Corey_Davis

Terrible news.
 
I would love to see a couple Orlando area teams play in a bowl game Miner Bowl with the proceeds going to his family 

For the most part Apopka always shows up in the big games. 
 
 

For the most part Apopka always shows up in the big games. 
 
 

Terrible news.
 
I would love to see a couple Orlando area teams play in a bowl game Miner Bowl with the proceeds going to his family 

Terrible news.
 
I would love to see a couple Orlando area teams play in a bowl game Miner Bowl with the proceeds going to his family 

For the most part Apopka always shows up in the big games. 
 
 

Bowl games used to be a big deal in the 1950-1990s, and then poof they were gone. I would love to see them come back again.  
The oldest bowl game in the country was played in Jacksonville every year.
Here is what I have been able to compile over the years from the Meninak Bowk  
 
Meninak Bowl

1934: Jax All Stars over St. Pete All Stars

1935: TBD

1936: Columbia 44, Landon 14

1937: Lee 42, St. Pete 0 

1938: TBD

1939: TBD

1940: TBD

1941: TBD

1942: TBD

1943: TBD

1944: TBD

1945: Jackson 34, Middletown (CONN) 7

1946: Nashua (NH) 20, Jackson 7

1947: Lee 0, Medford (MASS) 0

1948: TBD

1949: TBD

1950: TBD

1951: Lee 19, Knoxville East (TN) 13 

1952: TBD

1953: TBD

1954: Lee 19, Knoxville West (TN) 0

1955: TBD

1956: Lee 7, Central (TN) 6 

1957: Lee 14, Central (TN) 0

1958: Central (TN) 21, Lee 7

1959: Lee 19, Central (TN) 7

1960: Lee 35, Parker 21

1961: Lee 14, Lowell (MASS) 0

1962: Central (TN) 28, Lee 12

1963: TBD

1964: TBD

1965: Central (TN) 27, Englewood 7

1966: Biloxi (MS) XX, Paxon XX

1967: Englewood 14, Delray Beach 6

1968: TBD

1969: TBD

1970: Fletcher 20, Columbia 8

1971: Gainesville Xx, Englewood XX ?

1972: Biloxi (MS) 38, Fletcher 21

1973: Leon 28, Forrest 10 

1973: Bolles XX, Buchholz XX

1974: Lee 10, Bishop Kenny 6  

1975: Lee over TBA

1976: New Smyrna Beach XX, Bolles XX

1977: Ed White 21, Ribault 20

1978: Columbia 42, Raines 32

1979: Leon 21, Ed White 17

1980: Raines 28, Fletcher 14

1981: Choctaw 13, Ed White 10 (OT)

1981: Orange Park 50, Parker 0 

1982: Jackson XX, Sandalwood XX

1983: Columbia 35, Ed White 0

1984: TBD

1985: TBD

1986: Ribault XX, Stranahan XX

1987: Columbia 20, Tampa Gaither 10

  

Bowl games used to be a big deal in the 1950-1990s, and then poof they were gone. I would love to see them come back again.  
The oldest bowl game in the country was played in Jacksonville every year.
Here is what I have been able to compile over the years from the Meninak Bowk  
 
Meninak Bowl

1934: Jax All Stars over St. Pete All Stars

1935: TBD

1936: Columbia 44, Landon 14

1937: Lee 42, St. Pete 0 

1938: TBD

1939: TBD

1940: TBD

1941: TBD

1942: TBD

1943: TBD

1944: TBD

1945: Jackson 34, Middletown (CONN) 7

1946: Nashua (NH) 20, Jackson 7

1947: Lee 0, Medford (MASS) 0

1948: TBD

1949: TBD

1950: TBD

1951: Lee 19, Knoxville East (TN) 13 

1952: TBD

1953: TBD

1954: Lee 19, Knoxville West (TN) 0

1955: TBD

1956: Lee 7, Central (TN) 6 

1957: Lee 14, Central (TN) 0

1958: Central (TN) 21, Lee 7

1959: Lee 19, Central (TN) 7

1960: Lee 35, Parker 21

1961: Lee 14, Lowell (MASS) 0

1962: Central (TN) 28, Lee 12

1963: TBD

1964: TBD

1965: Central (TN) 27, Englewood 7

1966: Biloxi (MS) XX, Paxon XX

1967: Englewood 14, Delray Beach 6

1968: TBD

1969: TBD

1970: Fletcher 20, Columbia 8

1971: Gainesville Xx, Englewood XX ?

