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Archbishop McCarthy
Calvary Christian
 
North Broward Prep
 
Key West
 
Westminster Academy
Coral Springs Charter
Coral Glades
 
Pompano Beach
 
Pembroke Pines Charter
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Inlet Grove

everyone is talking like mc is out of it...?

This is my list of some of the stronger teams, and where they stand right now for mostly Regions 3+4.  These rankings are based on my thoughts if they were to meet on a neutral field this weekend slightly more so than record.  Every tier are teams that may be more likely to upset one another.  Every gap is a slight gap on the level of the team (some tiers are separated by 2 gaps).
 
 
 
8A Region 4:
 
Southridge
Coral Gables
 
Columbus
Palmetto
 
Southwest
North Miami Beach
Belen Jesuit
South Dade
 
Killian
American
 
Of note: North Miami
 
8A Region 3:
 
Deerfield Beach
 
Miramar
Flanagan
 
Park Vista
Western
Piper
Atlantic Delray
Boca Raton
Stoneman Douglas
PB Gardens
 
Of note: Seminole Ridge, Wellington, Lake Worth, Coral Springs, PB Central
 
 
7A Region 4:
 
St. Thomas Aquinas
 
 
Dwyer
 
McArthur
Mater Academy
South Broward
Palm Beach Lakes
 
Doral Academy
Fort Lauderdale
Ely
Royal Palm Beach
 
Of note: Olympic Heights
 
 
 
6A Region 3:
 
Naples
Charlotte
 
Port Charlotte
Fort Myers
Clearwater
 
North Fort Myers
Lehigh
Baron Collier
Northeast
Boca Ciega
 
 
 
6A Region 4:
 
Carol City
Mainland
Miami Central
Miami Northwestern
 
Miami Norland
Boyd Anderson
Sebastian River
Dillard
 
Matanzas
Okeechobee
 
Of note: Deltona, Heritage, Jensen Beach, Boynton Beach
 
5A Region 4:
 
American Heritage Plantation
 
 
Cardinal Gibbons
Bishop Moore
 
Palm Bay
Hallandale
Miami Jackson
 
 
Merritt Island
Rockledge
 
Stranahan
Suncoast
 
4A Region 3+4:
 
Cocoa
Booker T. Washington
 
 
Miami Edison
Monsignor Pace
Glades Central
Jones
Avon Park
 
Lake Highland Prep
Keys Gate Charter
Clewiston
 
Of note: University School, Atlantic Port Orange
 
 
3A Region 3+4:
 
Oxbridge Academy
 
Chaminade-Madonna
 
Clearwater Central Catholic
Melbourne Central Catholic
 
American Heritage Delray
Cardinal Mooney
John Carroll
 
Westminster Christian
Cardinal Newman
Holy Trinity Episcopal
 
2A Region 3+4:
 
Cambridge Christian
Champagnat Catholic
 
First Baptist Naples
Northside Christian
Admiral Farragut
 
Community School of Naples
Village Academy Delray Beach
 
Indian Rocks Christian
International School of Broward
Moore Haven
 
1A Region 3+4:
 
Madison County
Pahokee
 
Trenton
Newberry
 
Fort White
Dixie County
 
Fort Meade
Union County 
Williston
 
Of note: Baldwin, Crescent City
Naples
Charlotte
 
Port Charlotte
Fort Myers
Clearwater
 
North Fort Myers
Lehigh
Baron Collier
Northeast
Boca Ciega

They both should be very close.  I will lean both Home teams.  So Douglas and Boca.  Hopefully, I can pick one right 

Here's my top 25
 
1. Miami Central 5-0
2. St. Thomas Aquinas 3-1
3. IMG Academy 5-0
4. American Heritage (Plantation) 5-0
5. Mainland 5-0
6. Bolles 4-0
7. Booker T. Washington 3-2
8. Apopka 5-0
9. Plant 4-0
10. Oxbridge Academy 5-0
11. Dwyer 4-0
12. Armwood 3-1
13. Cocoa 3-1
14. Coral Gables 4-0
15. Miami Northwestern 4-1
16. Cardinal Gibbons 4-0
17. Dr. Phillips 3-2
18. Trinity Christian Academy 2-2
19. Raines 4-0
20. Naples 4-0
21. Vanguard 4-0
22. Madison County 4-0
23. Bocas Raton 4-0
24. Pahokee 5-0
25. Jones 5-0
 
I wanted to add in Vero Beach at 5-0 but just didn't know where.

I don't even have AHD in my palm beach top 10 after past week, they have not impressed me whatsoever

And it gets even better with the bias....:
 
The Palm Beach Post is so out of touch with HS football.  The just stay hating Oxbridge Academy, pick up old news articles and make picks, and stay in bed with AHD !
 
