Before the start of the 2025 high school football season began and fans looked at the schedules, it was a given that every week in Miami-Dade and Broward County would find elite matchups.
From the very first week of the season – when the nation had the chance to see the impressive talent and teams that call the #305 and #954 – this season is certainly filled with games that will test every power and give them bragging rights and some validation.
Tonight will once again shine a rather bright spotlight in the two counties when four of the top 10 teams will square off.
No. 1 Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas (1-1) will travel to Tropical Park to take on No. 7 Miami Christopher Columbus (0-1), and the annual rivalry in Broward will see No. 5 Hollywood Chaminade (1-1) at No. 2 Plantation American Heritage (1-0) at 7:30.
These games will not only grab the attention of fans here in south Florida but will have implications statewide and nationally – where Florida is always in the spotlight with the talent level among the best anywhere in the country.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS RAIDERS
HEAD COACH: Roger Harriott
DISTRICT: 15-5A
2024 RECORD: 12-3 (5A State Champions)
2025 SCHEDULE
Santa Ana Mater Dei, California, L 26-23
Lauderdale Lakes Boyd Anderson, W 72-6
9/5 - @ Miami Christopher Columbus
9/12 - Davie Western
9/19 - @ Hollywood McArthur
10/3 - Hollywood Hills
10/8 - @ NFL Academy, London
10/17 - @ Coconut Creek Monarch
10/24 - @ Plantation American Heritage
10/31 - Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna
MIAMI CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS EXPLORERS
HEAD COACH: Dave Dunn
DISTRICT: 16-7A
2024 RECORD: 12-4 (7A State Semifinalist)
2025 SCHEDULE
Our Lady of Good Counsel, L 14-7
9/5 – Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas
9/12 – Miami Palmetto
9/19 – Miami Northwestern
9/25 – Homestead South Dade
10/2 - @Miami High
10/6 – Miami Southridge (Continuation of game started on opening day. Explorers lead 14-7 in the third quarter).
10/9 – Coral Gables
10/17 – GMAC WEEK
10/24 – Miami True North Classical Academy
CHAMINADE-MADONNA LIONS
HEAD COACH: Dameon Jones
DISTRICT: 14-1A
2024 RECORD: 13-2 (State Champions)
2025 SCHEDULE
Baltimore St. Francis Academy, Maryland, L 42-13
Hollywood McArthur, W 28-14
9/5 - @ Plantation American Heritage
9/12 - @ Miami Edison
9/26 - Davie Western
10/3 - Coconut Creek Monarch
10/10 - Pompano Beach Blanche Ely
10/17 - @ Hollywood Avant Garde
10/24 - @ Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons
10/31 - @ Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas
AMERICAN HERITAGE PATRIOTS
HEAD COACH: Mike Smith
DISTRICT: 15-4A
2024 RECORD: 12-2 (State Champions)
2025 SCHEDULE
Philadelphia St. Joseph’s Prep, Pennsylvania, W 31-28
9/5 - Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna
9/12 - @ New Orleans Edna Karr, Louisiana
9/19 - Miami Central
9/26 - @ Plantation
10/3 - @ Pembroke Pines Flanagan
10/10 - Miami Norland
10/17 - @ Southwest Ranches Archbishop McCarthy
10/25 - @ Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas
In addition to the Miami Christopher Columbus-Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas, and Plantation American Heritage and Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna games, here are some other Thursday contests in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties:
No. 15 Coconut Creek at Davie Western, 7
No. 13 Coconut Creek Monarch at Ramsey Don Bosco Prep, New Jersey, 7
Coral Gables at Miami Beach, 3:30
Coral Springs Coral Glades at Coral Springs, 7
Doral Academy vs. Hialeah (Pace), 7
No. 16 Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons at Fort Lauderdale Calvary Christian, 7
Fort Lauderdale NSU University School at Davie Nova, 7
Fort Lauderdale Stranahan at Pompano Beach Blanche Ely, 7
Hialeah Gardens at No. 12 Hialeah Gardens Mater Academy (Ansin), 7
Hialeah Miami Lakes at Miami Sunset, 3:30
No. 18 Hollywood McArthur at No. 19 Miramar, 7
Miami Braddock at Doral Reagan, 3:30
No. 4 Miami Central vs. Miami Booker T. (Traz), 7:30
Miami Country Day at Miami Palmer Trinity, 4
Miami Edison vs. Miami Killian (Southridge), 7:30
Miami Immaculata La Salle at Miami Belen Jesuit, 7
Miami Jackson at Somerset Silver Palms, 7:30
Miami Norland vs. Homestead South Dade (Harris), 7:30
Miami Ransom Everglades at New Smyrna Beach, 7
Miami SmartEn Academy at Miami Archbishop Carroll, 3:30
Miami Westminster Christian at Marathon, 7
Naples St. John Neuman at Coral Springs Charter, 7
North Lauderdale Somerset Prep at Westminster Academy, 7
No. 14 North Miami vs. Miami Krop (Ives), 7
Oakland Park Northeast at No. 9 Fort Lauderdale Dillard, 7
Pembroke Pines Flanagan at Miramar Everglades, 7
Pembroke Pines Somerset Academy at Hallandale, 7
No. 20 Plantation vs. No. 17 Pembroke Pines West Broward (Flanagan), 7
Sunrise Piper at South Plantation, 7
Tavernier Coral Shores at Miami BridgePrep Village Green, 4
Westland Hialeah at Miami Ferguson, 3:30
WEDNESDAY GAME
Southwest Miami 35, South Miami 12
THURSDAY GAMES
Coconut Creek North Broward Prep 24, Pembroke Pines Charter 12
Coral Springs Taravella 23, Pompano Beach 6
Delray American Heritage 42, Miami Florida Christian 6
Fort Lauderdale 35, Lauderdale Lakes Boyd Anderson 0
Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest 15, Vero Beach St. Edward’s 12
Fort Pierce Central 76, Hollywood Hills 6
Hollywood South Broward 39, Cooper City 6
Miami Coral Reef 35, Miami High 0
Miami Gulliver Prep 14, West Palm Beach The King’s Academy 10
Miami Northwestern 37, Miami Carol City 6
Miami Southridge 34, Miami Palmetto 24
Pembroke Pines West Broward 31, Plantation 6
Southwest Ranches Archbishop McCarthy 56, Miami St. Brendan’s 0
Saturday, Sept. 6
Miami Gardens Monsignor Pace vs. Miami True North Classical Academy (Tropical), 7
Monday, September 8
Deerfield Beach at Parkland Stoneman Douglas, 5
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