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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) -
I know the area where I live (Osceola/Orange County) transfers have had more of an impact hurting those "average" teams more than helping the good teams.
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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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Some games up in the Central Florida area got moved around too. I think that the fields just didn't handle the rain well and were underwater. I think they're going to end up getting made up next week-ish
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7 minutes ago, s1nglewing said:
How is Celebration's history compared to Poinciana's? Roughly similar?
For the most part? Yes. Celebration had a good staff in place a few years ago and won 6 or 7 games but he left and the bottom fell out again. They are typically a 0-3 win team per year. They're issue seems to me (from the outside) to come from impatience. I think they've had close to 10 coaches in like 15 years. The level of turnover is absurd.
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7 minutes ago, OldSchoolLion said:
It seems like there have been so many newer schools in Osceola County in the recent past... Liberty, Harmony, Gateway, Celebration. Along with St Cloud, am not sure any of them have set the world on fire. Does a new school like this really have a reasonable chance of building a winner or is the talent in the area getting diluted.
It seems like, right now, it's going to be a lot harder for schools like Gateway, Harmony and St. Cloud because this new school is going to affect enrollment for all three schools (whether taking kids directly or through re-drawing lines for enrollment). Each of those schools will have a good spurt here or there but not enough to start competing with Osceola High. They're another animal entirely.
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Anthony Davis is the first coach at Tohopekiliga High School (New school opening in Osceola County next year).
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I'm from around the Orlando area and Poinciana's struggles are well-known around here. The school has athletes there (I believe they won a State Championship in Boy's Basketball not too long ago) but I think the population is what hurts football. The demographics are like 70% Hispanic and football just doesn't seem as popular there as basketball. So there are athletes but 1) they aren't interested in football and 2) there's no history to build upon. That's going to be tough to get out of that cycle for the next coach.
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If there was no committee and only the AD, then I would agree that everybody who applied for that job got kind of a raw deal. I wonder how many interviews happened before he made his decision. I just want to keep an eye out to see if some of these other former head coaches don't start trying to make moves back into the HFC chair. And, at a school like Windermere it seems weird. School was only one year old. Why didn't he apply to be the head coach instead of the AD last year? Maybe that's why Miller decided to leave after opening the school and only coaching the first season (although that's just speculation on my part at this point...)
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Yeah, my feeling is that it's kind of shady too. I just think that with so many applicants applying it's hard to fathom that none "passed the test" in terms of having potential. I mean, if an AD interviewed, say, 15 of 100 applicants and was unhappy with all of them I would think that's more on the members of the hiring committee than anything.
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I was trying to get people's opinions on this: How do you guys feel about an AD stepping into the Head Football role? It seems weird to me that these schools like Bartow (last year) and Windermere would get 100+ applicants and the AD ends up with it. Don't get me wrong, I realize that each school has to do what is best for its own program and I also get that there are times it is needed (such as a mid-season resignation or termination). I just think it's weird to see. Thoughts?
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1 minute ago, OldSchoolLion said:
Used to live in the Tampa area back in the early 2000's and watch the area teams play. I remember back then wondering why Armwood would rarely, if ever, play anyone from outside Hillsborough County in the regular season, especially when you had good teams like Lakeland, Kathleen, and Lake Gibson right down the interstate in Polk County and a number of good teams not too far away in the Sarasota/Bradenton area. From what I recall, they might have only 1-2 close games per year, against Hillsborough and Plant, and all of the rest were blowouts.
Back then, this practice seemed to hurt them come playoff time when they might have to travel and play much tougher teams than what they were used to. I see that is still the trend today to play local teams, many of whom are much weaker. Does anyone know why this is the case?
Just for kicks, I looked at their schedule since 2005 and looks like they only played a handful of teams from outside their area, and only one of those was an away game:
2008 Bothell, WA-HOME-WON
2011 Bishop Gorman, NV-AWAY-LOST
2012 American Heritage-Delray(3A school)-HOME-LOST
2013 Cooper City (3-8 record that year)-HOME-WON
I have experience with high school football in south Florida and a team in Dade or Broward County could build a brutal schedule playing just county teams-no need to travel far. Judging by the scores of many of Armwood's games, things are not as competitive there, even now.
Hillsborough County football games are all scheduled by the County Athletic Director. I work at a school near Orlando and we were working with a coach to try and schedule a game about a year or two ago and he couldn't do it. Teams can request games but it's ultimately up to whoever their County AD is (from what I can understand).
