Metro Wins All Boys Basketball Championships .....they competed in.

[Dan in Daytona]

How soon before the little "SUBURBAN COUNTIES"  bxxxh, cry, complain, or better yet have their homer legislators carve them JUNIOR PARTICIPATION TITLES so they too can be champions ? 

7A Miami Columbus (Dade private) WINNER

6A Palm Beach Dwyer (Palm Beach public) WINNER

5A Miami Belen Jesuit (Dade private) WINNER

4A Hialeah Mater Lakes (Dade private) WINNER

3A Miami Riviera Prep (Dade private) WINNER

2A Weston Sagemont (Dade private) WINNER

1A Williston (Levy public) Winner ... of north central rural area ?  

* Phones have been lighting up in Tallahassee since last night. This egregiousness can't stand ! 

[gatorman-uf]

How many Suburban schools even made the Elite 8?
7A: Winter Haven?
6A: Ponte Vedra
6A: Gainesville
6A: Charlotte
6A: Lakeland
5A: Columbia
5A: Baron Collier
4A: Gateway
4A: Santa Fe
4A: The Villages Charter
3A: Florida High
2A: Victory Christian

I cannot stress this enough, the difference is not metro vs suburban or even private vs public (more of the latter than the former). The difference is the haves and have nots. Put all the haves together, put all the have nots together, let them compete. Apply to all team sports. 

Boys Soccer: 3 Suburban and 3 Metro
East Ridge (Suburban)
Viera (Suburban)
American Heritage (Plantation) (Metro)
Gulliver Prep (Metro)
Trinity Prep (Metro)
Pine School (Suburban - Martin County)

Girls Soccer: 4 suburban vs 2 metro
Bartram Trail (Suburban)
Gulf Breeze (Suburban)
American Heritage (Metro)
Bishop Moore (Metro)
Montverde Academy (Suburban)
Lakeland Christian (SUburban)

[LakelandGator]

56 minutes ago, Dan in Daytona said:

How soon before the little "SUBURBAN COUNTIES"  bxxxh, cry, complain, or better yet have their homer legislators carve them JUNIOR PARTICIPATION TITLES so they too can be champions ? 

7A Miami Columbus (Dade private) WINNER

6A Palm Beach Dwyer (Palm Beach public) WINNER

5A Miami Belen Jesuit (Dade private) WINNER

4A Hialeah Mater Lakes (Dade private) WINNER

3A Miami Riviera Prep (Dade private) WINNER

2A Weston Sagemont (Dade private) WINNER

1A Williston (Levy public) Winner ... of north central rural area ?  

* Phones have been lighting up in Tallahassee since last night. This egregiousness can't stand ! 

How many games did you attend in Lakeland this week?

[Dan in Daytona]

22 hours ago, LakelandGator said:

How many games did you attend in Lakeland this week?

I saw the Daytona Mainland girls win the 5A state championship on February 25, the Mainland boys 5A semi-final, Belen Jesuit's win over Orlando Jones in the other semi on March 2nd, and my Mainland Buc boys loss in the 5A final March 4th. The only minor complaint I have is missing out on "FRED'S"  for lunch this year.  As for the I-4 commute (3 times in 8 days) what a F' n nightmare !

[Dan in Daytona]

22 hours ago, gatorman-uf said:

How many Suburban schools even made the Elite 8?
7A: Winter Haven?
6A: Ponte Vedra
6A: Gainesville
6A: Charlotte
6A: Lakeland
5A: Columbia
5A: Baron Collier
4A: Gateway
4A: Santa Fe
4A: The Villages Charter
3A: Florida High
2A: Victory Christian

I cannot stress this enough, the difference is not metro vs suburban or even private vs public (more of the latter than the former). The difference is the haves and have nots. Put all the haves together, put all the have nots together, let them compete. Apply to all team sports. 

Boys Soccer: 3 Suburban and 3 Metro
East Ridge (Suburban)
Viera (Suburban)
American Heritage (Plantation) (Metro)
Gulliver Prep (Metro)
Trinity Prep (Metro)
Pine School (Suburban - Martin County)

Girls Soccer: 4 suburban vs 2 metro
Bartram Trail (Suburban)
Gulf Breeze (Suburban)
American Heritage (Metro)
Bishop Moore (Metro)
Montverde Academy (Suburban)
Lakeland Christian (SUburban)

Come on Gatorman, to leave my Bucs off the "Suburban" list is a Freudian slip at best, and major criminality at it's worst. Daytona Beach Mainland made three finals this school year (football, girls and boys basketball) ...you better recognize. 

