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Classifcation 5A District 1 Chiles (Tallahassee) Choctawhatchee (Fort Walton Beach) Godby (Tampa) Gulf Breeze Mosley (Lynn Haven) Navarre Pensacola Catholic (Pensacola) West Florida (Pensacola) District 2 Creekside (St. Johns) Fleming Island (Orange Park) Fletcher (Neptune Beach) Oakleaf (Orange Park) Ponte Vedra Saint Augustine Sandalwood (Jacksonville) University Christian (Jacksonville) District 3 Baker County (Glen St. Mary) DeLand Dunnellon Lake Minneola (Minneola) North Marion (Citra) South Sumter (Bushnell) Spruce Creek (Port Orange) Trinity Catholic (Ocala) District 4 Eau Gallie (Melbourne) Heritage (Palm Bay) Melbourne Merritt Island Oviedo Sebring Timber Creek (Orlando) Viera District 5 Bishop Moore (Orlando) Bloomingdale (Valrico) Boone (Orlando) Lake Brantley (Altamonte Springs) Newsome (Lithia) Ocoee Orlando Christian Prep (Orlando) Plant City District 6 Calvary Christian (Clearwater) Gaither (Tampa) Hillsborough (Tampa) Largo Pinellas Park (Largo) Plant (Tampa) Steinbrenner (Lutz) Tampa Catholic (Tampa) District 7 Bishop Verot (Fort Myers) Braden River (Bradenton) Charlotte (Punta Gorga) Dunbar (Fort Myers) Fort Myers Lehigh (Lehigh Acres) Manatee (Bradenton) Port Charlotte District 8 Benjamin (Palm Beach Gardens) Cardinal Newman (West Palm Beach) Centennial (Port St. Lucie) Edison (Miami) Homestead Killian (Miami) South Dade (Homestead) Southridge (Miami)

Honestly, I look at the 7A classification and I am excited for every round of playoffs. Sure, some teams are probably a little overmatched, and might not be able to sustain that level of success for another 5 years, but who cares, if they struggle, they will move down and a rising team will take their place. I look at 6A and I don't see a clear favorite at all, which is what you want. You want teams believing that anybody can win, it encourages people to be participatory, because there is a belief that they might be the next champion versus knowing that they have to play the traditional powerhouse who always wins.

So I will continue to beat the drum for promotion and relegation, simply as a way to increase participation in the sport. Nobody (good teams or bad) want to play teams that they are overmatched with. My belief is that a promotion and relegation system allows recently good teams to play other recently good teams in the regular season and recently bad teams to play recently bad teams. Thus encouraging competitive games, rather than blowouts. No, it doesn't solve the transfer issue, but unless the state legislature changes, that issue isn't going to stop. Additionally, I think the expectation of being able to transfer for any reason has made it's way to the college level (transfer portal), so high schools on some level are just mirroring that (for better or worse). Sadly, I don't think we are ever going back to the days of transfers sitting out for a year. Do I think it will make the transfer issue worse? It might, but as a coach, I would be more frustrated losing a player to a school in my classification than losing that player to a "better" school where I will most likely never play that player again. I just think the sting will hurt less (not that it won't exist). ______________________ So my basic premise: 1A stays as is, mostly because it has proven highly success for those schools. If you have not had a football program since 2018, you start at the lowest level (no matter the size of your school). This leaves 449 schools to play in my 6 classifications. Classification 2A and 3A will NOT play to a state championship, but only to a Northern/Southern championship, so that nobody accuses them of winning a state championship equal to that of the top classifications. 7A - 32 Schools (All teams make playoffs, required to play 7 other 7A schools) 6A - 32 Schools (All teams make playoffs, required to play 7 other 6A schools) 5A - 64 Schools (8 districts, 8 teams per district, top 4 district records make playoffs (similar to Georgia) 4A - 64 Schools (8 districts, 8 teams per district, top 4 district records make playoffs (similar to Georgia) 3A - 128 Schools (16 districts, 8 teams per district, top 2 district records make playoffs (similar to old system) 2A - 129 Schools (16 districts, 8 teams per district, top 2 district records make playoffs (similar to old system) 1A - Same as Previous Classifications are based on the average 2018, 2019, 2021, and 2022 MaxPreps ratings (I did not use 2020 due to pandemic weirdness) 7A American Heritage (Plantation) Apopka Armwood (Seffner) Bartram Trail (St. Johns) Bolles (Jacksonville) Booker T. Washington (Miami) Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale) Central (Miami) Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood) Clearwater Central Catholic (Clearwater) Cocoa Columbus (Miami) Dillard (Fort Lauderdale) Edgewater (Orlando) Florida State University High School (Tallahassee) Jesuit (Tampa) Jones (Orlando) Lakeland Naples Northwestern (Miami) Osceola (Kissimmee) Palmetto (Miami) Riverview Sarasota (Sarasota) Rockledge Seminole (Sanford) St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale) Tampa Bay Tech (Tampa) Treasure Coast (Port St. Lucie) Trinity Christian Academy (Jacksonville) Venice Vero Beach West Orange (Winter Garden) 6A Atlantic (Delray Beach) Berkeley Prep (Tampa) Buchholz (Gainesville) Carol City (Miami) Columbia (Lake City) Crestview Deerfield Beach Dr. Phillips (Orlando) Escambia (Pensacola) Flagler Palm Coast (Palm Coast) Gulliver Prep (Miami) Lake Gibson (Lakeland) Lake Mary Lake Wales Lakewood (St. Petersburg) Lincoln (Tallahassee) Mainland (Daytona Beach) Mandarin (Jacksonville) Miramar Niceville Norland (Miami) Palm Beach Central (Wellington) Palmetto Pine Forest (Pensacola) Plantation Raines (Jacksonville) Riverside (Jacksonville) Vanguard (Ocala) Wakulla (Crawfordville) Wekiva (Apopka) Western (Davie) Winter Park

