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MD takes first lead 14-7 on a great trick play 44 yard pass and then a successful 2 pt conversion

Penalties for IMG-Mater Dei - MD 10 penalties for 87 yds, IMG 8 penalties for 95 yds. IMG has 7-6 halftime lead

Halftime 7-6 IMG Penalty fest

7-6 IMG - after a scoreless first qtr with way to many penalties - IMG scored first on a 1 yard run, MD then scored a 21 YD pass play but IMG blocked the xpt.

LAKELAND 42 Tarpon Springs East Lake 7 w running clock

It looks like the St.Johns - Miami Central games was played in lots of rain, the Hurricane may also dump rain this weekend on the area? Rain could make a difference. Current weather forecast calls for it.

I doubt it will make a difference. Given how many miles IMG travels, I doubt the time of day matters much. Not sure it affected Miami that much. St. Johns talent might.

Well it's been around over 40 years in some form or another. It has grown substantially as a campus in the last 7. They just added a new dorm with a club med type facility. "At the complex, students can gather and use a resort pool, lap pool, turf field, sand volleyball court and basketball court." That makes 3 dorms. Also their school day is very different, half the kids go to school in the AM and the others go to sports and then they switch later in the day. https://www.businessobserverfl.com/article/img-academy-bradenton-dorm-chris-locke-stu-henderson

Well the school began in the 70's as a Tennis Academy and year round tennis training center. "Established nearly 40 years ago, the IMG Academy Bollettieri tennis academy still sets the standard by which all tennis academies around the world are measured." They have expanded year round training of many sports and a few years ago decided that football would be a lucrative sport to go into. Now who convinced them to add football and why can be debated, but they have done so and are playing quite well. And their facilities have been used by numerous players and teams since. FSU trained for a week this year (hasn't seem to do them much good) and the Oakland Raiders came some years back and many work out pre NFL combine. Their games aren't all that fun to attend, not like a real HS game, no band, no invested cheerleaders (they have them but they feel fake) and no parents in the stands, not many that is for sure. The students arrive late and leave early.