The high school baseball regular season has flown by, and now district tournaments begin next week.

And as the regular season comes to an end, Trinity Christian (Jacksonville) has widened its lead at the top of the Prep Zone Baseball Power Poll.

The Conquerors (18-6) played in a national tournament in Cary, North Carolina, and played nationally-ranked teams from California, Oklahoma and Tennessee. They also picked up wins over the top-ranked team in Mississippi, along with No. 15 Columbia (Lake City), Lincoln (Tallahassee), and split two games with No. 3 St. Johns Country Day (Orange Park). That was more than enough to keep Trinity Christian as the No. 1 team again this week, receiving seven of the eight first-place votes.

Creekside (St. Johns) moves up four spots to No. 2. The Knights (20-4) picked up the other first-place vote after defeating St. Johns Country Day, ninth-ranked Bartram Trail (St. Johns), No. 16 Suwannee (Live Oak), RV Tocoi Creek (St. Augustine) and Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville). Their losses came at Nease (Ponte Vedra), No. 7 Buchholz (Gainesville) and Georgia’s third-ranked team, Lowndes (Valdosta).

St. Johns Country Day drops a spot to No. 3 from the previous poll. The Spartans (16-7) also lost games against nationally ranked teams as well as splitting the two games with Trinity Christian.

Bishop Snyder (Jacksonville) also drops a spot to No. 4. The Cardinals (16-5) beat the No. 1 team in Georgia and the third-ranked team in Tennessee, nationally-ranked South Walton (Santa Rosa Beach) and No. 13 Providence (Jacksonville). Their losses came to No. 6 Trinity Catholic (Ocala), Bartram Trail and eighth-ranked Bolles (Jacksonville).

Spruce Creek (Port Orange) rounds out the top five. The Hawks (20-3) were unbeaten since the last poll, including beating University (Orange City) and Seabreeze (Daytona Beach) twice, as well as defeating DeLand.

Trinity Catholic leads off the second five, followed by Buchholz, Bolles, Bartram Trail and 10th-ranked Hernando (Brooksville).

Among the Mainstreet Daily News area teams in the second 10 are 12th-ranked Trenton, Columbia and Suwannee. Union County and Newberry are receiving votes.

New to the poll this week are Lake Minneola, who is tied for 17th with Vanguard (Ocala), 19th-ranked Montverde Academy and No. 20 Nature Coast Tech (Brooksville).

Tocoi Creek, Lafayette (Mayo) and Umatilla drop out from the previous rankings.

The Prep Zone Power Poll ranks the top 20 high school football, girls basketball, boys basketball, softball & baseball teams (regardless of FHSAA classification) across 26 counties in North Florida (Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Duval, Flagler, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Hernando, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lake, Levy, Madison, Marion, Nassau, Putnam, Sumter, St. Johns, Suwannee, Taylor, Union & Volusia counties). It is voted on by sportswriters and sportscasters and it is powered by Be Well Fitness.

THE PREP ZONE POWER POLL– 2026 BASEBALL POLL #3

(School, followed by classification, first place votes, current record through 4/7, and total voting points)

Teams in bold are inside the Mainstreet Daily News coverage area

1. Trinity Christian (Jacksonville) (2A) (7) (18-6) – 157

2. Creekside (St. Johns) (7A) (1) (20-4) – 145

3. St. Johns Country Day (Orange Park) (1A) (16-7) – 143

4. Bishop Snyder (Jacksonville) (2A) (16-5) – 137

5. Spruce Creek (Port Orange) (7A) (20-3) – 129

6. Trinity Catholic (Ocala) (2A) (18-5) – 106

7. Buchholz (Gainesville) (6A) (15-7) – 105

8. Bolles (Jacksonville) (2A) (16-6) – 98

9. Bartram Trail (St. Johns) (6A) (15-9) – 87

10. Hernando (Brooksville) (3A) (17-4) – 80

11. Fernandina Beach (3A) (18-4) – 79

12. Trenton (Rural) (16-4) – 69

13. Providence (Jacksonville) (2A) (13-10) – 55

14. Beachside (St. Johns) (6A) (15-9) – 38

15. Columbia (Lake City) (5A) (13-9) – 32

16. Suwannee (Live Oak) (3A) (12-11) – 29

17T. Lake Minneola (Minneola) (6A) (17-5) – 28

17T. Vanguard (Ocala) (4A) (15-6) – 28

19. Montverde Academy (2A) (14-6) – 27

20. Nature Coast Tech (Brooksville) (3A) (19-2) – 19

Also receiving votes:  Tocoi Creek (St. Augustine) (6A) (12-12) – 17; Union County (Lake Butler) (Rural) (16-7) – 17; St. Joseph Academy (St. Augustine) (1A) (17-5) – 14; Lafayette (Mayo) (Rural) (12-8) – 9; Episcopal (Jacksonville) (2A) (15-9) – 8; Newberry (2A) (16-6) – 5; Umatilla (3A) (13-11) – 5; North Marion (Citra) (3A) (14-6) – 4; Flagler Palm Coast (7A) (15-8) – 2.