https://news.scorebooklive.com/florida/2022/12/06/mike-alstott-steps-down-as-northside-christian-head-coach Son last played in 2016 (assuming son has same last name)

Wellington Rutherford (Panama City) Lakeland Rocky Bayou Christian From the FHSAA website "Looking to hire a football coach ready to work in a Christian school building up young men for the gory of God" I know I make mistakes, but in my professional life, I really double and triple check before sending something out to the public.

Different time, but there used to be a point when recruiting/transfers for high school athletics was considered dirty and underhanded. OTC was doing that. In order to not make OTC's job easier to recruit them, you don't play them and make them travel an hour and half away. Look, I get your thinking. The football coach at my high school believed that the homecoming game should be the best home game on the schedule (no cupcakes). He believed you give the alumni the best show you can, because they probably are only coming to this one game. He wasn't afraid of local state caliber teams. At the same time, I get the Marion County coaches thinking. If you are going to blatantly disrespect my program by recruiting my players (after you see them at our game), why would I want to make your life easier? Yeah, it is petty, but also a way of protecting my program. I don't think this factors in as much as it used to (the bigger factor is level of competition that Marion County offers or doesn't offer)

In the past there was definitely a coordinated effort by the public schools of Marion to avoid OTC. Kerwin Bell's years. As OTC fell from that standard and Vanguard/North Marion got to keep their players, they started putting OTC back on the schedule. As you see OTC start to rise again, expect Marion County Publics to avoid OTC.

I am always confused on why more of the south Florida powers don't play each other, specifically St. Thomas Aquinas. Why don't they play Central, Northwestern, Carol City, American Heritage (Plantation), Columbus, Cardinal Gibbons more often or regularly? Don't get me wrong, they bring in or travel to some top teams, but I would think, they could do that locally as well. Is it STA that is ducking Miami Central or vice versa?

Palm Bay Heritage - Mykel Benson

Parrish Community High School

Fleming Island - Chad Parker

The average attendance was lower than 2008 (we had 9 games this year compared to previous years of 8), but yes, better attendance. It helps when hometown teams are in the finals (FSU High in Tallahassee, STA, American Heritage-Plantation, Miami Central for Ft. Lauderdale). A little surprised that Venice and Lakeland didn't draw better than Mainland/Lake Wales considering both were in the early slot and that Venice/Lakeland was on Saturday.

