KHHS girls soccer team just misses out on Region 1-3A playoff berth

The District 4-3A championship match proved to be the last of the season for Kiersten Shaw and Keystone. The Indians just missed out on qualifying for the Region 1 playoffs. File photo by Cliff Smelley.

Telegraph Staff Writer

Keystone Heights High School was the first team out in qualifying for the Region 1-3A girls soccer playoffs, which begin Tuesday, Feb. 8.

The champions of the four districts in Region 1 automatically qualified for the playoffs: P.K. Yonge, which defeated Keystone for the District 4 title, Bolles, Maclay and North Bay Haven Academy. The four highest-ranked teams in the region outside of those champions earned at-large berths. Those went to Wolfson, Providence, Episcopal and Florida High.

Florida High, ranked seventh in the region ahead of eighth-ranked North Bay Haven, earned the last at-large spot ahead of Keystone. The Indians (15-6-3) were the ninth-ranked team in Region 1.