1972: Biloxi (MS) 38, Fletcher 21

1973: Leon 28, Forrest 10 

1973: Bolles XX, Buchholz XX

1974: Lee 10, Bishop Kenny 6  

1975: Lee over TBA

1976: New Smyrna Beach XX, Bolles XX

1977: Ed White 21, Ribault 20

1978: Columbia 42, Raines 32

1979: Leon 21, Ed White 17

1980: Raines 28, Fletcher 14

1981: Choctaw 13, Ed White 10 (OT)

1981: Orange Park 50, Parker 0 

1982: Jackson XX, Sandalwood XX

1983: Columbia 35, Ed White 0

1984: TBD

1985: TBD

1986: Ribault XX, Stranahan XX

1987: Columbia 20, Tampa Gaither 10

  

For a couple years, Camden County hosted a doubleheader Florida-Georgia event, I remember covering Columbia and First Coast against Camden and Charlton County one year, I believe it was around for 2-3 years.    

Let get some talk going in here, we are just about a month away from practice starting. 
Lets take the eight state champions from last year and lets put them in a bracket and see who wins the ultimate prize
 
1A: Madison County
2A: North Florida Christian
3A: Chaminade Madonna
4A: Raines
5A: Cardinal Gibbons
6A: Northwestern
7A: Lakeland
8A: Mandarin 
 
I will start
 
Small School 
4-NFC at 1- Madison  
3-Raines at 2- Chaminade Madonna 
 
Big School 
3- Mandarin at 2- Lakeland  
4- Cardinal Gibbons at 1- Northwestern 
 
Semis
2 Chaminade Madona at 1 Madison 
2 Lakeland at 1 Northwestern
 
Final
Northwestern over Madison County
 
 

1. Bill Spoone Stadium = Dr. Phillips
2. Blum Stadium - ?
3. Brian Piccolo Stadium - St. Thomas 
4. Boot Hill Stadium - Madison County
5. Citizens Field - Gainesville 
6. Citrus Bowl - Vero Beach
7. Dad's Stadium - Plant
8. Dick Blake Stadium - ?
9. Dr. Effie Grear Stadium - Glades Central 
10. Earl S. Kitchings Stadium - Raines
11. Emmitt Smith Field - Escambia
12. Frank E. Lough Stadium - Naples ?
13. Gene Cox Stadium - Godby/Lincoln
14. HL Brumley Stadium - St. Augustine
15. Hawkins Stadium - Manatee 
16. Lyle Flagg Stadium - Armwood
17. McLarty Stadium - Cocoa or Rockledge 
18. Otis Gray Jr Memorial - Dillard 
19. Powell-Davis Stadium - ?
20. Roger Williams Field - Apopka
21. Skinner-Barco Stadium - Bolles
22. Staver Field - ?
23. Thomas W. Bryant Stadium - Lakeland
24. Traz Powell Stadium - Northwestern
25. Vince Zappone Field - ?

Columbia
Aug 17 IMG (Kickoff Classic)
Aug 23 Trinity
Aug 30 at Oakleaf
Sept 6 TBA 
Sept 13 Pine Forest  
Sept 20 TBA
Sept 27 at Gainesville *
Oct 4 at Madison County   
Oct 11 at Lee *
Oct 18 TBA 
Oct 25 at Middleburg *
Nov 1 North Marion  
 
Sandalwood
Aug 16 at Rickards (Kickoff Classic)
Aug 23 at Parker
Aug 30 at Fletcher
Sept 6 Vanguard
Sept 13 at Nease *
Sept 20 Ribault
Sept 27 Oakleaf *
Oct 4 at Raines
Oct 11 TBA
Oct 18 Mandarin *
Oct 25 Bartram Trail *
Nov 1 TBA
 
Fletcher
Aug 16 Bolles (Kickoff Classic)
Aug 23 at Bishop Kenny
Aug 30 Sandalwood
Sept 6 TBA
Sept 13 at Fleming Island *
Sept 20 at Palm Coast
Sept 27 Atlantic Coast *
Oct 4 TBA
Oct 11 at Buchholz *
Oct 18 Creekside
Oct 25 First Coast *
Nov 1 at Mandarin
 
