Quiz-Nationally Ranked FL Teams of the Past

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Also we ran into both Woodham and pine Forest during those ranked years if my records show correctly (which i believe was higher class than buchholz at the time but i could be wrong 

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26 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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North Florida overall decline has coincided with a decline of the panhandle area 

 

It has to be more than just coaches who have retired, i wish i knew what caused the decline of that area of the state 

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7 hours ago, ColumbiaHighFan2017class said:

North Florida overall decline has coincided with a decline of the panhandle area 

 

It has to be more than just coaches who have retired, i wish i knew what caused the decline of that area of the state 

There are fewer people living in Pensacola today than there were in 1960.  Big drops in population took place in the 90's and 00's.  And the trend for the whole US is fewer younger kids as a % of the overall population. 

Major hurricanes have ravaged the Panhandle Eloise 1975, Elena 1985, Opal 1995, Ivan 2004, Dennis 2005.  Maybe folks got tired of them and moved away.  

Would be interesting to hear from someone on the board who can comment.

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1 hour ago, OldSchoolLion said:

There are fewer people living in Pensacola today than there were in 1960.  Big drops in population took place in the 90's and 00's.  And the trend for the whole US is fewer younger kids as a % of the overall population. 

Major hurricanes have ravaged the Panhandle Eloise 1975, Elena 1985, Opal 1995, Ivan 2004, Dennis 2005.  Maybe folks got tired of them and moved away.  

Would be interesting to hear from someone on the board who can comment.

Seems like the panhandle took more hits than South Florida but when we had the 04 and 05 seasons it seems like our population Down here exploded after that