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FHSAA board considers seeding state semifinals for football, volleyball, soccer

After decades of holding North and South state semifinals in football and several other sports, the Florida High School Athletic Association could make a big change to that format Monday.

The FHSAA’s board of directors is expected to vote on a proposal to use power rankings generated by MaxPreps to seed the final four teams in the four bracket sports that play semifinals at home sites: football, girls volleyball, and boys and girls soccer.

If approved, the measure would go into effect for the 2021-22 school year and would do away with the longstanding tradition of always matching the Region 1 champion vs.