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On 12/14/2024 at 8:34 PM, Nulli Secundus said:

No.  Dade, Broward and Palm Beach.  Polk has sent 3 teams to the finals 4 times in the same season, but only came away with 2 winners each time.  Runner-ups in bold

  • 1996: Lakeland, Bartow, Frostproof
  • 1999: Lakeland, Frostproof, Ft. Meade
  • 2004: Lakeland, Ft. Meade, Lake Gibson
  • 2005: Lakeland, Evangel (Lakeland), Ft. Meade 

Regarding the other Polk teams you mentioned, they all had at least 1 title appearance before Lakeland got its 1st in '86.  Matter of fact, Auburndale, Haines City, Kathleen, Bartow, Ft. Meade and Frostproof collectively made 10 trips to the big show while winning 4 titles before Lakeland.  Winter Haven is the oldest school in Polk yet to make an appearance in the FHSAA era. Given their location and the current landscape, it may never happen.

Winter Haven is horrible in football and basketball and they still go and play teams that beat their heads in. Lol. I never understood that. Scheduling a game you have ZERO percent chance of winning. That doesn’t make you better. It just embarrasses your players and lets them know how inferior they are at the game of football. 
 

Classic Winter Haven 


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13 minutes ago, nolebull813 said:

Winter Haven is horrible in football and basketball and they still go and play teams that beat their heads in. Lol. I never understood that. Scheduling a game you have ZERO percent chance of winning. That doesn’t make you better. It just embarrasses your players and lets them know how inferior they are at the game of football. 
 

Classic Winter Haven 

You must have been reading my mind.  I've been looking at compiling all the sports at some point starting with Basketball next.  Winter Haven is at the center of the carousel known as open enrollment, lol.  Head in any direction and there's a better program.

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3 hours ago, Nulli Secundus said:

You must have been reading my mind.  I've been looking at compiling all the sports at some point starting with Basketball next.  Winter Haven is at the center of the carousel known as open enrollment, lol.  Head in any direction and there's a better program.

The coach took Winter Haven to Knoxville to get their head beat in by some private school. So stupid. He took Lake Placid to Louisiana and Georgia and lost by 50 each time. He’s a punk. I don’t care what anyone says. Sending some JV level team to slaughter against teams way out of their league is irresponsible and embarrassing. 
 

Do you think the kids will remember some building and museums on their trip, or will they remember the 50 point a$$ bashing they were forced to receive by their punk coach? 

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