Well, we have waited since last December for football to once again come back at the high school level, and today, it starts over what could be the most competitive season in recent memory.
With the third edition of the Broward County National Football Showcase taking center stage – this is certainly going to be a weekend that will shine the spotlight on south Florida – with nationally rated teams taking part in an event that has taken off – in a major way.
There are two game that will kick this elite event off today – when Coconut Creek Monarch takes on Peachtree Ridge out of Georgia and Miami Northwestern will travel to play host Coconut Creek in the second game of the doubleheader.
Peachtree Ridge (0-1) vs. No. 10 Coconut Creek Monarch (0-0), Coconut Creek High, 4 p.m.
SUWANNEE PEACHTREE RIDGE LIONS (Georgia)
HEAD COACH Matt Helmerich
2023 RECORD: 10-2
2024 SCHEDULE
Roswell, Georgia L 21-6
8/22 – Monarch
9/6 - @Mountain View
9/13 – Meadowcreek
9/20 – Norcross
9/26 – Duluth
10/4 - @North Gwinnett
10/18 – Brookwood
10/25 - @Parkview
11/1 – Berkmar
COCONUT CREEK MONARCH KNIGHTS
HEAD COACH Calvin Davis
2023 RECORD: 11-3
2024 SCHEDULE
8/22 – Peachtree Ridge, Georgia
8/29 – Deerfield Beach
9/13 - @Sanford Seminole
9/20 - @Fort Lauderdale
9/26 - @Coral Springs
10/5 – Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna
10/18 - @Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas
10/24 – Sunrise Piper
11/1 - @Pompano Beach Blanche Ely
No. 9 Miami Northwestern (0-0) vs. No. 18 Coconut Creek
Coconut Creek High, 8 p.m.
MIAMI NORTHWESTERN BULLS
HEAD COACH Teddy Bridgewater
2023 RECORD: 4-6
2024 SCHEDULE
8/22 - @Coconut Creek
8/30 - @Venice
9/6 - @Miami Carol City
9/13 - @Miami Norland
9/19 – Miami Christopher Columbus
9/27 – Miami Jackson
10/4 – Miami Central
10/11 - @Key West
10/25 – Miami St. Brendan
COCONUT CREEK COUGARS
HEAD COACH Johnny Sloan
2023 RECORD: 10-3
2024 SCHEDULE
8/22 – Miami Northwestern
9/6 - @Baylor, Tennessee
9/13 - @Deerfield Beach
9/20 - @Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons
9/27 – Lauderdale Lakes Boyd Anderson
10/4 – Hollywood South Broward
10/10 - @Delray Beach Atlantic
10/18 – Miramar
10/25 – Pompano Beach Blanche Ely
11/1 - @Parkland Douglas
MORE GAMES TO WATCH OPENING WEEK
While the national showcase is getting much of the attention on opening of the regular season, there are other contests to keep an eye on as well:
THURSDAY, AUGUST 22
Coral Springs Charter at NSU University School, 7
Doral Ronald Reagan vs. Miami Sunset (Milander), 7:30
Hialeah American vs. No. 20 Miami Edison (Traz), 3:30
Homestead South Dade vs. No. 13 Miami Booker T. (Traz), 7
No. 7 Miami Christopher Columbus at No. 15 Miami Southridge, 7
Miami Coral Park vs. Southwest Miami (Tropical), 7
Miami Ferguson at Coral Gables, 4
Miami LaSalle at Miami High (Curtis), 7
Miami Springs vs. Miami Beach (Memorial), 3:30
Miami St. Brendan at Miami Dr. Krop (Ives), 7
Oakland Park Northeast at Pembroke Pines Charter, 5:45
Westland Hialeah at HML, 3:30
FRIDAY, AUGUST 23
Broward Showcase: Milton (Ga.) vs. No. 4 American Heritage, 7
Broward Showcase: Lake Mary at No. 11 Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons, 7
Clewiston at Key West, 7
Coral Springs Coral Glades at Cooper City, 7
Delray American Heritage at Miami Westminster Christian, 4
Fort Lauderdale at Miramar Everglades, 7
Fort Lauderdale Calvary Christian at Miami Belen Jesuit, 7
No. 12 Fort Lauderdale Dillard vs. No. 20 Plantation (PAL), 7
Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest at West Palm Beach Oxbridge Academy, 7
Fort Lauderdale Westminster Academy at Port St. Lucie Tradition Prep, 7
Hialeah ABF Academy at Goulds Palm Glades Prep, 4
Hialeah Gardens at Miami Varela, 3:30
Hialeah Gardens Mater Academy at Somerset Silver Palms, 7
Hollywood Avant Garde at Riviera Beach Inlet Grove, 6:30
Hollywood Hills at Coral Springs Taravella, 7
Hollywood McArthur at Hallandale, 7
Hollywood South Broward vs. Pembroke Pines West Broward (Ansin), 7
Homestead No. 5 vs. No. 14 Miami Palmetto (Tropical), 7:30
Lakeland vs. No. 3 Miami Central (Traz), 7:30
Lauderdale Lakes Boyd Anderson at Pompano Beach Blanche Ely, 7
Miami Archbishop Carroll at Miami Florida Christian, 7
Miami Braddock vs. Mourning (N. Miami), 3:30
Miami Gardens TRU Prep vs. Miami True North Classical Academy (Tropical), 3:30
Miami Gulliver Prep at Doral Academy, 7
No. 8 Miami Norland at No. 19 Miramar, 7
Miami SmartEn Sports Academy at Miami Palmer Trinity, 4
Moore Haven at Davie Nova, 7
North Lauderdale Somerset Prep at Deerfield Beach Somerset Key, 4
North Miami vs. Jackson (Curtis), 7:30
North Miami Beach at Auburn, Alabama, 7
Palm Beach Lakes at Coral Springs, 7
Parkland Douglas at Weston Cypress Bay, 7
Pembroke Pines Flanagan vs. Miami Lakes Goleman (Milander), 7:30
Pembroke Pines Somerset Academy at Coconut Creek North Broward Prep, 6
Pompano Beach at Marathon, 7:30
Somerset South Homestead at Tavernier Coral Shores, 7
South Miami vs. Miami Coral Reef (Southridge), 7:30
Southwest Ranches Archbishop McCarthy at Naples Community School, 7
Deerfield Beach at Sunrise Piper, 7
West Palm Beach Cardinal Newman at Miami Gardens Monsignor Pace, 7:30
SATURDAY, AUGUST 24
Broward Showcase: Las Vegas Bishop Gorman at No. 1 Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas, 4
Broward Showcase: Hoover, Alabama at No. 6 Davie Western, 7
Broward Showcase at St. Thomas: No. 2 Hollywood Chaminade vs. Bellflower St. John Bosco (California), 8
Hialeah at Miami Carol City (Milander), 7
Homestead Everglades Prep vs. Miami Killian (Southridge), 7
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