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How can there be "home cooking"? I thought that the referees always come from a different area than where they are officiating? Unless one of the officials is making a monetary bet on a specific team, which of course is illegal, what would be in it for them to give preference to one team or the other? Just asking. 

It's because South Sumter has a history. At one time they used to be one of the toughest teams in Florida under HC Inman Sherman who was their coach for 31 years ending with the 2016 season. Since 2017 they have not been quite the same team but each year they are getting back to where they used to be. This is the first year they have been at full strength physically and skill wise. They will give Madison trouble especially in South Sumter.

IMG 49 - Venice 13. All considered Venice played a pretty good game. IMG had a load of penalties otherwise the score may have been worse. Both teams had early season jitters causing mistakes. IMG QB is very good. There was a large crowd with the majority wearing masks but no social distancing. I'm quite sure that Venice HS allowed anyone in that wanted to see the game. So maybe there is hope for decent crowds for other games.

Wellllllllll. The folks coming into a stadium are checked at the gate, are they not? If they have a mask on and know the rules then things should be fine. Plus it's outside where viruses don't propagate like inside. You can't shut the entire world down because of a few idiots otherwise none of us would drive on a highway would we.

Hmmmmmm. I thought that masks and social distancing were to keep you from getting the virus. So, I guess that only applies everywhere but in a football stadium. So anyone can safely go to a Walmart (inside) with a mask and social distancing but can't go safely with a mask and social distancing at a stadium (outside). I'm surprised the powers to be are not making the players where masks and social distance when on the field of play. I guess the powers to be missed the latest CDC report which stated that out of 151,000 people that have died in the US only 9,000 or so died from Covid-19. The rest died from or with other comorbidities. If you doubt it go to the CDC website.  One of the enjoyments at my age is going to the games to watch the team that I support. I have no student at the school so I guess I'm SOL. I just think this whole thing is beyond absurd.

Come on Man.  If it's posted that you won't get in unless you have a mask on then nobody is going to throw a fit and hold up the line. That is really a stretch. I was talking about fatal accidents that happen on the highways due to idiots.

Wellllllllll. The folks coming into a stadium are checked at the gate, are they not? If they have a mask on and know the rules then things should be fine. Plus it's outside where viruses don't propagate like inside. You can't shut the entire world down because of a few idiots otherwise none of us would drive on a highway would we.

Hmmmmmm. I thought that masks and social distancing were to keep you from getting the virus. So, I guess that only applies everywhere but in a football stadium. So anyone can safely go to a Walmart (inside) with a mask and social distancing but can't go safely with a mask and social distancing at a stadium (outside). I'm surprised the powers to be are not making the players where masks and social distance when on the field of play. I guess the powers to be missed the latest CDC report which stated that out of 151,000 people that have died in the US only 9,000 or so died from Covid-19. The rest died from or with other comorbidities. If you doubt it go to the CDC website.  One of the enjoyments at my age is going to the games to watch the team that I support. I have no student at the school so I guess I'm SOL. I just think this whole thing is beyond absurd.

One small correction. IMG is considered Freelance not Independent. Don't know exactly if or whether there is any difference between the two classifications.

Agree. Should go back to 3A or 4A where they were always one of the best teams in those classes.

Last season SS had a very young team. Practically no Seniors. Looking at their roster they have most of their starting team back and a lot of Seniors. A pretty good returning QB. When SS is at full strength they are hard to beat. They did give Cocoa a tough game last year. I just think that the Celtics should prepare well for them the 2nd game of the season.

Look, you seem to be stuck on a broken record. The government statistics are that so far 160,000 people have supposedly died from Covid-19. Per capita the US has the third lowest deaths in the world. That tricky mathematical formula per capita somehow escapes some of the so called experts that have in their mind that the US has the most deaths of any country. Just look it up. 160,000 divided by 330 million is 0.0045%. the 3rd lowest percentage of deaths in the world "PER CAPITA". I guess we must have been doing something right to have those low statistics. Those stats are even lower than the annual flu that comes around every year like clockwork. But, nobody wants to face up to facts and statistics. Too boring I guess.

