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I never said “dade” as a whole didn’t start winning championships until they got transfers, I said teams like MIAMI CENTRAL, MNW, CC to a lesser degree didn’t become power houses until they started privately recruiting, little brother ? Wouldn’t say that each county has had their time where they was on top & when they wasn’t.

And you mention that MIAMI central has been running the state since 2010, I disagree with that I would say they were running 6A for most of the decade & my opinion that was because once they got past the second round which was either us or CC OR MNW central had a cake walk to the championship trophy, outside of the rockets own district and reigion 4 there was no other team in north Florida or beyond that was gonna be able to run with central. if MIAMI central was had to go through 7A and get through STA every year & some of those great Lakeland teams and etc i don’t think MC would have dominated yearly IMO Yea y’all did beat STA @ STA in the one & only matchup y’all had, but it would take more wins then that to say y’all own STA, iMG tapped y’all ass a few times to. so yeah with all due respect to central do I believe they RUN Florida ? Na but when you recruit & get transfers like they do , they better dominate their classification isn’t that’s why all the transfers came in? To team up and dominate ?

STA losing to JESUIT I took into account that game was thrown together within 48 hours because of a positive Covid test from STA opponent. Then on top of that jesuit was a powerhouse just like STA & it was on the road which favors the team by -3 which is what jesuit one by if I’m not mistaken. run that game back with ample amount of time to prepare and I’m picking STA all day.

Legit list, but I would put 1.STA 2. JESUIT 3.chaminade 4.MIAMI central 5. Venice I get it MIAMI central gets known with a plethora of other MIAMI powerhouses as being “2nd half teams” but baker county in that championship gave MIAMI central all they could handle in that first half. replace baker county with STA or jesuit I don’t think central recovers from that poor start like they eventually did Vs baker.

Just my observation by the #s posted

The game vs MIAMI CENTRAL is @ traz Powell , we’re @ chaminade & we’re home Vs STA the thing is Dillard & mc has the same type of speed so playing Mia teams, speed was never the issue. we have dawgs on defense as do they do it’s gonna come down to which defense can cause the most havoc in all 3 of those games. & whose offense can be balanced enough to put points on the board, with no offense your defense will wear down eventually, which has been Dillards Demise in a lot of their games in the past when they faced someone just as physical as them in defense.

Never heard of Pasco county or Mitchell but it seems they are just avg vs their own county as well.

I’m ready for that game as well, also the chaminade game & STA game a lot of revenge games & all are gonna b standing room only lol

Wish you guys luck. I know the fans in green are gonna b out full throttle hopefully both teams go in undefeated as well.

No all of them are at night accept the stranahan one because they don’t have their own field. all the other games are being hosted at the the home team school at 7pm.

Even from the Dillard transfers I still don’t understand it like, has social media become that much of a influence

Lol hahahaha

SFL HEAT lol haha the games are at night bro lol

Just one question when did players start making paragraphs & publicly announcing their decision to transfer schools. is the LeBron “decision” 2.0

Lol that’s exactly what I was saying. If transferring and recruiting was STRICTLY enforced for private and public. I think the powerhouses and the elites u see today wouldn’t be as elite of elite at all. For example if STA couldn’t recruit at all & any transfers outside their school district had to sit for a calendar year with no participation in sport activities they could possibly be another belen jesuit right now. Or Columbus with only 1 title. in MIAMI central case , as I stated before they always was in a talent rich community, but between the lack of grades or getting into trouble outside of school a lot of their DAWGS couldn’t even put on a helmets. once African American high school coaches in south Florida found a loop hole in the recruiting and transferring game in the middle 2000s schools like MC, MNW Carol city started becoming powerhouses. another perfect example , U SCHOOL, when the recruiting and the coaches that did it left so did the program. the kids nor the coaches was there for the long haul because it was their homeschool and wanted to play for and build the program & trust the process. LAST EX: Flanagan, when bush left, so did all the transfers & recruits & My My My how the 2-3 mighty dragon has fallen, went from one of those most dominant defenses & teams in the state to a str8 laughing stock.

Not trying to get on the transfer topic but to be fair in humor it seems MNW,BTW & especially MIAMI central all took off in the title department when recruiting & transferring to wherever whenever was heavily relaxed and easy to get away with lol hahahahahahaha.

But as far as central Florida & up north Florida teams feeling like they have to get through south Florida as a whole, particularly broward & MIAMI , that’s been the mantra going back to the 80s & 90s. especially in the late 90s early 2000s broward tapped dade county ass on several occasions & at the Mecca at that. I’ll never forget in 2001 that run Dillard went on went through MIAMI central, carol city & Jackson to get to the title game. that Jackson game ended like (6-3) in favor of Dillard. It was a cool ass night to whewwww the Mecca was dumb packed.

What’s insane is to think MC first championship came in 2009 when they have been around & have had major talent roam through those halls way before then. i still remember that game at Lockhart when they came down to play cypress bay, I think the final score was like 56-59 or suem like that lol.

Exactly that’s when you get caught slipping.

It would be one thing if I’m just hyped about this year because of the transfers & shii. but Dillard has been turning the corner & becoming this powerhouse in full for the last 3 years now. , in my opinion being a POWERHOUSE is not just decided on rings & state championship appearances. in my opinion it’s also judged on can you got to me to toe with elite STATE OR NATIONALY RANKED talent ? Dillard has done that. can you beat a state elite opponent? Dillard has done that (Columbus 2019) eventual state champion. glades central (2020) were they glades central of old ? No but still a formidable opponent. STA 2021 (23-14) lost @ STA where many felt Dillard should of won, against a national powerhouse the same place a national powerhouse in st Frances was BLOWN OUT. now as adults our opinions can differ, which is cool & what this message board is about. Even if Dillard wasn’t my alma mater seeing what they have risen to over the last 4 years I would most def call them a state powerhouse & a championship contender, will they further prove that this year we will see.

That’s yo opinion & Ima respect it. But when yo resume 36-5 over the last 4 years. with a regional final app on your resume, a championship trophy under ya resume (GRANTED IT WAS TRI COUNTY) but it still a worthy accomplishment during a trying time. We were forced as a county to forfeit from playing in the FHSAA state playoffs, where as MIAMI had a option which is crazy because dade & broward is usually on one accord with those types of decisions. NONETHELESS Am I saying dillard is a NATIONAL powerhouse ? Of course not they can prove that this year though.

Not this past year I’m talkin bout in the playoffs about two years ago STA WENT on the road as heavy favs & lost & it was Venice my apologies

Look at STA @ madarian , everybody picked STA in a DOUBLE land slide & madarian clipped they ass that night. Run that game back and STA win by 30+ point is anything can happen on the road when it’s two great teams playing that’s the whole point of the playoffs especially in the latter round. Unfortunately one team has to lose.

That’s where I respectfully disagree Dillard has already shown they go TOE TO TOE with not only elite teams but nationally ranked teams EX “STA @ STA” & to a lesser degree CM even tho it was a shut out it was a defensive battle in a KOC. homestead & Dillard were BOTH (10-1) coming into that game as great as Dillard was last year anything can happen on the road in incimate weather when a team is as desperate as you. could Dillard have been looking ahead to STA of course, but make no mistake homestead was not a push over 2nd round opponent. Dillard was the better team but homestead played better that night that’s all.

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