QUICK HITTERS: First Coast Region – Week 3

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Here is this week’s Quick Hitters for the First Coast Region for Week 3.

Top 10 Rankings

1. Trinity Christian-Jacksonville, 2-0
2. Oakleaf, 2-0
3. Bolles, 2-0
4. Raines, 2-0
5. St. Augustine, 2-0
6. Clay, 1-1
7. Bartram Trail, 1-1
8. Sandalwood, 2-0
9. University Christian, 2-0
10. Mandarin, 2-0

Dropped out: No. 10 First Coast, 0-1

Top 5 Games

No. 8 Sandalwood (2-0) at Atlantic Coast (1-1): Saints are on a roll and looking to remain undefeated, while Stingrays are coming off a nice win over Bishop Kenny and looking to pull a big upset.

Lakewood (2-0) at No. 3 Bolles (2-0): Every week Bolles continues to play against some of the state’s best teams, this week it’s a Lakewood team that usually finds itself about three rounds deep in the playoffs. Two years ago, a loss to Clay in the state semifinals in the closing minutes prevented the Spartans from playing for a state title.

Englewood (2-0) at Robert E. Lee (1-1): Not sure how really good Englewood really is but a win over an upcoming Lee team may give us a good indication.

Fletcher (1-1) at Providence (1-1): Fletcher rebounded from a stunning loss to Sandalwood to hold off Parker now the assignment is to try to stop Jamauri Wakefield, who ran for over 2500 yards and 37 touchdowns last season.

No. 1 Trinity Christian (2-0) at No. 9 University Christian (2-0): Game of the Week, at least on paper. However, this one has mismatch written all over as Trinity has eight in a row in the series since 2004 and outscored UC 315-73, including 42-12 last season.