I have to admit that Pahokee made a lot of mistakes in that game that allowed my Celtics to build up a 30-7 halftime lead. Also, Let's face it the Celtics were good enough to take advantage of those mistakes. Remember Pahokee was a powerhouse that had won a few championships and most of them with ease. It was the Celtics first time in the finals. We got cocky I believe and thought the game was won. Robert love had other plans. Pahokee scored 3 TDs and a touch back to tie the score in the 2nd half mostly through the effort of QB Love. Late in the 4th quarter the Celtic's RB Rudell Small ripped off a 65 yard run right up the middle to put the Celtics up 37-30 which is how the game ended. The Celtics defeated one of the best teams in Florida and one of the best teams of all time. Quite an accomplishment.

I would venture to say not one player would state that he didn't want to play and, as such, please cancel the season. The players want to play football regardless. If football is cancelled you are going to see thousands of pretty upset and downright angry kids. Just think of the trouble they can get into when they have just had the sport they love the most taken away from them and possibly any chance of getting in to college. Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of parents and fans who support those teams and their players.

I lived through the Polio age and remember when the vaccine was discovered and perfected. Took them nearly four years to perfect a vaccine. A horrible experience your family member went through probably for the rest of his/her life. My condolences, truly. As kids we shuddered at the thought of getting Polio.
Covid-19 is of the SARS-CoV family type virus. It's classified as SARS-CoV2 but is structurally somewhat different than SARS-CoV. According to the Lancet Medical Journal Covid-19 is way below the SARS-CoV fatality rate and also very far below the fatality rate for the MERS family of viruses. The US, over the years, has been hit by both SARS and MERS viruses and we survived all of them without shutting things down. By the way, we also survived Poliomyelitis and all of the childhood diseases, most of them viruses, without shutting things down. And there were no vaccines for those childhood diseases until many years later. This is the first time in my lifetime, and I'm an old timer, that any disease has even attempted to cause the country to shutdown. Many many doctors, some of them ICU, emergency room, and specialist type doctors disagree totally with the CDC and believe they are the problem. There are 5 countries that never shutdown and they all survived in better shape than the countries that did shut down. None of them destroyed their economy and locked their people away like POW's. Just saying.

I lived through the Polio age and remember when the vaccine was discovered and perfected. Took them nearly four years to perfect a vaccine. A horrible experience your family member went through probably for the rest of his/her life. My condolences, truly. As kids we shuddered at the thought of getting Polio.
Covid-19 is of the SARS-CoV family type virus. It's classified as SARS-CoV2 but is structurally somewhat different than SARS-CoV. According to the Lancet Medical Journal Covid-19 is way below the SARS-CoV fatality rate and also very far below the fatality rate for the MERS family of viruses. The US, over the years, has been hit by both SARS and MERS viruses and we survived all of them without shutting things down. By the way, we also survived Poliomyelitis and all of the childhood diseases, most of them viruses, without shutting things down. And there were no vaccines for those childhood diseases until many years later. This is the first time in my lifetime, and I'm an old timer, that any disease has even attempted to cause the country to shutdown. Many many doctors, some of them ICU, emergency room, and specialist type doctors disagree totally with the CDC and believe they are the problem. There are 5 countries that never shutdown and they all survived in better shape than the countries that did shut down. None of them destroyed their economy and locked their people away like POW's. Just saying.

The body's natural immune system protects from and fights off viruses. There is no cure for any virus and there is only one vaccine and that is somewhat effective and its only for the common flu. It's supposedly 40% effective but nobody really knows. Vaccines are made up of Antibodies that help to boost your Immune System if it is compromised. Other than that a vaccine does not do much good. Every day that you're alive you are bombarded by millions of viruses which the immune system protects against. The fact that millions of people have had Covid-19 with no ill affect or only mild symptoms is proof that very few people die. Most that die have other severe medical problems wherein their immune systems are compromised. Antibiotics can only kill Bacteria. They are useless against viruses. Once again, the immune system is the only thing that protects against viruses. If you are healthy, exercise regularly, eat right, don't smoke, take drugs, or drink excessively, then your immune system will never allow a virus to affect you. I would say that HS football players fall into that category and the reason why people under 60 do not have much to worry about from Covid-19 or any virus.

