s1nglewing
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Gadsden has a pretty fair chance of getting their first win on Friday.
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Franklin probably had about as much desire to play PSJ as PSJ had to play Franklin. Neither team has anything to gain from playing the other.
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Several rural small public schools were threatening to withdraw from FHSAA if forced to continue playing against urban, often private, schools and offered the 1A Rural suggestion to FHSAA who then amended and approved it. The classification was never about the schools being unable to compete, but about the perception of fair competition. Rural areas rarely, if ever, have athletic transfers in the volume that urban schools do.
Additionally, the new playoff format rewards small enrollment schools playing larger class schools, and there you go.
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Bay has also canceled their final game this Friday with Choctawhatchee.
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Flagler Palm Coast (7-2) at Mandarin (5-3) (Thursday)
Raines (7-1) at Lincoln (6-2) (Thursday)
No. 1 Carol City (8-0) vs. No. 2 Miami Central (8-1)
South Dade (7-1) vs. Miami Southridge (6-2)Cocoa (6-2) at Pahokee (5-4)
Barron Collier (7-1) at Naples (7-1)
Apopka (6-2) at Wekiva (7-1)
Gulf Breeze (7-1) at Navarre (7-1)
Tampa Bay Tech (7-1) at Plant City (8-1)
Clearwater Central Catholic (9-0) at Cardinal Mooney (8-0) -
Panama City
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Everrit and Jinks middle schools were heavily damaged
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No. 4 St. Thomas Aquinas (4-1) at No. 3 Deerfield Beach (6-0)
No. 1 Miami Carol City (5-0) vs. No. 24 Miami Southridge (5-1)
No. 12 Wekiva (4-1) at Dr. Phillips (2-4)
Delray American Heritage (5-0) at No. 18 University School (5-0)
No. 25 Navarre (6-0) at Escambia (4-1)
No. 17 Kissimmee Osceola (5-0) at Jesuit (5-0)
No. 20 Armwood (4-1) at Plant City (6-0)
Gainesville (4-1) vs. Buchholz (3-2)
Fort Meade (2-3) at Avon Park (5-1)
Champagnat (3-2) at Venice (4-1) -
3 hours ago, ColumbiaHighFan2017class said:
West Nassau vs Baldwin has been replaced by Venice vs Braden River
I didn't get to make change before you posted your picks so wanted to give heads up
Thanks - original picks edited.
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No. 3 Columbia (5-0) at No. 7 Trinity Christian (Jacksonville) (5-0)
No. 8 Wekiva (4-0) at West Orange (4-1)
No. 10 Vero Beach (5-0) at Centennial (5-0)
No. 25 Navarre (5-0) at Pace (4-1)
No. 13 Godby (5-0) at Wakulla (4-1)
No. 24 Miami Southridge (4-1) vs. Miami Palmetto (4-0)
Victory Christian (5-0) at Frostproof (4-1)
Venice vs Braden River
Crystal River (4-1) at Hernando (4-1)
Pine Forest (3-1) at Escambia (4-0) -
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No. 5 Miami Central (3-1) at No. 2 St. Thomas Aquinas (4-0)
No. 7 American Heritage (Plantation) (3-1) at No. 17 Chaminade-Madonna (3-1)
No. 10 Vero Beach (4-0) at Pahokee (2-1)
No. 11 South Dade (4-0) vs. Miami Jackson (3-1)
Miami Southridge (3-1) at No. 24 Rockledge (4-0)
Madison County (4-0) at No. 4 Columbia (4-0)
Chiefland (4-0) at Dixie County (3-1)
Menendez (3-1) at Ponte Vedra (4-0)
Charlotte (3-1) at Fort Myers (4-0)
Pine Forest (3-0) at Navarre (4-0) -
No. 23 Armwood (1-1) at Chamberlain (2-1)
No. 21 Lee (3-0) at No. 4 Columbia (3-0)
No. 3 Trinity Christian (Jacksonville) (3-0) at Bolles (2-1)
No. 15 Columbus (2-1) vs. Booker T. Washington (2-1)
Winter Haven (3-0) at No. 20 Osceola (Kissimmee) (3-0)
Palm Beach Gardens (3-0) at Seminole Ridge (2-0)
Lincoln (2-1) at Lowndes (GA) (3-1)
Palmetto (2-1) at Braden River (2-1)
Gulf Breeze (3-0) at Pine Forest (2-0)
Miami Jackson (3-0) at Cardinal Gibbons (1-2) -
It's not the number of players on a roster, but the number of quality athletes on the roster that counts. Walton HS has 108 players on their roster (per Maxpreps), while Apopka lists 94. Using roster size logic, were the two teams to play it should be an even contest, but in reality, Apopka would win by as much as they wanted to and probably more.
