15 Interesting Games This Week 10/5/18

[OldSchoolLion]

South Florida

7ASt Thomas Aquinas(4-1) @ 8ADeerfield Beach(6-0)   DB has beaten STA more than any other team.  These two have split their last 4 games.  DB won 6-3 in 2015 and STA won 14-0 last season.

3AAmerican Heritage Delray(5-0) @ 4AUniversity School(5-1)   University has won 2 of the past 3 meetings, including a 35-14 victory last season.

6ACarol City(5-0) @ 8ASouthridge(5-1)   Carol City has won the last 5 meetings, including a 44-0 victory last year.

4ABooker T(3-3) @ 8ACoral Gables(4-2)   Booker T has won the last 3 meetings, including a 34-21 victory last year.  The losses these two have had came against very tough competition.

 

Central Florida

6AArmwood(4-1) @ 7APlant City(6-0)    Armwood has won the past 7 meetings, most in blowout fashion.  Could this be Plant City's year?

8AOsceola(5-0) @ 5AJesuit(5-0)   Osceola won last year 35-0 at Osceola.

8AColumbus(5-1) @ 6ALake Gibson(2-4)   Normally this would be a blockbuster, but maybe not this year.  Nice chance for central FL folks to see one of the better teams from south FL.

8AGeorge Jenkins(4-1) @ 7ALakeland(6-0)    Lakeland has owned this rivalry and will likely win this one easily, but George Jenkins may put up more of a fight than they have in recent years.

6ALake Wales(4-1) @ 7AWinter Haven(4-2)   Classic Polk County rivalry.  Winter Haven has won 10 of the past 12 meetings, including the last 8.  6 of those 12 games were decided by a TD or less.

5AJones(4-1) @ 8AWest Orange(5-1)    West Orange has won 4 of the last 7 meetings.  Jones has won the past 2 of those, including a 21-10 win at home last season

4ACocoa(3-2) @ 6AMainland(4-2)  Cocoa won last year 21-7, but Cocoa's defense has been giving up 27 points per game on average.

 

North Florida

6AGainesville(4-1) @ 7A Buchholz(3-2)  This will be the 47th meeting between these two city rivals.  Buchholz holds the edge in the series 26-21, but Gainesville has won 7 of the past 9 meetings, including the last two games. 

4ARaines(4-1) @ 8ASandalwood(4-1)  Raines won 55-20 last year at home.

5ATrinity Christian(5-0) @ 7AOakleaf(4-1)   First ever meeting between these two teams.

6ANavarre(6-0) @ 6AEscambia(4-1)  Escambia won last season 35-27, but Navarre won the 5 games prior to that.  These two teams typically play close.

 

 

[OldSchoolLion]

...just added this game.

4ACocoa(3-2) @ 6AMainland(4-2)  Cocoa won last year 21-7, but Cocoa's defense has been giving up 27 points per game on average.

Cocoa gave up 93 points during the entire regular season last year.  20 of those points came during OT's.  Cocoa has already allowed 134 points in 5 games this year.  Somebody mentioned a running clock against Pahokee.  Cocoa better plan on scoring 60 to do that. 

[VeniceIndianFan]

12 hours ago, OldSchoolLion said:

South Florida

7ASt Thomas Aquinas(4-1) @ 8ADeerfield Beach(6-0)   DB has beaten STA more than any other team.  These two have split their last 4 games.  DB won 6-3 in 2015 and STA won 14-0 last season.

3AAmerican Heritage Delray(5-0) @ 4AUniversity School(5-1)   University has won 2 of the past 3 meetings, including a 35-14 victory last season.

6ACarol City(5-0) @ 8ASouthridge(5-1)   Carol City has won the last 5 meetings, including a 44-0 victory last year.

4ABooker T(3-3) @ 8ACoral Gables(4-2)   Booker T has won the last 3 meetings, including a 34-21 victory last year.  The losses these two have had came against very tough competition.

 

Central Florida

6AArmwood(4-1) @ 7APlant City(6-0)    Armwood has won the past 7 meetings, most in blowout fashion.  Could this be Plant City's year?

8AOsceola(5-0) @ 5AJesuit(5-0)   Osceola won last year 35-0 at Osceola.

8AColumbus(5-1) @ 6ALake Gibson(2-4)   Normally this would be a blockbuster, but maybe not this year.  Nice chance for central FL folks to see one of the better teams from south FL.

8AGeorge Jenkins(4-1) @ 7ALakeland(6-0)    Lakeland has owned this rivalry and will likely win this one easily, but George Jenkins may put up more of a fight than they have in recent years.

