Here's how Bartow, Santa Fe, Victory shape up for regional finals

There were 11 Polk County teams competing when the boys basketball playoffs began two weeks ago. Three teams remain and will look to advance to the state tournament when they play their respective regional final on Saturday. Santa Fe Catholic and Victory Christian both are looking to return to the final four for the second year in a row, and both teams are heavily favored to accomplish that goal. Bartow is the last Polk team to win a state title — the Yellow Jackets won back-to-back state titles in ’20 and ’21 — and have at least a 50-50 chance of being the third Polk team to advance. For the first time since 1995 when it was in its final year in Tallahassee, the boys basketball...