 
Look at how the writers (Courtesy of Adam Lichtenstein and Jodie Wagner of the PB Post)  broke down PB County teams in their polls:  
 
http://highschoolbuzz.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2016/08/18/football-breaking-down-the-posts-votes-in-the-associated-press-preseason-poll/
 
 
 
 Football: Breaking down the Post’s votes in the Associated Press preseason poll  August 18, 2016 | Filed in: Adam Lichtenstein, Football, Jodie Wagner.        The Associated Press’ preseason high school football poll is out. Four Palm Beach County teams made the cut and several more received votes.
American Heritage was the highest ranked Palm Beach County team in the Associated Press’ preseason poll. The Stallions were ranked No. 2 in Class 3A. (Photo by Phelan M. Ebenhack)
Palm Beach Post writers Adam Lichtenstein and Jodie Wagner both have votes in the AP poll, so this week we will break down where we put Palm Beach County teams in our polls.
Here is what we decided:
Class 8A
Atlantic
Adam: I ranked the Eagles fifth in the class. Atlantic is almost certainly the top 8A team in the county, but there are talented teams several top teams south of them — namely, Pembroke Pines-Flanagan and Miami-Columbus.
Jodie: I ranked the Eagles seventh, which is where they ended up in this week’s poll. Atlantic went 12-1 last season and returns a handful of key players from that team, but there is plenty of talent ahead of them. 8A, as usual, is going to be tough this season.
Palm Beach Gardens
Adam: I ranked the Gators 10th to start the season. Gardens struggled at times while putting together a 6-4 record last season, but the Gators have some of the most talented players in the county. If the offense is improved, they will do much better this year.
Jodie: I also ranked the Gators 10th to start the season. Palm Beach Gardens has plenty of talent on both sides of the ball, and will throw more this season than they have in the past. An improved Gators’ offense, as Adam said, could be the key.
Class 7A
Dwyer
Adam: I put the Panthers third in the class. There is no one topping Fort Lauderdale-St. Thomas Aquinas in the class, and maybe in the country. I also put Bradenton-Braden River ahead of Dwyer, as that team expects to match its dominating defense from last season.
Jodie: I also put the Panthers in the third slot, behind national No. 1 St. Thomas Aquinas and 2015 state semifinalist Braden River. Dwyer is eager for a playoff rematch with the Raiders, and could get it. The Panthers have talent and depth, and look to go deep into the postseason.
Class 3A
American Heritage
Adam: I ranked the Stallions second in this class. Jacksonville-Trinity Christian is the undisputed No. 1 team in the class, so while Heritage is loaded this season, it needs to get over that hump.
Jodie: I put American Heritage at No. 3 in this class, behind nationally ranked Trinity Christian and deep Clearwater Central Catholic. The Stallions are loaded again this year, but so are the Conquerors and Marauders. American Heritage has beaten CCC two years in a row in the state semifinals, and are aiming for a three-peat.
Class 1A
Pahokee
Adam: I ranked Pahokee fourth in 1A. The Blue Devils could have made a deeper run in the playoffs last season had head coach Alphonso Smith not been suspended days before their first playoff game. Pahokee is possibly even more talented this year, so the team could have a shot at a state playoffs appearance.
Jodie: I did not rank Pahokee in Class 1A, but only because the Blue Devils were not included among the list of teams at the time I voted (yep, early). Pahokee would have gotten my vote, probably at No. 4.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
My thoughts:
 
8A - Did not even reference Boca Raton in PB county.  So out of tune they reference Flanagan and Columbus (no clue of the talent on Deerfield Beach and Southridge though...)
7A - Only Dwyer made their cut.  Maybe not a top 10 7A team, but they could have at least referenced PB Lakes somewhere in 7A.
3A.  AHP.  - Of course       No Oxbridge Academy in the AP Votes for 3A top 10 ... Can you say "Grudge" PB Post?
2A - How about the possibility of a pretty good Village Academy in the top 10 in 2A?  They are in that area in many polls and they are in PB County (Delray Beach to be exact. Perhaps they have never heard of them.)
1A - Well they at least got that right.
 
These are writers that represent and have votes in the AP poll.  Here you have clear cut bias specifically with Oxbridge Academy not in their top 10, yet probably 99% of the rest of the writers in the state have Oxbridge in their top 10.  Oddly enough Oxbridge is the PB Post own/home county?   
Everyone has opinions I guess....
 