[Nulli Secundus]

2 hours ago, Dan in Daytona said:

I saw the Daytona Mainland girls win the 5A state championship on February 25, the Mainland boys 5A semi-final, Belen Jesuit's win over Orlando Jones in the other semi on March 2nd, and my Mainland Buc boys loss in the 5A final March 4th. The only minor complaint I have is missing out on "FRED'S"  for lunch this year.  As for the I-4 commute (3 times in 8 days) what a F' n nightmare !

There's your brand new Mainland trophy Dan.  Enjoy!  Regarding I-4, just wait until construction starts up again in Polk County, smh.

[LakelandGator]

3 hours ago, Dan in Daytona said:

I saw the Daytona Mainland girls win the 5A state championship on February 25, the Mainland boys 5A semi-final, Belen Jesuit's win over Orlando Jones in the other semi on March 2nd, and my Mainland Buc boys loss in the 5A final March 4th. The only minor complaint I have is missing out on "FRED'S"  for lunch this year.  As for the I-4 commute (3 times in 8 days) what a F' n nightmare !

Here's my point.

Those metro schools you salivate over are glorified AAU travel teams. And how do I know this?

I have been in that arena. I coached against guys named Lebron, Telfair, Big Baby Davis, etc.

And I coached guys named Stoudemire right here in Polk.

Those Metro teams have young men that will get "paid" to play this game in the future, heck some are getting paid under the table as we speak.

So while you think it's funny to say the "suburban" schools will stick their tail between their legs and run for cover. It's really not as funny as you think it is. In reality "suburban" Winter Haven should have beat Columbus and the Carlos Boozer money.

With better coaching "suburban" Auburndale wins 5A.

 

 

 

[Dan in Daytona]

9 hours ago, LakelandGator said:

Here's my point.

Those metro schools you salivate over are glorified AAU travel teams. And how do I know this?

I have been in that arena. I coached against guys named Lebron, Telfair, Big Baby Davis, etc.

And I coached guys named Stoudemire right here in Polk.

Those Metro teams have young men that will get "paid" to play this game in the future, heck some are getting paid under the table as we speak.

So while you think it's funny to say the "suburban" schools will stick their tail between their legs and run for cover. It's really not as funny as you think it is. In reality "suburban" Winter Haven should have beat Columbus and the Carlos Boozer money.

With better coaching "suburban" Auburndale wins 5A.

 

 

 

So what's you point ?  You want a Suburban championship like football ?  Well, I don't. Speaking of what we have seen....I saw Winter Haven's Otis Birdsong At Mainland in 1973 (also tackled him on the football field in 1972 at Winter Haven), Orlando Evan's Dr Dunkingstein in 1975, NBA'ers George  Mccloud and Vince Carter as 8th graders, when Barry LarKin's son went head to head against Doc River's son in a big school match up at Lakeland with Dr Phillips and Winter Park going for a title, and also willing to bet seen more double high school semi-finals (4 games) in one day "at Lakeland "   than you , as a home boy, have !!  To each his own, we're just talking opinions and trash here, right.   

[cribboy305]

On 3/6/2023 at 1:20 PM, LakelandGator said:

Here's my point.

Those metro schools you salivate over are glorified AAU travel teams. And how do I know this?

I have been in that arena. I coached against guys named Lebron, Telfair, Big Baby Davis, etc.

And I coached guys named Stoudemire right here in Polk.

Those Metro teams have young men that will get "paid" to play this game in the future, heck some are getting paid under the table as we speak.

So while you think it's funny to say the "suburban" schools will stick their tail between their legs and run for cover. It's really not as funny as you think it is. In reality "suburban" Winter Haven should have beat Columbus and the Carlos Boozer money.

With better coaching "suburban" Auburndale wins 5A.

 

 

 

This is literally the same thinking that divided football. These are literal kids bra, if winter haven can come within 2 they could easily win But they didnt & if they did you wouldn't be on this thread crying about "Carlos boozer money". This is why south florida don't claim the state. Yall too soft

[LakelandGator]

It's real easy to sit behind a computer screen and call someone soft.

[cribboy305]

17 hours ago, LakelandGator said:

It's real easy to sit behind a computer screen and call someone soft.

I don't mean no disrespect to you, it's just that way of thinking is like you blaming kids for being good at what they love just because they better than the rest. You would think losing would inspire coach's and players and parents to strive for better but it's more complaining than anything.