Charlotte HS alumnus here (I went to PCHS for a year too) just catching up in this thread.  If you follow youth football, it should not be a surprise that PCHS has grown into a beast with all that Port Charlotte Bandits youth football feeding into it.  In fact, this has felt long overdue as that youth program has been great for years.  I thought Mentzer did well enough to not get fired in a normal four-year stretch of CHS football but getting completely left in the dust by PCHS was probably the back breaker.  To be fair, it's not that CHS has fallen to PCHS level but rather PCHS has really blown up.  It is probably unfair to hold that against him but CHS doesn't like being in the shadow of a team it had dominated for 40 years.  

Nulli said -->Highly indicative. I haven't been impressed the last two years with Lakeland's offense.  It's not for lack of personnel but to borrow a little basketball terminology, it appeared that Lakeland was playing pickup ball, lol.  It worked against a lot of teams.  However, STA was quick to exploit that deficiency whereas others could not.  To put it in perspective, Riverdale was able to score 13 points.  That should tell you something.   Man, hold up... you out here tryna sneak-diss Lakeland's offense by pointin' at that Riverdale game like STA "exploited a deficiency" and Riverdale still dropped 13, so Lakeland gettin' shut out 29-0 in the title game must mean they offense trash? Boy, sit down with that weak sauce. That dog ain't even barkin', noimsayin'? First off, yeah, STA boat-raced Riverdale 45-13 in the semis – but it was 38-0 at the half, runnin' clock the whole second half, starters pullin' out early 'cause they already had one eye on that championship ring against y'all Dreadnaughts. They was subbin' deep, savin' legs, playin' prevent – them 13 points Riverdale got was pure garbage time against the JV squad. And don't forget, Riverdale was rollin' without they startin' QB Theo Harris, dude hurt the week before. Backup out there lookin' lost against that STA defense? That's like me at the Publix counter dealin' with a Karen who done lost her coupons – ain't no winnin' that battle.Now flip to the title game: full strength Lakeland, best y'all been all year, against a STA team locked in from whistle to whistle. No runnin' clock, no pullin' starters early – them boys played all four quarters hungry, threw five field goals and punched in TDs late when it mattered. Lakeland hung tough on D for a long time, but that STA defense? Man, they swarmin' like mosquitoes at a backyard BBQ in July. Y'all couldn't get nothin' goin', and that's credit to them Raiders bein' the dynasty they are – seventh straight ring, national champs type stuff.Tryna compare a blowout semi with subs and a missin' QB to a championship shutout? That's like me gamblin' my whole check on a heavyweight fight, thinkin' the champ gonna go easy in an exhibition sparrin' session. Nah, son. When the lights brightest, STA showed up and handled business. Lakeland a proud program, always gon' be, but don't twist scores to shade 'em – tell the whole story or keep it quiet. Feel me?

Nulli, Jambun knows all about Riverdale.  

I don't know anything about Riverdale, so it doesn't tell me anything. 

You never answered my question: How many more months to the all-star break?