The brackets have arrived.The Florida High School Athletic Association released on April 20 the regional playoff brackets for the high school baseball playoffs across Jacksonville and Northeast Florida, paving the path toward May's FHSAA finals at Hammond Stadium in Fort Myers.First-round playoffs, using a single-game knockout format, are scheduled for Friday, April 24 for Classes 4A through 7A, and Saturday, April 25 for Classes 1A through 3A. Unlike the 2025 playoffs, only the regional semifinals and regional finals will use a best-of-3 format, which will have Game 1 on Friday of the week and Games 2 and 3, the latter if necessary, as a doubleheader on Saturday. The superior seed would serve as host for all three games in those rounds.See the complete brackets below for Jacksonville and Northeast Florida.REGION 3-RURAL(4) Madison County at (1) Union County(3) Mayo Lafayette at (2) Aucilla ChristianThis article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: FHSAA high school baseball 2026, Jacksonville regional playoff bracket