Ray Icaza

Back then Dillard was dominant as it seemed that area had so many great players representing it. I actually made light in a different thread that we traveled to Fort Lauderdale in 1990 and played Dillard in the state semi-final in a competitive game losing by the score of 12-0. I remember as my only daughter was a Kowboy cheerleader then and cried after the game. Dillard went on to lose the following week in the final I think against a Gainesville or Ocala school. We suffer from community support as well as we would have several thousand routinely come to Kowboy games and now the numbers are in the hundreds. Great memories indeed!

Unfortunately, due to my age group several of my old classmates that would attend games with us have passed recently so fortunate to have my son transport me to both home and away games. He is also a booster since we both attended OHS as have my 3 grandsons that joined the military after graduation. It is a nice plus having a winning tradition where week in and week out we feel we can compete with most anyone. Booster pass is a plus if you enjoy other sports which we certainly do as we have an excellent basketball, baseball and wrestling program for boys. Last couple of years we have also fielded a top tier girls volleyball team that has been in the mix at the state level. This years team is currently ranked 11th overall despite defeating Deland a couple of days ago pretty handily who somehow managed to stay ahead of us in the MaxPrep poll at 7th. So for you football fans, MaxPrep is an equal sport screw up when it comes to rankings.

That is a good point Julian, we are slowly losing "The Last Bastion of America" and that is sad to see. This country I love so much is changing and not for the better.

So true. I have been taking my son to games since he could barely walk and now at 76 years of age we still try to attend/support our alma mater every Friday night during football season. No better way to spend an evening and with great company.

Barring key injuries or unforeseen incident 6 wins should be a given with 3 already in the books. Probably their toughest opponent is Evans in the next game and the following 5 are all winnable till Timber Creek at the end. Rooting for them to get 8 this year. I think most schools in our county even if they aren't independent have chosen that model of scheduling to log winning seasons which can make them feel good about themselves which hopefully will lead them to schedule tougher opponents. Osceola looks for the strongest opponents in our central FL area as reflected in this year's schedule; we have 6 of the top 10 teams listed on the most reason Coach's poll for central FL either in Spring Game (Edgewater/Deland), KOC (Bishop Moore) and regular season Jones, Lake Mary, Apopka which we do believe helps come playoff time.

Actually met Amorey's dad during summer workouts and he seemed pretty excited about playing at OHS for his senior year. He said he was a speedster and would be playing the slot receiver. When I asked him where they moved from he indicated the Chicago area. Alijah Jenkins return to OHS after a few months at Jones may have been the reason for the switch back to Poinciana but it is just speculation. Amorey displayed excellent hands during his short time at Osceola and certainly will help Poinciana this year.

The 2 receivers that left during the summer has helped them offensively but one is a senior like Brown the QB while the other is a junior. Be curious to see what the junior does next year when Brown graduates if they don't have a QB in waiting that can throw.

I did hear that as well. Don't have any info on the reason for his transfer but it is the times we are in.

They are actually better wins, but they annihilated TC as this game was called early due to weather and they still hung 42 points against a traditionally good defensive team.

Sorry if I wasn't clear as it was actually a compliment that you had included them in your Top 25 which is why I referenced it in this thread that showed just that.

After last night it looks like The First Academy deserves your inclusion into the TOP 25 of your list. Total demolition of Treasure Coast appears to confirm these 30+ "Transfers" they got between seasons is definitely paying dividends. How far will they go, time will tell but no doubt they are for real.

All Osceola County FB may be on to something singling out the Poinciana QB Cameron Brown. He delivered in a big way for a program that needs good vibes by defeating St. Cloud last night for their first win ever (20+ years) 19-7. He accounted for all 3 TD's thru the air and with his legs in a huge victory for them. Congrats to the Eagles and their new HC who currently has them undefeated, though playing independent. Talking to some of our kids fathers last night, they tell me his Dad Stacy Brown played for us a couple of decades ago so no sure how he ended up at Poinciana. Two of his primary receivers, Javonte Simpson-Lee and Amorey Monroe also just transferred from OHS to Poinciana over the summer. Losing players like that who may have not been starters certainly does weigh on our depth when injuries pop up as our roster is thin with about only 40 kids on it. Staying healthy will be a big key to any success we may have this year.

We won, but they did have some playmakers.

Bud, forget the approach to the game. What would have been the difference if Lakeland was without Shanard Clowers last night. He is highly rated, though not as highly as Swint so we played as our HC expressed with one hand behind our backs the entire night. That was the real story. Both games played 4 quarters, 12 minutes each and today's local paper reported their RB Isaiah Thomas gained 130 yards on that vaunted D. Grubbs threw for over 200 and ran for a good chunk more. He ran once against us for 0 YARDS. Key for us was getting some 3 and outs (defense) against them (that is what dictates time of possession) whereas it doesn't appear your D did much of that. Keep spinning though, I like it.

Not arguing the quality of back the Isaiah Thomas is rather the defense he is playing against. The bit I did watch he gained more yards on the ground in the 4th quarter alone against Lakeland than he did against us the entire game. Just pulled that stat off the MaxPrep site and he had a total of 26 yards on 10 carries for a 2.6 average against us last week. All this fluff about milking the clock and possession had alot to do with a pick and a forced fumble, not our ability to run the clock. Was that the game plan? Absolutely and I stated as much as you need to control the number of possessions against any elite offense. Grubbs threw for an additional 200 thru the air for total offensive output under 240. What did LM do against that elite Lakeland defense? I do not know but willing to bet site unseen it was significantly more than that and Longtime Observer can spin it any way he wants but the way he has described that defense I expected them to limit LM to 14 points or so. But congrats to Lakeland with the win, just felt it wouldn't have been this close listening to all the talk of talent they were stacked with. I was pulling for LM simply due to the fact that win would benefit our ranking as we do not play Lakeland this year. Darter, I also hope that young man gets some offers this year and he probably will.