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2 hours ago, OldSchoolLion said:
I understand what you are saying. What strikes me is odd is that some of those 1A schools don't seem to have an issue playing larger schools during the regular season. For example, this season, Port St Joe is playing 4A Marianna, Rutherford, Walton, and S Walton, and 5A Bay and Arnold. And some of these 1A teams do quite well against the larger schools.
Today, I cannot think of a rural school in 2A-4A that would dominate the 1A class if they were in it.
PSJ's coach knew they were going to have equivalent depth and athleticism to play with the teams he scheduled, Marianna, Rutherford, Arnold, and Bay are not very good, and Walton is downright bad this season.
Madison County is doing quite well as a 4A playing in 1A.
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Rocky Bayou, Munroe, Aucilla, etc that are rural 2A that could play in 1A won't because they simply don't have the enrollment to compete in 1A. Munroe had 80 kids in HS as of the 2017 population report.
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No. 6 Columbus at No. 1 Miami Carol City
No. 9 Lakeland at No. 19 Apopka
No. 15 Miami Northwestern at No. 13 South Dade
No. 8 American Heritage (Plantation) at Miramar
No. 22 Atlantic (Delray) at PahokeeNo. 3 Miami Central at St. John's College, DC
Armwood at No. 11 Plant
No. 5 Columbia at Buchholz
Baldwin at Dixie County
Navarre at Crestview -
The current rural 1A came about because of the real or imagined perception of advantage that urban 2A & 3A schools have. If FHSAA follows your suggestions there will be no, or just a very few, current 1A teams playing in the state series. They'll go independent and have their own conference champion, as was threatened several years ago - which happens to have brought about the current rural/urban classification system for small schools.
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So did MCC get roasted by a small country school in Mississippi?
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No. 4 Miami Northwestern (1-0) at No. 9 Columbus (Miami) (1-0)
No. 3 Miami Central (1-0) at Booker T. Washington (Miami) (1-0)
No. 12 Cocoa (1-0) at Treasure Coast (1-0)
No. 15 Dwyer (Palm Beach Gardens) (1-0) at Atlantic (Delray Beach) (1-0)
No. 23 Apopka (1-0) at Bartram Trail (1-0)
No. 20 Deerfield Beach (1-0) at Buford, Ga. (2-0)
Buchholz (1-0) at No. 17 Vanguard (Ocala) (1-0)
No. 6 Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale) (0-1) at Milton, Ga. (2-0)
No. 10 Wekiva (Apopka) (1-0) vs. North Gwinnett, Ga. (1-0) at Milton High, Ga.
Vernon (0-0) at Baker (1-0) -
FRIDAY
No. 1 Miami Carol City at No. 4 American Heritage (Plantation)
No. 23 Vero Beach at No. 16 Venice
Deerfield Beach at No. 9 Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood)
Robert E. Lee (Jacksonville) at No. 10 Raines (Jacksonville)
Palm Bay (Melbourne) at No. 18 Cocoa
Tampa Bay Tech at No. 13 Armwood (Seffner)
No. 24 Clay (Green Cove Springs) at Fleming Island (Orange Park)
SATURDAY
No. 8 Dr. Phillips at Lee County, GA
DeMatha Catholic, MD at No. 2 St. Thomas Aquinas
No. 5 Miami Central at No. 3 Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale)
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Rocky Bayou appears to have scheduled a game against a mythical movie-based school in Georgia, Shiloh Christian, on August 24. The movie was "Facing the Giants" (2006) based on Sherwood Christian's football team in the early 2000's, and produced, directed, and acted (in large part) by then-members of the faculty.
There is no school named Shiloh Christian in Georgia. Not in GISA, not in GHSA, not in GICAA. There IS a Shiloh Hills Christian in Kennesaw, GA who participated in GICAA 8-man football last season (with nine players total on their team) who are not currently listed as participating in 8-man for the 2018 season.
Link to IMDB "Facing the Giants":
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0805526/
LOL
*update* According to MaxPreps RBC is playing Sherwood Christian on 24 Aug, not "Shiloh" lololol - and the Knights might well win. Sherwood is in the midst of a 27 game losing streak.
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2 hours ago, ColumbiaHighFan2017class said:
I thought St Augustine won in 05
They did.
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Seems like among the smaller schools, that the folks in Defuniak think they're gonna be pretty strong.
0-9 Gadsden is Playoff Worthy
in The Huddle
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Gadsden will be without their head coach this evening - Coach Striplin had a heart attack this morning and is recovering from an emergency triple bypass.