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Crestview is this years champs as much as I’m a die hard panther bleeding blue && gray. This just want our year to win it all but instead it was Crestview & their awesome community time. Their team put in the work and their fans trusted the process. So in that WELL DONE CRESTVIEW enjoy there is no greater feeling it takes a lot to get to this point win or lose. So take it all in your #STATECHAMPS

I don't have a problem with the statement "the better team should host." The problem is how to determine who is better during the regular season when we have a system that does not consider certain biases, ie scheduling restrictions of certain teams, ie Hillsborough County, uneven districts, teams that don't even play teams from their own classification during the regular season(so no opponent comparisons). The system is rigged (even if unintentionally) to favor certain teams.

With an even playing field, fair enough. But as you, yourself,have said,it is far from a level playing field in hs football. Rural areas are at a disadvantage in some cases and I think those folks deserve an opportunity to see a deep playoff game regardless of whatever point system is being used. Big picture, it is not good for the game if a certain school, ie ST thomas, is always hosting a state semi. We're not talking the pros where people with big bucks can travel to see their team play. We are talking kids and poor folks who cannot afford the gas to travel in some cases. I'll gladly have my "more deserving" team travel to such a game if it is in the best interest of the game.

Between 1995-2007, Columbia made the playoffs 10 times and lost on the road each time (am including their 97 final). Since then, they are 7-5 in home playoff games 4-4 on the road. So, if home field advantage is important, Columbia has had a good opportunity to advance over the past 10 years.

same for football

Trash last year cause of a coach that said his plays worked for 30 years and he’s gone now.. Y’all wasn’t lighting up last season like that..

In my humble opinion their is no way as of right the finals for high school basketball should be held at the Lakeland center. Year after year the gym is not even a quarter full let alone half. With both fan bases combined the total barely eclipse 200 people. Looking at the games today all u saw was empty seats. The way I see it at this point who ever the home team is should host the championship. Like they do in the nba. A gym that seats over 3000 plus with only 200-250 plus combined fans looks foolish.