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I went to the Vero/FPC game back in 2012 and it was intense. You had to sit in your assigned seat and it was packed. Most of the time the entire crowd was standing. It felt like a true rivalry game.    And yeah, FPC is the true rival. Since the 20’s.    The Fort Pierce Eagles vs Vero Beach Indians was the top rivalry early on back in the day.    Fort Pierce started in playing football in 1923. Vero Beach 1927. For the first 3 years, they played each other twice per year and from the until today have played almost every single year.    Fort Pierce was renamed Dan McCarty High from 1953-1969, and then in 1970, McCarty merged with Lincoln Park Academy to create FPC.     

Did you say you are or were an official?  Quit while your ahead Jambun.

Vero’s traditional rival was Merritt Island due to both programs meeting in hard fought games in their state championship years. As you mentioned Vero has always had a “rivalry” with Fort Pierce Central as they were the two dominant programs in this area and were district foes. Central has a bit of a chip (rightly so) about their kids being “home grown” as they lose a significant amount of talent to Vero and their resources. But to be honest, Central’s main rival has always been Fort Pierce Westwood and even the Vero games don’t carry the intensity and hatred that the “Showdown” game does each year- which is why it’s played on Saturday morning.    Vero’s true rival should be Sebastian River, because they’re the only two public schools in this county. When they played the games were heated and exactly what a rivalry game should be. Sebastian River broke off the game a few years back and now refuse to play Vero because they said the game got too intense and they wanted to let it cool for a bit. Truth be told, Sebastian was no longer competitive and the game was embarrassing on their end. Hopefully if they can turn their program around the game can be played again.   As of right now, I would say Vero has no “rival” to speak of. 

You just described about 80 percent of the teams in South Florida. Lol. 

I saw Boynton Beach play in week 3 in a home loss to Santaluces 9-7.  That being said it was a month and half ago.  I’ll tell you what I observed.  Their defense played tough.  They made things difficult for the Santaluces running back that received some pub earlier in the year.  It was obvious he was public enemy #1. He was not going to beat them. Offense was not anything to write home about.  They did have a couple of receivers that were quick and got open.  The problem was the QB was inaccurate for much of the night. My guess is if the Panthers put 17 points on the board the victory will be assured.