Terry Parker
Aug 16 at Trinity (Kickoff Classic)
Aug 23 Sandalwood
Aug 30 First Coast
Sept 6
Sept 13 at Bishop Kenny *
Sept 20 at Atlantic Coast
Sept 27
Oct 4 at Baker County *
Oct 11 at Ed White *
Oct 17 Middleburg
Oct 25 Westside *
Nov 1 at Yulee

Aug 16
Sandalwood at First Coast
Ed White at Matanzas
Cedar Creek at Windermere Prep
Wakulla at Lincoln
 
Aug 17
Baker County at Baldwin
Bolles at Bishop Moore 
Maclay at Bishop Snyder
Hilliard at Christ Church
St. Augustine at Clay  
Menendez at Creekside 
Fernandina Beach at Episcopal
Westside at Fleming Island 
Oakleaf at Fletcher
Trenton at Fort White
Union at Hamilton
Paxon at Interlachen
Ridgeview at Keystone
Palatka at Liberty
Columbia at IMG Academy 
 
Apopka at Mainland 
Bartram Trail at Mandarin
Wolfson at Middleburg
Yulee at Nease
Bradford at Newberry
NFC at North Florida Educational 
Bishop Kenny at Orange Park
Atlantic Coast at Palm Coast
St. Joseph at Pierson Taylor
West Port at Ponte Vedra  
Englewood at Providence
Branford at St. Johns Country Day
Santa Fe at Suwannee
Parker at West Nassau

I was able to find some of the years
 
1921 (8-0)
Duval High School Tigers of Jacksonville were 8-0 and became the first Florida team ever to be declared national champions by any organization (National Sports News Service). They whipped Dayton Steele of Ohio, which was regarded as the top team in the Midwest, 21-0, and then crushed Gainesville High School 56-0 in what was labeled a state championship game. Duval outscored opponents 366-3, allowing only Charleston (S.C.) High to score on a single field goal. Duval also won games 44-0 over Moultrie (Ga.) High, 34-0 over Montgomery (Ala.) Sidney Lanier, 77-0 over Lake City High and 74-0 over Hillsborough High.
1922 (0-1-0)
Charleston, SC 21, Duval 0   
1923 (6-1-1)
Coach: Doc Upchurch, Maxwell 
Duval 19, Leon 0
Duval 13, Orlando 0 
Duval 37, Columbia 0
Duval 6, Charleston, SC 0
Duval 26, Miami 0 
Duval 6, Birmingham Phillips 6
Duval 16, St. Pete 0 
Hillsborough 10, Duval 0  
1927 (9-0) 
Coach Ray Dickson
Jackson 12, West Palm Beach 0
Jackson 76, Landon 0
Jackson 6, St Pete 0
Jackson 44, Orlando 0
Jackson 53, Lee 0  
Jackson 31, Leon 0
Jackson 28, Lee 0 
Jackson 37, Leesburg 0 (state semis)
Jackson 6, Hillsborough 0 (state title game)
Outscored teams 193-0
 

Not to mention the night before you have Apopka at Mainland playing 

Drum roll please .....
Don't make any plans for August 18
http://www.duvalsports.com/trinity-raines-headline-inaugural-4quartersonline-kickoff-classic/

Drum roll please .....
Don't make any plans for August 18
http://www.duvalsports.com/trinity-raines-headline-inaugural-4quartersonline-kickoff-classic/

Trust me I'm not playing, I will release it around 9-10 a.m.   

Trust me I'm not playing, I will release it around 9-10 a.m.   

1 Its a lot easier to stock a Trinity, Bolles and UC team than to do it with home grown kids. That's the biggest problem and coaching. I can barely come up with public school coaches that have been around 20 years. Yet the big 3 private coaches have been around for 20 years, i know DP3 hasn't been there 20 years but he has been around that program enough to qualify.
2 Scheduling, outside of Raines no on else travels outside the region to play anybody. Coaches put to much emphasis on winning the conference instead of going out and playing real teams.
3 To many dang schools, not only do you have public schools but look at how many private schools have started up in last ten years.   
4 Transfers, no more loyalty in programs. Everybody transferring to the hot teams like Raines and Lee 
5. While Duval has failed look at what Clay and St. Johns counties have done. Clay has sent a couple teams to the final or state semis, Fleming Island has been knocking on the door as well and Bartram Trail and St. Augustine have been consistently in the playoffs. Trust me Jax kids are moving to Clay and St. Johns as well. 
           
