Quiz-Nationally Ranked FL Teams of the Past

[OldSchoolLion]

Back in the 1980's and early 1990's, north and central Florida hs football teams dominated the scene, even on a national  level.  At least 10 FL teams ended the hs football season nationally ranked during that time period...6 from north FL, 2 from central FL, and 2 from south FL?

Which teams were they?

 

 

[DisabledAccount]

11 minutes ago, OldSchoolLion said:

Back in the 1980's and early 1990's, north and central Florida hs football teams dominated the scene, even on a national  level.  At least 10 FL teams ended the hs football season nationally ranked during that time period...6 from north FL, 2 from central FL, and 2 from south FL?

Which teams were they?

 

 

Palm Bay was one in fact i think they did it twice 

[OldSchoolLion]

1 minute ago, ColumbiaHighFan2017class said:

Palm Bay was one in fact i think they did it twice 

not during the time frame I mentioned

[DisabledAccount]

4 minutes ago, OldSchoolLion said:

not during the time frame I mentioned

Oh my bad i thought it said 80s and 90s

[DisabledAccount]

They were ranked twice in late 90s

 

 

91 Fort Walton Beach is one

 

90 Buchholz is another 

 

87 Pine Forest is another 

 

85 escambia (i think 86 escambia as well)

[Hwy17]

I know USA today had Jacksonville Bolles ranked #1 going into the title game with Bartow in 1996.  I think Bolles was also nationally ranked in the year before when we played them in the title game.  I also remember Lakeland being ranked. 

 

[DisabledAccount]

2 minutes ago, Hwy17 said:

I know USA today had Jacksonville Bolles ranked #1 going into the title game with Bartow in 1996.  I think Bolles was also nationally ranked in the year before when we played them in the title game.  I also remember Lakeland being ranked. 

 

I believe Bolles was nationally ranked one of the early 90s

 

[DisabledAccount]

Miami Southridge was ranked as well 

 

Ely i think was ranked,  if not maybe Dillard 

[DisabledAccount]

Ely and Dillard i think late 80s

 

Southridge early 90s

[OldSchoolLion]

51 minutes ago, Hwy17 said:

I know USA today had Jacksonville Bolles ranked #1 going into the title game with Bartow in 1996.  I think Bolles was also nationally ranked in the year before when we played them in the title game.  I also remember Lakeland being ranked. 

 

Bolles was ranked in 1995, so that is one of the north FL teams.  Lakeland was later.

[DisabledAccount]

@OldSchoolLion how many i got lol

[muckboy561]

Glades Central 

[KeemD321]

Titusville or Merritt Island is one of the central Florida teams maybe

[OldSchoolLion]

1 hour ago, KeemD321 said:

Titusville or Merritt Island is one of the central Florida teams maybe

no, further west

[OldSchoolLion]

3 hours ago, muckboy561 said:

Glades Central 

good guess, but no

[OldSchoolLion]

8 hours ago, ColumbiaHighFan2017class said:

Ely and Dillard i think late 80s

 

Southridge early 90s

Southridge is one of the two south FL teams, but not Dillard or Ely

[OldSchoolLion]

8 hours ago, ColumbiaHighFan2017class said:

They were ranked twice in late 90s

 

 

91 Fort Walton Beach is one

 

90 Buchholz is another 

 

87 Pine Forest is another 

 

85 escambia (i think 86 escambia as well)

Those 4 are correct and Bolles is the 5th team

[OldSchoolLion]

So far we have 5/6 teams from north FL and one from the South

Stll looking for 1 North FL team, 2 central FL teams and 1 south SFL  teams

[badbird]

1982 or 84 Woodham

Manatee twice

1992 STA

 

[OldSchoolLion]

1 minute ago, badbird said:

1982 or 84 Woodham

Manatee twice

1992 STA

 

all good!

one central FL team to go..another west central FL team like Manatee 

[DisabledAccount]

35 minutes ago, OldSchoolLion said:

all good!

one central FL team to go..another west central FL team like Manatee 

Bradenton Southeast 

 

93 and 94

[muckboy561]

2 hours ago, OldSchoolLion said:

good guess, but no

Early 90s I see you didn't wanna say late 90s lol

[OldSchoolLion]

1 hour ago, muckboy561 said:

Early 90s I see you didn't wanna say late 90s lol

Yea, the power started moving south in the late 90's.  

[OldSchoolLion]

So, in south FL, Aquinas and Miami Southridge got national recognition in the early 90's.

In central FL, Bradenton was a hotbed of talent back then.  1989 and 1992 5A champion Bradenton Manatee (remember Tommie Frazier?) and 1993 and 1994 state champion Bradenton Southeast (remember Peter Warrick?), were recognized in the polls.

In north Fl, the Pensacola area was stacked with powerful teams...Escambia (Emmit Smith), Woodham (Ronald Stallworth), Pine Forest and Fort Walton Beach all spent time in the polls.  Pensacola Woodham was ranked in the final polls three years in a row in the early 1980's.  And Pine Forest finished #1 in 1988.   Like STA, Bolles got on the radar in the early 90's.  And Gainesville Buchholz was in the polls in 1990 when they won the 4A title and went 14-0.

Imagine that...Buchholz was an undefeated state champion and nationally ranked less than 30 years.  Unlike certain other programs in that area, who have to boast about titles from 50 years ago.  Thank God for Buchholz and Madison County for upholding the honor of that area of the state.

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[DisabledAccount]

5 minutes ago, OldSchoolLion said:

So, in south FL, Aquinas and Miami Southridge got national recognition in the early 90's.

In central FL, Bradenton was a hotbed of talent back then.  1989 and 1992 5A champion Bradenton Manatee (remember Tommie Frazier?) and 1993 and 1994 state champion Bradenton Southeast (remember Peter Warrick?), were recognized in the polls.

In north Fl, the Pensacola area was stacked with powerful teams...Escambia (Emmit Smith), Woodham (Ronald Stallworth), Pine Forest and Fort Walton Beach all spent time in the polls.  Pensacola Woodham was ranked in the final polls three years in a row in the early 1980's.  And Pine Forest finished #1 in 1988.   Like STA, Bolles got on the radar in the early 90's.  And Gainesville Buchholz was in the polls in 1990 when they won the 4A title and went 14-0.

Imagine that...Buchholz was an undefeated state champion and nationally ranked less than 30 years.  Unlike certain other programs in that area, who have to boast about titles from 50 years ago.  Thank God for Buchholz and Madison County for upholding the honor of that area of the state.

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Who's won head to head in past 8 of 9 meetings though? LMAO 

 

Buchholz does have that championship but they won't be that deep again for a long time, Gainesville area talent too split apart for any team to win state in a large classification

 

Gainesville loaded up on the best players in the county in 2012 and the best it got them was getting teeth kicked in by Miami Central in Orlando and no large school team in the county has even been to a semifinal game since