Florida high school football playoffs: State semifinals

And then there were four.

The state semifinals in all nine classes are set after Black Friday produced some of the most exciting finishes of the season.

Dunbar stunned Naples for the second consecutive season in the Region 4-3S championship, this time with a walkoff 95-yard kick return after the Eagles scored the go-ahead touchdown with 10 seconds left on the clock.

For the second time this season, Norland beat Central on a field goal in overtime. The Vikings end the Rockets' hopes of a record fifth consecutive state championship.

Gaither took Jesuit to overtime for the second time this season. The Cowboys came out on top 31-24, denying the Tigers a sixth consecutive state semifinal appearance.

Archbishop Carroll kicked a field goal as time expired to beat top-seeded True North Classical Academy 38-35. Clearwater Central Catholic, the 2022 Class 1M state runner-up, got a lastminute field goal and beat rival Carrollwood Day 45-41.

Here are the state semifinal pairings. The FHSAA reseeds the teams after the regional playoffs based on the final power rankings.

Class 4M

No. 4 Plant (11-2) at No. 1 Columbus (11-2)

No. 3 Mandarin (10-3) at No. 2 Monarch (11-2)

Class 3M

No. 4 Gaither (8-5) at No. 1 St. Thomas

Aquinas (12-1)

No. 3 Jones (10-3) at No. 2 Homestead (11-1)

Class 2M

No. 4 Bolles (8-5) at No. 1 Norland (13-0)

No. 3 Berkeley Prep (11-2) at No. 2 American Heritage (Plantation) (10-1)

Class 1M

No. 4 Archbishop Carroll (11-1) at No. 1 Chaminade-Madonna (12-0)

No. 3 Trinity Christian (9-3) at No. 2 Clearwater Central Catholic (12-0)

Class 4S

No. 4 Lakeland (10-3) at No. 1 Buchholz (13-0)

No. 3 DeLand (11-2) at No. 2 Venice (11-2)

Class 3S

No. 4 Dunbar (11-2) at No. 1 St. Augustine (12-0)

No. 3 Vanguard (11-2) at No. 2 Mainland (12-1)

Class 2S

No. 4 Booker (Sarasota) (9-4) at No. 1 Cocoa (12-1)

No. 3 Pensacola Catholic (11-2) at No. 2 Bradford (13-0)

Class 1S

No. 4 Trinity Catholic (5-7) at No. 1 First Baptist (Naples) (9-2)

No. 3 North Florida Christian (8-3) at No. 2 Cardinal Mooney (10-2)

Class 1R

No. 4 Blountstown (8-3) at No. 1 Hawthorne (12-0)

No. 3 Bozeman (12-0) at No. 2 Madison County (9-1)