NHS Bob

Officially 13 left First Baptist. Golden Gate, even after the return of Coach Bigica, lost 6 to other schools. The two biggest gainers were St John Neumann (11) and Community School (9)

No, but named after him

We lost some studs on defense, so that will be a wait and see. Shawn Simeon graduated, the #2 runner in the state, but we have a few young bucks that are willing to step up. This transfer portal is nuts, we have almost 60 kids in Collier that have changed schools. We lost 4, 2 of them would have been starters. Lely picked up a bunch and now arguable have the best QB (Brady Quinn) and RB {Nino Joseph) in the area. There offense was great last year and is only better now. If they can solidy that porous defense, they will be tough to beat. It took a Herculean effort to beat Port Charlotte last year and they look loaded again this year. I am hoping we can go 7-3. Getting back to the regional finals wil be a tall order.

I know we already have a thread about “Must See” classic games, but can we compile a list of all the preseason games? They should not appear on MaxPreps (although a few do list them there). I know a few in SW Florida Aubrey Rogers @ Cape Coral Barron Collier @ Cooper City Riverdale @ Dunbar Gulf Coast @ Naples Immokalee @ South Ft. Myers Oasis @ Palmetto Ridge Sarasota Riverview @ Port Charlotte

Billy Sparacio, The only Head Coach First Baptist of Naples has ever had, has been dismissed. Expect some players & coaches to depart, similar to what happened at Palmetto Ridge & Golden Gate in the past few seasons. Billy Sparacio explains ouster from First Baptist

Palmetto

Barron Collier Cougars hire Brannon Tidwell as HC to replace Mark Jackson https://www.naplesnews.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2025/02/10/high-school-football-barron-collier-hires-murray-state-coach-brannon-tidwell/77848768007/

Derrick Gibson in at HC for Miami Central https://www.si.com/high-school/florida/derrick-gibson-named-the-next-head-football-coach-at-miami-central-report-01jkrjvb3nnd

A few minor changes - the biggest is that when a forward fumble goes out of bounds, it is now returned to the spot of the fumble. https://www.nfhs.org/player-equipment-changes-highlight-2025-high-school-football-rules-revisions/

Mark Jackson at Barron Collier resigned after 10 seasons, citing health reasons https://www.naplesnews.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2024/12/03/longtime-barron-collier-football-coach-mark-jackson-resigns-after-10-seasons/76740610007/

Bonita Springs has to replace Rich Dombroski https://www.naplesnews.com/story/sports/high-school/2024/03/14/bonita-springs-head-football-coach-rich-dombroski-steps-down/72959297007/

Lehigh is looking for a new Head Coach

When I saw the Indians during warmups, I noticed their size and speed advantage. They played about like I expected, and we made it close, but the game was never in doubt. Like Coach Martin said, playing a team like Venice only made us better. They exposed some weaknesses and we will have plenty to work on over the summer.

Thanks - this will help!

The rankings have been released on Tuesday or Wednesday so far. Do we know the release date of the final rankings, after week 11? I was hoping that it would be on Sunday 11/06 so we could have an extra day to plan.