Courtesy of Prepbuilders.com and Naji Tobias:
 
Pretty good read and PB County Preseason top 10:
 
http://prepbuilders.com/preseason-no-1/
 
 
 
By Naji Tobias
 
Let the madness begin.
To be blunt, there are legitimate questions about every single top-tier team in Palm Beach County. We honestly don’t see any team as a great overall unit – at least not right now, anyway.
With that said, it all came down to a couple of things: schedule strength and a team’s potential path to their respective state championship game later this fall.
We know there will be plenty of outrage in regards to our Preseason Top 10. But when we have absolutely no great teams in our area, these things are bound to happen.
Let’s get this out of the way. Kickoff classic games shouldn’t matter, but in our eyes, everything counts.
Only two of our top six teams won their kickoff classic games, with Atlantic and Oxbridge Academy taking down their respective opponents last week (Atlantic over Mater Academy, 19-15; Oxbridge over Osceola, 49-0). And the others either lost or tied their respective games.
Aside from that, schedule strength matters to us in a big way. For example, when you look at the fact that Oxbridge Academy will play the likes of Flanagan, Carol City, and IMG Academy in the regular season – three of the top overall teams in Florida – it speaks volumes to the level of competition a team is willing to match up against.
Without delving any further into everyone else’s schedule and potential, let’s get to the list right now.
PRESEASON TOP 10
1. Oxbridge Academy (3A; 0-0)
2. Delray Beach Atlantic (8A; 0-0)
3. Dwyer (7A; 0-0)
4. Delray Beach American Heritage (3A; 0-0)
5. Glades Central (4A; 0-0)
6. Palm Beach Gardens (8A; 0-0)
7. Boca Raton (8A; 0-0)
8. Pahokee (1A; 0-0)
9. Palm Beach Lakes (7A; 0-0)
10. Lake Worth (8A; 0-0)
WAITING IN THE WINGS: Boynton Beach (6A; 0-0), Palm Beach Central (8A, 0-0), Park Vista (8A; 0-0), Royal Palm Beach (7A; 0-0), Seminole Ridge (8A; 0-0), Village Academy (2A; 0-0), Wellington (8A; 0-0), West Boca Raton (7A; 0-0)
NOTE: We are expecting fluid changes to our Top 10 every week this season. Don’t be surprised if several new teams appear in and out of the Top 10 early and often.
 
 

Read up on the game - http://floridahsfootball.com/2016/08/21/deerfield-beach-upends-chaminade-madonna-kickoff-classic/

Very true.   I have never seen it looking that good in the last few years!

Biggest takeaway is that deerfield finally fixed their field. lol

Miami Central: 35
Royal Palm: 0  2Q
 
Deerfield: 20
Chaminade: 7 Halftime
 
Carol city: 7
IMG: 0 Halftime

Cause there 5* and 4* from other states don't mean they are 5* and 4* in fla

At the Game Will be reporting live.!!

I found this:
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhPD_7hSUos&feature=youtu.be

I thought there is a IMG/Facebook video feed for this game?  James Ricks mentioned it somewhere.

I thought cocoa was a public school?

Cocoa's Schedule
 
Clearwater (Clearwater, FL)   Kick Off... Trinity Christian Academy (Jacksonville, FL) @ Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, NV) @ Viera (Viera, FL) Mainland (Daytona Beach, FL)   4 top 100 teams.

accurate except the last 2... Plantation by 14+ and Miramar by 3

https://youtu.be/O-3jAGmyNc4

Couple of lowkey transfers and A big upgrade at the qb position

Agree, but don't forget that Boca lost perhaps their top WR a couple weeks ago.  Is Boca really that much better than last year or are they just going to look better because Atlantic is so much worse?

Bye week 11? Never have been a fan of teams taking a bye wk 1 or wk 11. 

AMERICAN HERITAGE @ COLQUIT.....i have colqquit winning in a barn burner @ home 34-31
 
DEERFIELD @ HALLANDALE ....I have deerfield winning 28-14
 
STA @ BOOKER T WASHINGTON .....i have the tornadoes winning this one with the upset with the whole dade behind them with a game wining interception winning 28-24
 
stranahan @ dillard i have dillard kicking off the season with a blast 42-7 to go 1-0
 
oxbridge academy @ flanagan ...i have the dirty birds winning @ home 31-14
 
blanche ely @ north marion.....i have north marion winning 35-21
 
 
plantation @ cardinal gibbons ...this game can go eaither way i have gibbons winning at home 17-14
 
matar academy @ miramar...another lowkey Good Game i want to pick miramar @ home but my head telling me matar academy 21-6

Don't know if thi was reported but Delray Atlantic C/o 2017 ATH George Hunter now at Boynton beach high