https://floridahsfootball.com/2022/12/20/attendance-up-at-fhsaa-state-championship-games-highest-reported-number-in-15-years/?fbclid=IwAR3SRFJlAUoTyC17F5m9kLRvdLBLukZFJLrvPt_WCnaJxM3tUSTjO2WCFHw 2007 52,750 AVG 6594 2008 36,087 AVG 4511 2009 33,008 AVG 4126 2010 33,653 AVG 4207 2011 27,164 AVG 3396 2012 29,953 AVG 3744 2013 25,603 AVG 3200 2014 28,062 AVG 3508 2015 29,078 AVG 3635 2016 33,082 AVG 4135 2017 30,719 AVG 3840 2018 26,673 AVG 3334 2019 33,568 AVG 4196 2020 15,449 AVG 1931 2021 26,849 AVG 3356 2022 38,306 AVG 4256 2017 1A: 3717 2017 2A: 1287 2017 3A: 1355 2017 4A: 4276 2017 5A: 4143 2017 6A: 5805 2017 7A: 4236 2017 8A: 5900 Total: 30,719 2018 1A: *** 2018 2A: 1052 2018 3A: 1722 2018 4A: 3213 2018 5A: 3644 2018 6A: 5907 2018 7A: 6693 2018 8A: 4442 Total: 26,673 2019 1A: 4229 2019 2A: 963 2019 3A: 2832 2019 4A: 1910 2019 5A: 9522 2019 6A: 2233 2019 7A: 5248 2019 8A: 6631 Total: 33,568 2020 1A: 2034 2020 2A: 831 2020 3A: 1229 2020 4A: 1344 2020 5A: 3704 2020 6A: 1668 2020 7A: 1632 2020 8A: 3007 Total: 15,449 2021 1A: 3474 2021 2A: 991 2021 3A: 1172 2021 4A: 4533 2021 5A: 3980 2021 6A: 2447 2021 7A: 6370 2021 8A: 3882 Total: 26,849 2022 1R: 2691 2022 1S: 1461 2022 2S: 3374 2022 3S: 4236 2022 4S: 3184 2022 1M: 1322 2022 2M: 9704 2022 3M: 5430 2022 4M: 6904 Total: 38,306

Palm Beach Lakes (West Palm Beach)

Menendez (St. Augustine)

Northside Christian (St. Petersburg) Bartram Trail (St. Johns) Olympic Heights (Boca Raton) Palmetto Ridge (Naples) Fort Walton Beach

Andrew Jackson (Jacksonville)