5AJones(4-1) @ 8AWest Orange(5-1)    West Orange has won 4 of the last 7 meetings.  Jones has won the past 2 of those, including a 21-10 win at home last season

4ACocoa(3-2) @ 6AMainland(4-2)  Cocoa won last year 21-7, but Cocoa's defense has been giving up 27 points per game on average.

 

North Florida

4ARaines(4-1) @ 8ASandalwood(4-1)  Raines won 55-20 last year at home.

5ATrinity Christian(5-0) @ 7AOakleaf(4-1)   First ever meeting between these two teams.

6ANavarre(6-0) @ 6AEscambia(4-1)  Escambia won last season 35-27, but Navarre won the 5 games prior to that.  These two teams typically play close.

 

 

Venice vs Champagnat Catholic and IMG vs Superior Collegiate could both be nail biters next week, 2 very heavyweight matchups

[OldSchoolLion]

8 minutes ago, VeniceIndiansFootball said:

Venice vs Champagnat Catholic and IMG vs Superior Collegiate could both be nail biters next week, 2 very heavyweight matchups

Isn't Superior playing Rockledge?

[VeniceIndianFan]

1 hour ago, OldSchoolLion said:

Isn't Superior playing Rockledge?

I thought they were playing IMG

[Drogo]

8 minutes ago, VeniceIndiansFootball said:

I thought they were playing IMG

Rockledge next week, IMG on the 12th

[Hwy17]

Lake Wales (4-1) vs Winter Haven (4-2)

Sebring (4-1) vs Kathleen (3-2)

 

[OldSchoolLion]

Adding the following to the original list.

6ALake Wales(4-1) @ 7AWinter Haven(4-2)   Classic Polk County rivalry.  Winter Haven has won 10 of the past 12 meetings, including the last 8.  6 of those 12 games were decided by a TD or less.

[gwdrum75]

On ‎9‎/‎28‎/‎2018 at 11:51 PM, OldSchoolLion said:

8AGeorge Jenkins(4-1) @ 7ALakeland(6-0)    Lakeland has owned this rivalry and will likely win this one easily, but George Jenkins may put up more of a fight than they have in recent years.

 

Would've been nice to see Jenkins/Lakeland both come into this game undefeated.

I can see Jenkins coming into this game with some energy. But Lakeland should put this team away early, as long as they don't play down to Jenkins (which they sometimes have a tendency to do). Plus, this is homecoming for Lakeland. So, hopefully they don't get too caught up in those distractions.

Jenkins looks good at 4-1....but if you really look at their schedule, it's easy to see why they are 4-1. Gateway kind of exposed them a bit.

[OldSchoolLion]

Adding the following to the original list.

6AGainesville(4-1) @ 7A Buchholz(3-2)  This will be the 47th meeting between these two city rivals.  Buchholz holds the edge in the series 26-21, but Gainesville has won 8 of the past 10 meetings, including the last two games. 

 

[Spectator]

I went to Cocoa at Mainland tonight. Very good game to watch. Cocoa has better looking talent & played well. Bucs have a good Defense but were on the field all night & got gassed late. Bucs Oline is turrrible. Great kicker though. Hit from 36, 42, killed a punt inside the 10, kickoffs were right on the goal line. In 2nd half he was in his own end zone and the snap bounced 5 yds short - he still got off a beauty of a punt. Early 4th qtr it was 34-27 Tigers, final was 44-27 Cocoa.

[Hwy17]

On 10/1/2018 at 7:39 AM, gwdrum75 said:

Would've been nice to see Jenkins/Lakeland both come into this game undefeated.

I can see Jenkins coming into this game with some energy. But Lakeland should put this team away early, as long as they don't play down to Jenkins (which they sometimes have a tendency to do). Plus, this is homecoming for Lakeland. So, hopefully they don't get too caught up in those distractions.

Jenkins looks good at 4-1....but if you really look at their schedule, it's easy to see why they are 4-1. Gateway kind of exposed them a bit.

The party is over for George Jenkins.  Lakeland and Osceola are going to put it to them.  Jenkins will finish 7-3 then one and done in the playoffs.  Still, its an improvement from years past and hopefully they change the culture of losing over there.  

[Steinbrenner Warriors]

11 minutes ago, Hwy17 said:

The party is over for George Jenkins.  Lakeland and Osceola are going to put it to them.  Jenkins will finish 7-3 then one and done in the playoffs.  Still, its an improvement from years past and hopefully they change the culture of losing over there.  

