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But, on back to back plays in the 3rd quarter, the game was stopped for a few minutes each due to injuries to Tyler Williams and Ziperer. Both returned, but Zipperer was noticeably limping.
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58 minutes ago, Nulli Secundus said:
Bad news keeps coming...
Not sure if they'll be out longer. In fairness, this was a regular season, non-district game. Lakeland won 13-12. Had a 1st and goal at 10 in 2nd quarter, and snapped the ball 20 yards over Martin's head, leading to no points. And had a 1st down at the 18 and got no points. Howling wind made FGs and passing hard.
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17 minutes ago, Nulli Secundus said:
Dang, my bad. I thought they were in Lakeland.
Looks like no Dindy or Thompson.
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27 minutes ago, Nulli Secundus said:
Well that sucks, LOL. Lakeland just miles down the road is still playing. Wonder how long that will last.
Live Weather cam with Lakeland Regional and Bryant stadium on leftSt. Petersburg is a ways away from Bryant Stadium. 7-6 Naughts at the half.
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I'll take Lake Gibson, 35-17.
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If Lakeland can get Dindy back, they may be the most dangerous team in 7A North. But, they have to beat Lake Gibson and likely will play every playoff game on the road. If they actually managed to get through that terrain, they'd probably be a threat vs. STA as well. But, it's very difficult to see them making it through those games unscathed. We'll get a preview Friday at Lakewood. A convincing win and they are a player; anything less probably not.
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Very, very poor school district, and I don't just mean money. Also, ironically perhaps, CA running clock rules are much less strict than in Florida. In Florida, at the moment, it is literally impossible to score 100 points in a game. STA couldn't put 100 points on a JV squad. The running clock kicks in at a 35 point margin and literally runs non-stop until the game is over. I remember watching Lakeland at Manatee in 2019 up like 45-0 and the officials conferenced on the field for several minutes...and the clock just kept running. In CA, the clock would stop for such instances. Etc.
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11 hours ago, ColumbiaHighFan2017class said:
TO SEED THE DISTRICT CHAMPS
He's an example of why seeding should be used, 2015 Columbia plays at Lincoln in the regular season in Tallahassee and wins
Both were in same region and won district, Columbia went 9-1 while Lincoln went 4-6. Columbia was sent on the road to Lincoln second round of the playoffs and even though Columbia won again in the playoffs Columbia was clearly the best team in the region so they earned home field advantage but instead of getting an additional playoff game at home which would be very profitable, we had to travel to a team at a site we already beat them at instead of hosting
And this is just a personal example there are a lot more of them but I don't see how having seeding is a bad thing considering it's done at every other level of sports
I wasn't talking about seeding. I was talking about the RPI. That a team could have the highest RPI and not get to host a single game because they're pushed back to a 5th seed automatically presents another set of issues. A team from another district could have a mediocre record against a weak schedule-producing a low RPI- and still host the top ranked RPI team. I get Lakeland having to play at Lake Gibson again. But, them potentially facing some of the other teams in the region on the road may not make sense.
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At the moment, Lakeland is the top-ranked team in 7A, Region 2. Yet, because they lost 38-32 to Lake Gibson-currently sitting with three losses- Lakeland is all but guaranteed to play *every* single playoff game on the road due to automatically being seeded no better than #5 due to not being district champions. So, what's the point of having an RPI if it's really just all about winning whatever district you're placed in?
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I meant to ask before the game how many points STA would have if their offense scored zero. Many times, they'd have 14-21 points if they took a knee every offensive play. Last night I guess they got nine points from defense and special teams. They won by 10, courtesy of a failed EP attempt by Dillard. Of course them being very good in those areas has a lot to do with all the points those units score. But, if a quality team can avoid allowing the STA defense and/or special teams to score touchdowns, they can beat them. That goes for A LOT of teams. Easier said than done, of course.
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Video recap here
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On 10/18/2021 at 2:58 PM, ColumbiaHighFan2017class said:
Statewide Rankings
1 8A Venice
2 6A Tampa Jesuit
3 7A St Thomas Aquinas
4 5A Miami Central
5 3A Chaminade Madonna
6 8A Sanford Seminole
7 4A Bolles
8 4A Cocoa
9 8A Osceola
10 5A Miami Killian
11 7A Edgewater
12 7A Lakeland
13 6A Orlando Jones
14 6A Miami Northwestern
15 8A Treasure Coast
16 4A Gulliver Prep
17 4A Cardinal Gibbons
18 7A Niceville
19 7A Dillard
20 5A American Heritage Plantation
21 3A Berkeley Prep
22 5A Rockledge
23 7A Buchholz
24 8A Western
25 7A Tampa Bay Tech
26 8A Apopka
27 6A Columbia
28 4A Lakewood
29 8A Lake Mary
30 6A Naples
31 8A West Orange
32 8A Miami Palmetto
33 2A Jacksonville Trinity Christian
34 8A Deerfield Beach
35 2A Champagnat Catholic
36 7A Homestead
37 3A Miami Edison
38 7A Armwood
39 6A Panama City Mosley
40 6A Vanguard
41 8A Sarasota Riverview
42 8A Vero Beach
43 8A Boone
44 8A Bartram Trail
45 6A St Augustine
46 8A Miami Columbus
47 7A Spruce Creek
48 7A Lake Gibson
49 6A Tallahassee Rickards
50 6A Jacksonville Riverside
Bring on the debate as I wait to see if anyone does their own poll LMAO
While Lakeland is pretty loaded with young talent and may be dangerous in the playoffs, their performance thus far does not warrant such a high ranking. And losing Gabe Dindy for possibly the rest of the season hurts a lot. They don't deserve a top 20 ranking until if/when they make the state semifinals or better.
