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I believe that's a new state record.

I'm sure LG will look at Lakeland's footage against CC so they won't be exploited like the Dreadnaughts were. Will it help? Plant has been there before and so has STA. Who breaks? We'll see.

Thank you for being honest. The only people that believe Venice is going to beat STA are the people that are supposed to believe it; Venice players, coaches and followers.

Congrats Braves! On to round 4.

Let the games begin!

Don't be surprised. Lakeland, Kathleen and LG tend to pull from the same talent rich areas regarding football. Lakeland gets the credit because of the program's championships and dominance over the decades. That reputation tends to overshadow other programs that have the same caliber talent and sometimes more of it.

Wow, lol.

Nice recap 181.

Not tonight. Blocked punt set up Plant's winning TD.

Lakeland goes down 25-21. Good season Naughts! Congrats Plant.

I second that!

Isn't STA the team to beat in every class they're in? They haven't been a state finalist 14 times since 1996 for nothing. Historically Dwyer has the best chance against the Raiders. Statistically speaking, however, history has STA in the finals roughly 75% of the time with their only 2 playoff losses to another S Florida team coming at the hands of Dwyer. Also, the last 3 times STA didn't make the finals were odd years. Fun Stuff!

Exactly. If Ridge's game against Osceola is any indicator, it might not be a good night for Vero Beach.

I would love to see Lake Gibson get that Armwood monkey off their backs.

Thats debatable as LGs 05 & 06 squads could've made deeper runs in the playoffs had it not been for Lakeland.

Me too. Playing behind will catch up to you sooner or later.

WH won. Get ready for a tie-breaker!

The "L" goes down 14-7. Waiting for other finals to see how this affects the district.

It may or may not. Lakeland tends to travel well. Granted, Polk is not a large county in terms of population (~600,000), it is a spread out county and with 15 in-county games that night home field could make a world of difference if the school has a large following. Kathleen and Winter Haven have that following and they're both at home. Also, no one will know how this Lakeland team plays on the road until the WH game and that could be to their advantage or detriment. The Winter Haven game will be the only one in town and the Kathleen is, the Kathleen game. That game will be sold out.

Yeah, when the schools were realigned there was a lot of grumbling as many of the traditional powerhouses would eventually knock each other out as apposed to representing Polk in different classes. That being said, the Winter Haven game is also on the road. We'll see how Lakeland stacks up.

Thank you! I really like what I see here.

I would say yes. I don't remember much about Denison stadium in Winter Haven but I know K-leen will be hostile rivalry game on the road and there's no shortage of talent on that roster.

Here's a link to Winter Haven's schedule and most of the teams they play. http://wwbf.com/prep16.htm#winterhaven