One of the most popular radio shows of its kind was back on Monday night for two hours this week, leading into the Marlins and Dodgers on the west coast.

Six guests talked the opening of high school spring and the NFL Draft as the South Florida High School Sports Show once again presented some interesting information.

Each week, the FM 104.3 WQAM radio program attracts the newsmakers in high school sports, recruiting college sports – not only locally, but throughout the country.

The show gives listeners an opportunity to hear about college football programs statewide from the media that cover them. It also focuses on the coaches who use the state of Florida – Miami-Dade and Broward Counties in particular.

The program, which has run for nearly two decades and has been recognized nationally as one of the best of its kind, has become a popular listen for recruiting fans as well as high school sports purists, focusing on high sports and the newsmakers.

Here is a look at the way Monday night went:

As a high school freshman, Travis Burke was 5’10 and 180 pounds as a potential prospect at Hollywood South Broward. With stops at Gardner Webb, FIU and most recently, Memphis University, this now 6’9, 340-pounder found himself in the NFL Draft as a fourth-round selection by the Los Angele Chargers.

TRAVIS BURKE ON MONDAY NIGHT. https://www.audacy.com/podcast/south-florida-high-school-sports-radio-5af98/episodes/los-angeles-chargers-4th-round-pick-travis-burke-e6f04

This past weekend, while hundreds of football prospects were being drafted across the country, the state of Florida was once again showcasing talent with numerous players being selected in the NFL Draft. Josh Wilson from Florida High School Football, who follows the former players from the Sunshine State, shined a spotlight on those prospects that were selected.

JOSH WILSON ON MONDAY NIGHT. https://www.audacy.com/podcast/south-florida-high-school-sports-radio-5af98/episodes/josh-wilson-of-florida-high-school-football-2db1b

Over the past two seasons, very few high school football programs have accomplished what West Boca Raton has been able to do. With head coach Dylan Potts and his staff leading the way, the Bulls have won two consecutive titles, and as the 2026 spring football season is now under way, this is a team that may have its best program in school history.                                                    

COACH DYLAN POTTS ON MONDAY NIGHT. https://www.audacy.com/podcast/south-florida-high-school-sports-radio-5af98/episodes/west-boca-raton-head-coach-dylan-potts-a5d3a

If you follow high school football in south Florida, the name Roland Smith is more than familiar. Coaching Miami Central to several state titles, he left the position to join the staff at his alma mater, University of Miami, a few years ago. Before he left for Coral Gables, Smith had the pleasure of developing Rueben Bain & Wesley Bissainthe at the start of their careers, and over the past three seasons, has been able to keep a close eye on them as Hurricanes before heading to the NFL.

COACH ROLAND SMITH ON MONDAY NIGHT. https://www.audacy.com/podcast/south-florida-high-school-sports-radio-5af98/episodes/miami-hurricanes-coach-roland-smith-427e3

Nine players drafted and four more signing on as free agents. That is the aftermath of a season at the University of Miami that has once again kick-started this programs under head coach Mario Cristobal. Geo Millian, who covers this team year-round, looked at the players who will have the chance to play at the professional level from the national runner ups.

GEO MILLIAN ON MONDAY NIGHT. https://www.audacy.com/podcast/south-florida-high-school-sports-radio-5af98/episodes/geo-millian-university-of-miami-reporter-7639b

Eight years ago, in the state championship game in Orlando, Jacksonville Mandarin, a program that had never experienced success on the football field, stunned Miami Christopher Columbus and took home the state title. At the center of then head coach Bobby Ramsey’s team was a quarterback who was starting to make a name for himself as he got ready to head to the University of Georgia. After some successful years with the Bulldogs, Carson Beck made his way to Miami this past season and led the Hurricanes to the national championship game. On Friday, that QB who led the Mustangs to that school’s first ever title, was selected by the Arizona Cardinals.

COACH BOBBY RAMSEY ON MONDAY NIGHT. https://www.audacy.com/podcast/south-florida-high-school-sports-radio-5af98/episodes/former-mandarin-high-school-football-head-cocah-bobby-ramsey-5d143

Over the years, Fort Lauderdale’s Cardinal Gibbons High School has been fortunate to win state football titles while developing quality student/athletes. On Friday, the program was once again recognized when University of Oklahoma standout and former Gibbons prospect R. Mason Thomas was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs. Veteran head coach Matt Dubuc stopped by to talk about Thomas and others who will start their professional career.