       
 

1 Its a lot easier to stock a Trinity, Bolles and UC team than to do it with home grown kids. That's the biggest problem and coaching. I can barely come up with public school coaches that have been around 20 years. Yet the big 3 private coaches have been around for 20 years, i know DP3 hasn't been there 20 years but he has been around that program enough to qualify.
2 Scheduling, outside of Raines no on else travels outside the region to play anybody. Coaches put to much emphasis on winning the conference instead of going out and playing real teams.
3 To many dang schools, not only do you have public schools but look at how many private schools have started up in last ten years.   
4 Transfers, no more loyalty in programs. Everybody transferring to the hot teams like Raines and Lee 
5. While Duval has failed look at what Clay and St. Johns counties have done. Clay has sent a couple teams to the final or state semis, Fleming Island has been knocking on the door as well and Bartram Trail and St. Augustine have been consistently in the playoffs. Trust me Jax kids are moving to Clay and St. Johns as well. 
           
       
 

1 Its a lot easier to stock a Trinity, Bolles and UC team than to do it with home grown kids. That's the biggest problem and coaching. I can barely come up with public school coaches that have been around 20 years. Yet the big 3 private coaches have been around for 20 years, i know DP3 hasn't been there 20 years but he has been around that program enough to qualify.
2 Scheduling, outside of Raines no on else travels outside the region to play anybody. Coaches put to much emphasis on winning the conference instead of going out and playing real teams.
3 To many dang schools, not only do you have public schools but look at how many private schools have started up in last ten years.   
4 Transfers, no more loyalty in programs. Everybody transferring to the hot teams like Raines and Lee 
5. While Duval has failed look at what Clay and St. Johns counties have done. Clay has sent a couple teams to the final or state semis, Fleming Island has been knocking on the door as well and Bartram Trail and St. Augustine have been consistently in the playoffs. Trust me Jax kids are moving to Clay and St. Johns as well. 
           
       
 

Aug 16
Sandalwood at First Coast
Ed White at Matanzas
Cedar Creek at Windermere Prep
Wakulla at Lincoln
 
Aug 17
Baker County at Baldwin
Bolles at Bishop Moore 
Maclay at Bishop Snyder
Hilliard at Christ Church
St. Augustine at Clay  
Menendez at Creekside 
Fernandina Beach at Episcopal
Westside at Fleming Island 
Oakleaf at Fletcher
Trenton at Fort White
Union at Hamilton
Paxon at Interlachen
Ridgeview at Keystone
Palatka at Liberty
Columbia at IMG Academy 
 
Apopka at Mainland 
Bartram Trail at Mandarin
Wolfson at Middleburg
Yulee at Nease
Bradford at Newberry
NFC at North Florida Educational 
Bishop Kenny at Orange Park
Atlantic Coast at Palm Coast
St. Joseph at Pierson Taylor
West Port at Ponte Vedra  
Englewood at Providence
Branford at St. Johns Country Day
Santa Fe at Suwannee
Parker at West Nassau

I am talking about more than just football here. 
 
Bolles and BK compete in every sport and its a really big deal, its huge in volleyball, soccer, baseball, track, cross country, swimming
 
Bartram and Creekside are less than like 2-3 miles and in the same district and knock each other out of the playoffs in several sports.   

One of the many reasons why Orange Park has struggled since is because 
1 Kids choosing to go to Bolles, UC or Trinity, talking about starters not backups. Had teammates behind me transfer to Trinity, several solid players skip OP and go to Trinity or Bolles in the mid 1990's.    
2 The opening of Ridgeview (1999) and Fleming Island (2001)
3 Just when Danny Green got the program going again with three straight district titles they open up Oakleaf (2011) and take nearly half the school with them. 
4 The entire athletic program has suffered with the opening of three area schools as the school has lost numerous solid coaches and teachers to the above mentioned schools