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Mandarin to kickoff. Long kick lands in the end zone. Apopka to start at their own 20.

Mandarin now at the Apopka 26 as they convert a first down with a pass to the flats. Second and 10 at the 26, Mandarin. 4:54 left in the first quarter. First down Mandarin at the 16. Five yard pickup by Mandarin on a running play. Second and 5 at the Apopka 11. Touchdown Mandarin on a QB keeper. Four drives in the game 4 touchdowns. Missed extra point Mandarin. Score Apopka leads 14-12.

Mandarin has not run the ball and Apopka has not passed. Third down and 2 Mandarin at the Apopka 42.

Apopka makes an onside kick and recovers. However, negated on a penalty. Mandarin 1st down at the 50.

1st down Apopka at Mandarin's 30. Now down to the 25. Second down. Third down at the 24. 4th down at the 23. 1st down Apopka at 19, as Mandarin is offside. Touchdown Apopka, as Cornelius Williams goes in for his second. Apopka goes for 2 and does not make it. Apopka 14 Mandarin 6.

Apopka takes the kickoff up to the 40. 1st down Apopka at the 40. 9 minutes left. Encroachment Mandarin. 1st and 5 at 45.

Mandarin now deep in Apopka territory on a pass interference call. 1st and 10 Mandarin at the Apopka 18. Touchdown Mandarin. Apopka 8 Mandarin 6 as the extra point kick is blocked.

Mandarin takes the kickoff down to the Apopka 1. However, there are flags on the play. Holding against Mandarin. Ball to come back to the Mandarin 37. 1st and 10 Mandarin. Mandarin quickly converts on a pass to get the ball to midfield.

Touchdown Apopka after a 64 yard run by Cornelius Williams. Apopka 8-0 after converting a two point try. 10:30 in the quarter.

First down Apopka at the 22.

Minutes to kickoff. Apopka playing in Carolina Blue tops per the commentator. Not sure I like Carolina Blue. Apopka to receive.

I can say, confidently, that DAN is one of them!

There is no real favorite at this time. Come the playoffs, one or two teams may separate themselves. My dark horse from Central Florida is Seminole High. They are young, but talented. But I could see any of: Apopka, DP, Wekiva, Seminole, Osceola, Winter Park, Vero Beach, Riverview or Orange City representing the North, maybe even Spruce Creek. In the South, I could see: Columbus, Miami High, South Ridge, Deerfield Beach, Miramar or maybe even South Dade.

They also lost their best receiver to Trinity Christian. Kid almost single handidly beat Apopka. Good thing they did not have three of him.

Yes. Is the OC Buddy Hurd? Yes, a third round between Apopka vs Wekiva would have at least 7000. Both teams have to get there first, though.

With Brandon Williams at QB, Wekiva's offense is adequate. The kid is a good runner and an average plus passer. When Sean Robles is taking the snaps, the offense tends to stall because while he has a decent arm he is not accurate; and he is not a runner. If Wekiva can score 14 or more against quality teams they are difficult to beat.

Not really a shocker. DP has not impressed me much this year. I thought last year's team was at least a level better. I did pick DP to win this game mostly because Wekiva had shown very little offense in its last two games. A few comments: 1. I did not see any Wekiva players kneel when the anthem was played. Perhaps administration had a say in this. 2. The best team won tonight. Wekiva missed a field goal wide right in the second quarter from 35 yards just wide right. 3. Wekiva fumbled the ball at the DP 2 in the third quarter which DP recovered in the end zone for a touch back. 4. The score was all zero till the fourth. Wekiva scored on a 35 yard QB keeper (Brandon WIlliams) midway through the 4th. 5. Former Blue Darter Cayvian Holmes sealed the deal with a pick 6 on DP's next posession. If these two teams meet again, I don't know what will happen. However, tonight Wekiva deserved the win. Their defensive interior is very, very good and their secondary is good. Apopka will have its hands full against them later this month.

Yes, Your team is their most difficult game. They have already been blown out by a weak team. Probably because this team is made up of those who actually pay the $75,000 per year tab.

I agree with most of the above. However, going forward, the new system should make it more difficult for really bad teams to make the playoffs. So the Leon and Gateway vis a viz Norland, should to some degree go away. The one thing I do take some issue with is the comment about beating bad teams. While I agree that a one point loss to an IMG or Lakeland should not get 33 points versus 50 points for a close win over a Mount Dora Christian, in general, who would make the call as to which team is bad? Take the Hagerty situation. I believe they made the playoffs last year; hence, beating them this year garners a decent amount of points, even though they may not be very good this year. Perhaps a better solution would have been if we had kept the District winner/runner up situation but mandated that a district needed to be at least 4 teams or if three or less were allowed, then only the district champ would automatically be in with some kind of Regional wild card situation to deal with the other spot (s).

Because Dillard has a better history and tradition than that. And, I do believe Dillard could be competitive with the best in Florida with some changes. If you move down to independent, there is no incentive to restore the program to its better years!

I hope Dillard does not make that move. I believe Dillard can compete in 6A with some changes to the program.

I believe Columbus and Belan Jesuit are the only 8A privates. Columbus is bigger than St. Thomas (adjusted for being an all boys school), Belan is not. I believe St. Thomas is a middle tier 7A school in terms of population. Belan moved to 8A due to the huge Miami District in 7A and the fact Columbus is a rival.

Come on, man, Dillard is not that bad! Or are you just looking for a league where you could say Dillard is the best team?

There are 8A teams that would not welcome St. Thomas. Personally, I am fine with them remaining in 7A.

The logistics would not work in some of the classifications. Too much travel during the playoffs for some teams would result from this. To be honest, the new system with any team within each region playing any other depending on the regular season, seems pretty good to me.