COACH MATT DUBUC ON MONDAY NIGHT. https://www.audacy.com/podcast/south-florida-high-school-sports-radio-5af98/episodes/cardinal-gibbons-head-coach-matt-dubuc-17a48

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At a time when every football fan in south Florida knows all about the powerhouses and the star-rated players, there are plenty of programs throughout Miami-Dade and Broward Counties that even the most knowledgeable fans have no clue about.

In the sport of football, like other sports, there are levels of play – and while everyone would love to play at the University of Miami and so many other highly-promoted programs, the reality is it doesn’t happen, and the many athletes who opt attend other smaller colleges and universities end up winning in the end.

Miami Sunset’s football program will never put the fear into any player or coach in south Florida, but what the Knights have in veteran head coach Joseph Petisco is someone who gets it – and despite posting a 3-6 record a year ago, he continues to teach the sport and develop student/athletes. He always has and that’s why he is respected by so many for doing what he does – every year without the fanfare that the state-rated teams receive.

What Petisco and his football program do as an independent team is compete and offer his football players the opportunity to play this sport at the next level while receiving a stellar education that will set them up with degrees and the chance to make a huge impact on society.

Sunset and several other independent programs in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties represent old school values on the football field and in the classroom, and while they may not be mentioned with some of the elite programs, track where their student/athletes end up over a four-year period and you will be surprised at what many of them have achieved.

PLENTY OF GIFTED PROSPECTS ON THIS YEAR’S ROSTER’

As this team is now in spring and looking forward toward the summer – with camps and college visits scheduled – there are quite a few players to keep an eye on:

CLASS OF 2027

Michael Barrow, Athlete, 5/7, 165.

TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/19937882/Michael-Barrow

Tristan Carr, WR/DB, 5'9, 150 - 2.9 GPA.

TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/22442623/Tristan-Carr

Joshua Fertil, TE/DE, 6'2, 215 - 2.9 GPA.

TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/27958943/Joshua-Fertil

Savion Moss Savion, WR/DB, 5'10, 155.

TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/19466265/Savion-Moss

Jacob Regalado, DE/OLB, 6'3, 185 – 2.5 GPA.

TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/26784937/Jacob-Regalado

CLASS OF 2028

Nicholas De Bari, OL/DL, 5'8, 225 - 3.8 GPA.

TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/23256020/Nicholas-De-Bari

David Ortuno, WR/DB, 5'10, 160 -3.0 GPA.

TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/27436752/David-Ortuno

Brayan Padron, RB, 5'8, 150.

TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/26777194/Brayan-Padron

AWAITING SPRING VIDEO

Isaac Caceras, WR/TE/LB, 6'1, 165 - 3.7 GPA

2025 Miami Sunset Knights

Miami Coral Reef, L 23-0

Hialeah Miami Lakes, L 6-0 (Forfeit)

Miami Varela, L 23-6

Hollywood Hills, L 56-0

Miami Coral Reef, W 14-12

Miami Ferguson, L 43-0

Hialeah Miami Lakes, W 6-0, (Forfeit)

Miami Braddock, L 38-0

Miami Coral Park, W 14-0

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It began four years ago as an idea to get local officials ready for spring and welcome some new referees in game conditions.

Twenty schools competed in a 7-on-7 event that ushered in spring and was all about some friendly competition with schools from Broward and a few from Miami-Dade.

Fast forward to 2026 – with spring football under way throughout south Florida, the objective is still the same as game officials – new and veteran will converge on three sites over two days to get some work in while being evaluated by their peers in high school, college and even the National Football League.

From the 20 teams at a few sites, the stakes have been raised as Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons, Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas and Fort Lauderdale Dillard will welcome 36 schools from Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties with defending state champions and other powerhouses competing on both days.

With the championship being held on Sunday at St. Thomas Aquinas, crowing two champions (954 and 754) along with a 5v5 lineman challenge, this promises to be something special for players, coaches, game officials and fans, who will get a preview of some of the top teams in the three counties.

