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7 hours ago, nolebull813 said:

Anyone hear of new teams popping up for 2025? Any new public schools opening? 
 

I read that McLaughlin Academy in Lake Wales is gonna try 11-man football this coming year. I believe they have been around for a while but have never played football in their history 

It's been around for roughly 60 years as it opened in 1964 as Lake Wales Junior High.  Maybe the can snag from the Highlanders, lol.

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10 hours ago, nolebull813 said:

Anyone hear of new teams popping up for 2025? Any new public schools opening? 
 

I read that McLaughlin Academy in Lake Wales is gonna try 11-man football this coming year. I believe they have been around for a while but have never played football in their history 

Will Lakeland be fielding a passing attack in 2025? If so, that's kind of a new team. 

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So I looked up new public schools in Florida and this what I found. This doesn’t mean they will have football, it just means they are opening soon. 
 

Morgan High - Hillsborough county opening fall 2025

Legacy High - Port St Lucie opening fall 2025

Wellen Park - Sarasota County opening fall 2026

Soundside High School- Santa Rosa County opening fall 2026

CCC High School- Marion County opening fall 2026

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Here is Wellen Park High in Sarasota County in the Venice area, North Port to be specific.  Babcock Ranch is a recent school that opened in the area.  Apparently they play 8 man and 11 man football.  Wellen High Athletics including football seems very likely with athletic turf included in the construction.

https://www.sarasotacountyschools.net/page/wellen-park-high-school

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18 hours ago, MarkECannon said:

Morgan High will be located in Wimauma, Hillsborough County.  Could not find specifics about football but I’d be willing to bet good money there will be a football program.

I think all public schools will have a varsity football program for sure. I just don’t know if they are gonna play a JV only schedule given the fact there most likely won’t be any seniors. 
 

That area down by Wimauma has exploded. Parrish just built a high school just South of the county line. Sumner is brand new. Lennard isn’t that old. It used to just be East Bay. Now they will have 4 high schools in a 8 mile radius. Which is crazy if you knew how rural that area used to be 

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This will be the first time since 1957 that Wimauma has a high school. 
 

From 1950-1957 the Wimauma Wildcats played football in the Tampa Bay Conference with teams like Brandon, Largo, Pinecrest, Turkey Creek, Brewster Tech and St Paul’s. 
 

In 1958, East Bay opened in Gibsonton and all the kids from all over Southwest Hillsborough County went there. 

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