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Blountstown vs. Madison County
Champagnat vs. University Christian
Oxbridge vs. Chaminade Madonna
Raines vs. Cocoa
American Heritage (Plantation) vs. Baker County
Northwestern vs. Armwood
Bartram Trail vs. Venice
Atlantic (Delray) vs. Dr. Phillips -
Dr. Phillips at Wekiva
Miami at Atlantic (Delray)
Plant at Bartram Trail
St. Thomas Aquinas at Venice
St. Augustine at Armwood
Naples at Northwestern
Baker County at West Florida Tech
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Tampa area is having a day. Jefferson, Newsome, Spoto (I believe) all opened today. I think Brandon too.
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Jefferson is looking for a Head Coach. Theirs resigned last night. Heard they had an interesting season...
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43 minutes ago, gwdrum75 said:
Agree. Was quite shocked when I was watching the game saw WR go for it on 4th down that deep in their own end.
On a side note......that Lake Nona player that broke his arm during the game......that was pretty brutal.
I felt terrible for that kid. That was one of the worst-looking breaks I've seen. Hope he's ok.
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I went to the WR/Lake Nona game and their D was really good. They won 17-10 but Nona only scored a TD on a short field after Wiregrass went for it on 4th and 4 inside their own 20. I am sure I am in the minority, but I think this game could be a little better than people think - especially if Lakeland is struggling on offense. If Lakeland gets it rolling early, then I don't think Wiregrass will be able to hang.
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If we're talking best logos we've seen for ANY high school, I have to give it to the creeper from Bishop Lynch HS:
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Boone at Wekiva
Apopka at Winter Park
Lincoln at Bartram Trail
Braden River at Venice
Navarre at St. Augustine
Miami Central at Northwestern
Largo at Naples
Carol City at Mainland
Trinity Christian at Godby
Cardinal Gibbons at Rockledge
Monsignor Pace at University School
Melbourne Central Catholic at Oxbridge Academy
Champagnat Catholic at Moore Haven
North Florida Christian at University Christian
Dixie County at Madison County -
18 hours ago, dawgs said:
windermere posted on fhsaa,
ocoee? poinciana? both rumored to be open, unoffically tho
Poinciana is official. It's on the FHSAA website too.
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Spruce Creek (8-1) at Winter Park (10-0)
Western (8-2) at Deerfield Beach (8-2)
Fleming Island (8-2) at Robert E. Lee (9-1)
Nova (9-1) at Doral Academy (8-2)
Gainesville (8-2) at Vanguard (8-2)
Miami Norland (6-3) at Mainland (6-3)
Bolles (8-2) at Jacksonville Trinity Christian (7-3)
Cardinal Gibbons (9-1) at Jones (9-1)
Trenton (8-2) at Dunnellon (7-2)
Key West (7-1) at Monsignor Pace (7-1)
Melbourne Central Catholic (6-3) at Orlando The First Academy (9-0)
Tampa Catholic (7-2) at Clearwater Central Catholic (9-0)
Tallahassee St. John Paul II (8-1) at North Florida Christian (7-2)
Zephyrhills Christian (8-2) at Victory Christian (8-1)
Lafayette (9-1) at Dixie County (10-0) -
39 minutes ago, nolebull813 said:
People forget that even though wrestling is fake in a competitive stance, the physical and mental wear and tear is very real.
They are entertainers. No one watches a movie and says this stinks because it's not real.
Wrestlers like Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, John Cena, and The Rock are megastars.
They are so famous and liked in Hollywood that big time movie stars get excited to meet them.
Ric Flair and Charlie Sheen are my Hollywood heroes!!!!!
Believe me, I go to pro wrestling classes during the off-season and in my free time and it makes you a different kind of sore every single time. But, it's also an incredibly fun experience.
As for those guys who do it for a living, more power to them because I couldn't imagine that being my day job.
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I did. I grew up watching guys like Ric Flair. I thought it was great.
Does Florida need high school playoffs shakeup?
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I really like the idea of having a 64-team "D1" for all the top teams in the state (for football). I liken it to the NCAA Tournament in which there are multiple conference champions playing for the one National Championship. It would also stop blowouts in the playoffs. Does it water down a State Championship in other classifications? I'm not sure of that. Think about the old-school college football days when one team claimed a title based on Coaches polls, AP Polls, BCS, etc. I think it might not be bad to allow other schools a shot to compete, even if it isn't at the top classification. I mean, do the FCS, DIII, or JUCO National Champions feel any less accomplished than a DI school? I don't think so.