7 on 7 event hosted by the Broward Football Officials Association (BFOA) in collaboration with the Broward County Athletics Association (BCAA) is something that will draw attention from media as well as recruiting services and fan websites.

SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE

AT DILLARD

POOL A – 9:00 A.M.

Miami Norland 

Sunrise Piper

Boynton Beach 

Coral Springs Coral Glades 

POOL B – 11:20 A.M.

Miami Northwestern 

Fort Lauderdale Dillard

Miramar 

Weston Cypress Bay 

POOL C – 1:40 P.M.

Pembroke Pines West Broward

Wellington Palm Beach Central

Miami Carol City

Deerfield Beach

AT ST. THOMAS

POOL D – 9 A.M.

Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas 

Miami Lakes Barbara Goleman

Miami Gardens Monsignor Pace 

Pembroke Pines Charter 

POOL E – 11:20 A.M.

Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna 

Miami Killian 

Davie Western 

Lake Worth Park Vista 

POOL F – 1:40 P.M.

Miami True North

Coconut Creek Monarch

Pompano Beach Blanche Ely 

Palm Beach Lakes 

AT CARDINAL GIBBONS

POOL G – 9 A.M.

West Boca Raton

Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons 

Royal Palm Beach 

Oakland Park Northeast 

POOL H – 11:20 A.M.

Southwest Ranches Archbishop McCarthy 

Coconut Creek 

Boca Raton Spanish River 

Parkland Douglas 

POOL I – 1:40 P.M.

Delray Beach Atlantic 

Pembroke Pines Flanagan 

Lantana Santaluces

Pompano Beach 

TICKETS FOR SATURDAY

AT CARDINAL GIBBONS. https://gofan.co/event/6504774?

AT ST. THOMAS AQUINAS. https://gofan.co/event/6503694?zkLPUC_6iQ

AT DILLARD. https://gofan.co/event/6505032

TICKETS FOR SUNDAY

AT ST. THOMAS AQUINAS. https://gofan.co/event/6503706?

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By Dave Brousseau

POMPANO BEACH – Perhaps the best word to describe the Cardinal Gibbons 1-0 softball victory over Coral Springs Charter in the BCAA Big 8 championship game on Wednesday is.

FINALLY.

Entering the game the Chiefs had been shutout in 12 consecutive games against their district rival, while being outscored 142-0 during that stretch dating back to February of 2016. Gibbons has also lost 16 straight games to the Panthers going as far back as 2008.

In the bottom of the seventh inning and the game still scoreless, sophomore outfielder Sloane Schaefer stood on third base with one out. Sophomore second baseman Reese Randall delivered the sacrifice fly ball to left center for the win.

“This feels good, but at the same time we know we’re going to see them again,“ said Gibbon’s coach Emily Estroff. “Our goal is to win the state championship. When you’re playing anyone that’s very good and you play a team like Coral Springs Charter there’s more at stake.”

For the first time since these teams first met in 2008, Gibbons (22-1) were winners snapping a 16-game losing streak to the Panthers and first BCAA Big 8 title.

“I knew I just had to put the ball in play,” said Randall, who was named the games MVP. “What ever happens, happens. I was very confident I would get the job done.”

“We battled to the end, and I think we’ve known that about our team this whole year,” said senior pitcher Lydia Berent. “Coral Springs Charter has been the final test. To come out here and show what it takes. We made some great plays, and it was awesome.”

Berent allowed five hits and struck out nine batters.

Coral Springs Charter (17-3) had runners only twice but were unable to produce any runs. The loss was the third of the season decided by a single run.

Panthers starting pitcher Courtney Wahlbrink was replaced by eighth-grader Iyralynn Courtney after two and third innings having thrown 14 innings on Tuesday.

Courtney went 4.2 innings, allowing six hits and the only run of the game in the seventh inning.

“Credit to Lydia she a Division I pitcher going to Stanford and we had a couple of chances there,” said Charter assistant coach Paul Gorlick. “She’s a real good pitcher and we needed to capitalize. There’s a chance we may see them again down the road.”

Dave Brousseau is a veteran journalist who worked at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and is a longtime BCAA Correspondent. Need to reach out to him? Contact him at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.