To be honest, 7-3 may not be enough for Jenkins to get into the playoffs. Their wins are all class 4 and at 4-1 they currently sit 10th in 8a Region 2 behind a 2-4 Dr. Phillips and a 2-4 Ridge Community. I don't see how this team would get into the playoffs without an upset over 1 of the 2 powerhouses as they will only receive 12 bonus points for playing playoff teams. This isn't to say they haven't done a great job this year. But the schedule strength may have a 7-3 team looking in from the outside

[Hwy17]

5 minutes ago, Steinbrenner Warriors said:

To be honest, 7-3 may not be enough for Jenkins to get into the playoffs. Their wins are all class 4 and at 4-1 they currently sit 10th in 8a Region 2 behind a 2-4 Dr. Phillips and a 2-4 Ridge Community. I don't see how this team would get into the playoffs without an upset over 1 of the 2 powerhouses as they will only receive 12 bonus points for playing playoff teams. This isn't to say they haven't done a great job this year. But the schedule strength may have a 7-3 team looking in from the outside

Its going to be close for sure.  Ridge still has Bolles and Winter Haven; Dr. Phillips plays Wekiva but the schedule afterwards looks equally weak to George Jenkin's schedule.  

[OldSchoolLion]

9 hours ago, Spectator said:

I went to Cocoa at Mainland tonight. Very good game to watch. Cocoa has better looking talent & played well. Bucs have a good Defense but were on the field all night & got gassed late. Bucs Oline is turrrible. Great kicker though. Hit from 36, 42, killed a punt inside the 10, kickoffs were right on the goal line. In 2nd half he was in his own end zone and the snap bounced 5 yds short - he still got off a beauty of a punt. Early 4th qtr it was 34-27 Tigers, final was 44-27 Cocoa.

As I stated in a game update last night, Cocoa's defense is giving up a lot of points (27 points/game/average).  If they get a 4A semi rematch with University this year, it could be a shooting match.   

[OldSchoolLion]

4ARaines(5-1) had to come from behind to edge 8ASandalwood(4-2) 20-14.  What a difference compared to last year, when Raines won 55-20. 

Raines 3-star RB Brandon Marshall became Raines' career rushing record holder, breaking DeJaun Green's old record of 2938 yards. 

 

[Legion37]

8AGeorge Jenkins(4-1) @ 7ALakeland(6-0)    Lakeland has owned this rivalry and will likely win this one easily, but George Jenkins may put up more of a fight than they have in recent years.

 

Lakeland played flat, missed 3 xpts and still won 42-0 with a running clock late - 

[Nulli Secundus]

39 minutes ago, Legion37 said:

8AGeorge Jenkins(4-1) @ 7ALakeland(6-0)    Lakeland has owned this rivalry and will likely win this one easily, but George Jenkins may put up more of a fight than they have in recent years.

 

Lakeland played flat, missed 3 xpts and still won 42-0 with a running clock late - 

Not to mention turnovers too....

[Dan in Daytona]

On 10/5/2018 at 12:05 AM, Spectator said:

I went to Cocoa at Mainland tonight. Very good game to watch. Cocoa has better looking talent & played well. Bucs have a good Defense but were on the field all night & got gassed late. Bucs Oline is turrrible. Great kicker though. Hit from 36, 42, killed a punt inside the 10, kickoffs were right on the goal line. In 2nd half he was in his own end zone and the snap bounced 5 yds short - he still got off a beauty of a punt. Early 4th qtr it was 34-27 Tigers, final was 44-27 Cocoa.

Cocoa, looked better then last year (IMO). They got speed, muscle, and a solid air game. The new coach has opened up the offense. The "D" is still loaded with athletes. The kicker is D-1. The future looks bright....go Tigers 

[OldSchoolLion]

On 9/29/2018 at 12:18 PM, VeniceIndiansFootball said:

Venice vs Champagnat Catholic and IMG vs Superior Collegiate could both be nail biters next week, 2 very heavyweight matchups

Wow, 2 blowouts by Venice and Rockledge.

[VeniceIndianFan]

7 hours ago, OldSchoolLion said:

Wow, 2 blowouts by Venice and Rockledge.

Yeah I know I was really wrong. I thought those were gonna be really tough games for them. Guess not. 

[OldSchoolLion]

On 10/5/2018 at 11:49 PM, Nulli Secundus said:

Not to mention turnovers too....

Not sure if Jenkins has more than one qb, but the one I saw looked very athletic and had an arm.  Believe the announcer said he was a sophomore.  If so, that young man looked quite good for someone his age.  

[OldSchoolLion]

Watched a little of University School's game on NFHS.  AH Delray's offense was really struggling.  University's defense looked very athletic.