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38 minutes ago, Ray Icaza said:
Winter Haven's 0-6 record can be a bit deceiving with their overall schedule which include the likes of Lakeland, Lake Gibson, Edgewater, Sebring among others. If they don't get discouraged that should help them get better week to week, so see how that plays out for them the rest of the way.
Of course a lot depends on how they rally around the interim coach. Between that schedule and having the coach resign in the middle of the season, it's been a rough Fall for WH.
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3 minutes ago, Ray Icaza said:
Props to Lakeland as they showed no panic during the final 5 minutes of the game. Just to be accurate the final 86 yards were aided by 29 yards in penalties on that one final drive. The most questionable was a personal foul for 15 yards around midfield. Reviewing that play repeatedly, it is obvious a Lakeland OL wrestles an APK DL to the ground which should have been holding. He then gets on top of him and when the APK player gets up to push him off of him the ref calls a personal foul. Lakeland may have delivered a win anyway, but that called sure helped. This just happened to be the game I chose to watch since our home team had a bye week and just my observation as a casual fan.
It was certainly a tight game with some mistakes. Lakeland hurt itself with a lot of false starts and offsides penalties in big situations, including one when Apopka was lined up to punt.
It was certainly odd to see a Lakeland team win a game without a running attack to speak of. I think Castle needs to call games with this team like he did back in the late 70s and 80s, meaning a fairly balanced offense with plenty of passes on 1st down.
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Great, if not pretty, game. Lakeland learned earlier they will be without 5* DL Gabe Dindy for the rest of the season. And they already had the poor showing against Lake Gibson. So, this was a good win over a good Apopka team. Lakeland had no running game against a stout Apopka D, but has WRs who are potentially the best pair they've ever had. So, they hit several big plays in the passing game. It was a tight, back-and-forth affair with Apopka busting a big run to go up 17-14 with 5:10 to play. Lakeland started from their own 13, piddled around, and found themselves with 3rd and roughly 25 to go, with just a few minutes to play. QB Mason Martin scrambled for about 12 yards to set up 4th and about 12. Martin hit Soph athlete D'Marius Rucker for a 4th down conversion. Lakeland managed to march the rest of the way down, all through the air, and won the game on a TD pass to Jr. Tyler Williams with 53.5 seconds left. Williams has a chance to be the best WR to come out of Lakeland as a 6'4.5" 185lb WR with blazing speed. Great game, just like the last time the teams tangled at Bryant Stadium in 2017.
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Apopka is at Lakeland. I'll take Lakeland 28-12.
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pretty awful showing.
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11 hours ago, Nulli Secundus said:
Gold star for the day, LOL. Lakeland prevails 41-14. I heard some naughty things occurred but I'll reserve comment until I actually watch the game, lol.
You're going to need something better than the NFHS Network version. I watched it there and the camera was blurry and zoomed out a mile. Right before the lightning delay, with Lakeland at the LW one yard line, there was a fight deep in the endzone. No clue who was involved, but may have been OL Maldanado. He was apparently benched last week and was pissed, so perhaps he took out some frustration. I wonder if the ejections will produce suspensions for next week at LG too.
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11 hours ago, Nulli Secundus said:
The Ledger did an article about that '95 game, LOL.
haha yeah I caught that after I commented!
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Have to assume it will be a dogfight, probably not a ton of points on the board.
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21 hours ago, Nulli Secundus said:
Of all the games on Lakeland's schedule, Lake Wales bothers me the most. Even more so than LG. Granted, the Highlanders being 2-0 is hardly an indicator for the entire season. Albeit rare, history has not gone in Lakeland's favor when traveling east within the county and playing Ridge teams with a decent record.
2001 - District loss to Haines City (7-3) 2-0, ended 60-game winning streak
2012 - District loss to district winner Ridge (9-3) 7-0This Friday marks 20 years since Lakeland lost the streak against Hornets. Although they're not playing HC, schools along US 27 amongst the oranges groves were not only notorious for throwing oranges at busses and fans, but shocking the hell out of Lakeland when the Naughts least expected it. Nothing is more dangerous than a team with nothing to lose and everything to gain. This is statement game for both teams and it will come down to who executes, limits mistakes and who wants it more. This game will also begin to paint a clearer picture of the top teams in the county on the field, not on paper.
Other county losses:2013 - District loss to district winner Kathleen (9-3)
2015 - District loss to Bartow (5-5) 26-25
2016 - District loss to Kathleen (5-4) 14-7I was also there when LW beat Lakeland 26-14 in 1995 at LW. Rough night, Highlanders were too quick for that Lakeland team and Jeff Chaney had a big night!
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If Lakeland is really a contender in 7A, they'll need to win fairly comfortably. The way that would happen is through controlling the line of scrimmage, which they should be able to do. But, lots of penalties and/or fumbles could negate all of that. I think we'll have a dogfight and I'm not sure the young Dreadnaughts are ready to dominate a good team on the road. I'll take Lakeland 20-6.
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Lakeland has been without Gabe Dindy two months, and they've not had Kheanist Thompson the last two games, either. They'll need those guys to beat Edgewater and probably LG. I have no idea if they'll have them or not.