American Heritage (Delray Beach) - New Coach Brandon Rooze Andrew Jackson (Jacksonville) - New Coach Darryl Bartley Atlantic Coast (Jacksonville)- New Coach Step Durham Astronaut (Titusville) New Head Coach Logan Hallock Atlantic (Delray Beach) Avant Garde (Hollywood) Aubrey Rogers (Naples) - New Coach JJ Everage Bartram Trail (St. Johns) New Coach Cory Johns Bartow - New Coach Tyler Eden Bayside (Palm Bay) New Coach Billy Miller Bell Creek (Riverview) Belleview New Coach Thomas Elliot Bloomingdale (Valrico) - New Coach Patrick Murphy Boca Raton - New Coach Alex Savakinas Bradenton Christian - New Coach John Warren Brandon - New Coach Bruce McCaleb Buchholz (Gainesville) - New Coach Chuck Bell Cambridge (Tampa) - New Coach Brian Palone Centennial (Port St. Lucie) New Coach Jacob Turay Central Florida Christian (Orlando) Citrus (Inverness) New Coach Josh Ross Clewiston - New Coach Andrew Powell Colonial (Orlando) - Woody Cox Columbia (Lake City) - New Coach Brian Allen Cooper City - New Coach Art Taylor Coral Park (Miami) - Cypress Creek - Deltona - New Coach Matt Martin DeSoto County (Arcadia) - New Coach Jeff Lee Englewood (Jacksonville) - New Coach Kevin Johnson Evans (Orlando) - New Coach Karlos Odum Father Lopez (Daytona Beach) - New Coach Matt Nasser Flagler-Palm Coast - New Coach Daniel Fish Fleming Island - New Coach Chad Parker Fort Walton Beach - New Coach Bobby Clayton Fort White - Demetric Jackson Frostproof New Coach Richie Marsh Gainesville - New Coach Ian Scott Gibbs (St. Petersburg) - New Coach Emerson Clarke Gulf Breeze - New Coach Jeff Gierke Hamilton County (Jasper) New Coach Chris Cook Harmony (St. Cloud) - New Coach Nick Lippert (interim) Hilliard - New Coach Daniel Thomas Homes County (Bonifay) - Homestead - New Coach Ronnie Thorton Jr. Keystone Heights New Coach Steve Reynolds (Scroll Down) King's Academy (West Palm Beach)- New Coach Dan Burack Lake Nona (Orlando) - New Coach David Aubrey Lakeland New Coach Marvin Frazier Lakewood Ranch - New Coach Scott Paravicini Lecanto - New Coach Jacob Coulson Leesburg New Coach Steven Moffett Legacy Charter (Ocoee) - New Coach Zach Fox Lehigh (Lehigh Acres) - New Coach Casey Creehan Lely (Naples) - New Coach Ben Hammer Liberty (Kissimmee) - New Coach Dee Hart Melbourne Central Catholic = New Coach Nate Hooks Menendez (St. Augustine) - New Coach Ben White New Coach Anthony Rivers Miami Miami Carol City New Coach Derrick Baker Mount Dora Christian - New Coach Kolby Tackett Mulberry - New Coach Brad Metheny Munroe (Havana) - New Coach Michael Gaines Nature Coast (Brooksville) - New Coach Robert Kazmier North Fort Myers - New Coach David Pasquale Northeast (Oakland Park) - New Coach Kevin Claxton Northside Christian (St. Petersburg) - New Coach Bailey Granier Northwestern (Miami) - New Coach Michaelee Harris Nova (Davie) - New Coach Tyrus McCloud Oak Ridge (Orlando) - New Coach Andrew Anderson Oakleaf (Orange Park) New Coach Christopher Foy Ocoee - New Coach Sheddrick Gurley Olympic Heights (Boca Raton) New Coach Brian Pulaski P.K. Yonge (Gainesville) - Pahokee - New Coach Matthew Sparrowhawk Palm Bay - New Coach Dan Burke Palm Bay Heritage - New Coach Mykel Benson Palm Beach Lakes (West Palm Beach) New Coach Tumarian Moreland Palmetto - New Coach Rashad West Palmetto Ridge (Naples) - New Coach Zach Yates Parrish Community - New Coach Dylan Clark Pasco (Dade City) - Pine Forest - New Coach Tony Carter Piper (Sunrise) - New Coach Quentin Short Plant City New Coach Terrence Hicks Port St. Lucie Ridge Community (Davenport) - New Coach Richard Tate Riverdale (Fort Myers) - New Coach Kendoll Gibson Robinson (Tampa) New Coach Mike Williams Rocky Bayou Christian (Niceville) - New Coach KC Woods Rutherford (Panama City) - New Coach Albert Floyd Sarasota - New Coach Josh Phillips Seabreeze (Daytona Beach) - New Coach Lester Davis Seminole (Sanford) - New Coach Karl Calhoun Somerset Academy Charter (Pembroke Pines) Somerset Academy Charter (Silver Palms) - New Coach Matt Dixon South Lake (Groveland) - New Coach Brad Lord Southwest Florida Christian (Fort Myers) Stoneman Douglas (Parkland) - New Coach Keith Hindsley Sunlake - New Coach BJ Hall Tavares - New Coach Gavin Jones The Master's Academy (Oviedo) - New Coach Garrett Kruczek Tocoi Creek (St. Augustine) - New Coach Zach Harbison Trinity Christian (Deltona) - New Coach Bill Cosens Trinity Prep (Winter Park) Umatilla - New Coach Eric Samuels University (Orange City) - New Coach Justin Roberts Wellington - New Coach Ross Pryor West Nassau New Coach Gunnar Cox Westland Hialeah Westminster Academy (Miami) Wharton (Tampa) New Coach Robert Baham Jr. Winter Haven - New Coach Carl White Wolfson - New Coach Jermaine Wilson I usually try to post the coaching changes, I am sure there are other changes that are coming or already made. Please free to post them (or the newspaper/twitter confirmation)

I don't know it is a bad reflection on the Panhandle/North, but there aren't that many good teams North of Orlando this year in any classification. Buchholz, Columbia, Bradford, FSU High, Bolles are the only schools North of Ocala that made the Final Four (not counting Rural Classification) and only FSU remains. I just don't think this was the North's year. As for the OL, I don't think CHS has a good OL since Laremy Tunsil over 10 years ago. This year was no different. I would love to hear what @DisabledAccounthas to say about this.

I will state this year's Columbia team (even in last year's classification/bracket) probably still is a final four team. Having said that, this team wasn't complete or consistent. They depended entirely too much on their defense to make scoring opportunities rather than their offense to be able to march down the field methodically. All 3 of their playoff wins were relatively low scoring games by the offense, even in the regular season Columbia's district wins against easy opponents didn't come easy. They didn't dominate. They didn't put that running clock up early (other than Ridgeview). The team once again asked the defense to bail them out, keep them in the game, and find opportunities to score as the offense failed to be able to do anything consistent. Honestly, the result didn't surprise at all (maybe the margin). If you are going to be a state championship team, you need to do one thing great and other things good. Columbia played great defense (until last night), but their offense was anything but good.

28-0 6 minutes left in 2nd

21-0 Lake Wales 7 minutes leftbin 2nd

14-0 Lake Wales 9 minutes left in 2nd Quarter

Does anybody have any idea of what days/time the games are? Like when each classification is playing. How does the FHSAA determine this?

Is this going to be like on FlaVarsity, where you just went to a different account, but still kept posting?