That is the measurement the CDC goes by when they evaluate how serious a disease is. With the common flu, which comes around like clockwork every winter in the US, there are approximately 70,000 deaths and 300,000 hospitalizations. But, there is no hysteria, no panic, no country lock down, no economy destroyed every winter because the amount of cases is 40 million or more. The death rate is lower than people falling off bicycles every year (sarcasm). Why don't we shut down the country for Cancer deaths which are 607,000 per year? Cancer is caused by a virus which mutates cells and eventually kills the host. 84,000 died of pneumonia which is caused by a virus.  More people die from illegal drugs than from Covid-19. Where is the concern?
 

I have to admit that Pahokee made a lot of mistakes in that game that allowed my Celtics to build up a 30-7 halftime lead. Also, Let's face it the Celtics were good enough to take advantage of those mistakes. Remember Pahokee was a powerhouse that had won a few championships and most of them with ease. It was the Celtics first time in the finals. We got cocky I believe and thought the game was won. Robert love had other plans. Pahokee scored 3 TDs and a touch back to tie the score in the 2nd half mostly through the effort of QB Love. Late in the 4th quarter the Celtic's RB Rudell Small ripped off a 65 yard run right up the middle to put the Celtics up 37-30 which is how the game ended. The Celtics defeated one of the best teams in Florida and one of the best teams of all time. Quite an accomplishment.

Possibly Robert Love the Pahokee QB who I think broke the record for pass completions in a playoff game against the Celtics.

Georgia, Iowa State, Middle Tennessee, and Syracuse were scouting him in 2006 when he was a Senior. They have him listed at 5' 11", 185.  Love went on to play for FAMU in 2007 as a Redshirt Freshman. Had some academic problems so do not know if he progressed any further.  

Just as public schools have the right to be secular private schools have the right to be Christian, Jewish, Catholic, or any other religious denomination they choose. Private schools do not discriminate. Any student, religious or not, is able to attend a private parochial school as long as they have the money and meet their academic requirements. Many private schools also do not adhere to any religious edicts. Whether you know it or not the majority of American citizens proclaim to be of a religious faith. Also, if all of the private schools in this country were to shut down they would have to build thousands more schools and hire hundreds of thousands more teachers just to accommodate that many more students. Talk about taxes increasing 10 fold to pay for it. Be careful what you wish for.

I think we should all get over this "Madison is only good because they are in 1A fairy tale".
2011 - Class 3A   13-2
2012 - Class 3A    12-3
2013 - Class 4A     5-5 (probably adjusting to 4A play)
2014 - Class 4A    11-4
Madison, like Pahokee, is an exceptional team that would be competitive in any class. So, please, everyone let's end this false premise once and for all.  

He was the first Head Coach of Varsity Football at Trinity Catholic HS in 2002 the school's 2nd year in existence. .
2002 4-6 HC Kerwin Bell
2003 6-5 HC Kerwin Bell District Runner-Up
2004 8-3 HC Kerwin Bell District Champions
2005 14-0 HC Kerwin Bell District Champions,Regional Champions,State Champions
2006 13-1 HC Kerwin Bell District Champions,Regional Champions,State Runner-Up
He was mostly responsible for mentoring QB John Brantley, Jr and helping him to become one of the best high school QBs in Florida. Bell also was able to bring very reliable and experienced assistants on board. I think that I was in the stands for every game that he coached. He was a disciplinarian who ran his teams like a military platoon and I got to the games very early just to watch how his teams marched on to the field and went through their warmups. Everyone wished that he had remained at Trinity. But, he had the opportunity to coach a college team and he made that a success also.

If that is the case then I was mistaken. Kind of hard to know who is who on this forum unless they identify themselves as to which team they support. I apologize to Pahokee folks for this misunderstanding. And, if he is a Madison player or fan he doesn't need to be calling an opponent names. I'm quite sure that he does not reflect the opinions of most of the Madison supporters as, with their level of ability, they never need to deride any other team.