Cardinal Mooney, Booker, Charlotte girls basketball teams get No. 1 seeds in regionals
A dozen area girls basketball teams reached the girls basketball regional tournament.
Three schools received the top seed in their respective region: Cardinal Mooney Catholic High in Class 3A-Region 3, Booker High in 4A-3 and Charlotte in 6A-3.
All three teams reached the Final 4 last year with Cardinal Mooney moving on to the state final for the second straight season.
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The Cougars will be at home against eighth-seed Bishop Verot. Also in 3A-3, seventh-seed Bradenton Christian will be on the road at Brooks DeBartolo in Tampa.
The Tornadoes will play host to eighth-seeded Anclote in 4A-3 quarterfinals. Also in 4A-3, fourth-seed Lemon Bay will be home against Gibbs out of St. Petersburg.
The only area team in 6A-3, the Tarpons will roll out the red carpet for Wharton out of Tampa.
Port Charlotte received the second seed in 5A-3 and will be home against seventh-seed Braden River in one of two all-area matchups in the regional quarterfinals. Also in 5A-3, third-seeded Parrish Community will entertain sixth-seeded Sebring.
The other matchup involving two area teams is in 7A-3 where third-seeded Venice will be home against sixth-seeded Sarasota. The teams played in the district final Friday with Venice coming away with a 58-45 victory over the Sailors.
Also in 7A-3, fifth-seeded Riverview will travel to fourth-seeded Durant in Plant City.
Two area teams made it in 2A-3, both on the road. Fifth-seed Saint Stephen’s Episcopal will be at fourth-seed Seacrest Country Day in Naples. Seventh-seeded Sarasota Christian will travel to second-seed St. John Neumann in Naples.
All regional quarterfinals are scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday.
The regional semifinals are Feb. 14 and the regional finals Feb. 17.
The FHSAA Final 4 will be held Feb. 22 to 25 at RP Funding Center in Lakeland.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
REGIONAL QUARTERFINALS
Games at 7 p.m. Thursday
Class 2A-Region 3
Seacrest Country Day vs. Saint Stephen’s
St. John Neumann vs. Sarasota Christian
Class 3A-Region 3
Cardinal Mooney vs. Bishop Verot
Brooks DeBartolo vs. Bradenton Christian
Class 4A-Region 3
Booker vs. Anclote
Lemon Bay vs. Gibbs
Class 5A-Region 3
Port Charlotte vs. Braden River
Parrish Community vs. Sebring
Class 6A-Region 3
Charlotte vs. Wharton
Class 7A-Region 3
Riverview vs. Durant
Venice vs. Sarasota
This article originally appeared on Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Cardinal Mooney, Booker, Charlotte girls basketball get regional No. 1 seeds
