20 high school running backs over the last 20 years list. Over the next few months, MaxPreps will dive into a position-by-position look at the best players to perform under the Friday Night Lights. We start with the running backs, and these 20 ball carriers have combined for 19 Pro Bowl selections, two Heisman Trophies, three BCS...