Well, we are off and running here in the 2023 high school season and already you can start to see things taking shape.
As we have said before – with so many head-to-head matchups and amazing games over the first six weeks of the season, you can expect to see many teams move up and down in the Top 20.
Already, programs such as Miami Norland, American Heritage, Booker T. Washington, Miami Palmetto, Plantation and Miami Southridge flexed some muscle in the opening week of the season.
We seem to have to repeat this every ranking we post, but what you see is not the important list of teams. That will come in the last week of December when everyone will play themselves in or out of the elite programs in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties.
Here is how Week 2 shapes up:
1. Miami Central (2M, 0-0). LAST WEEK: Bye. THIS WEEK: at Las Vegas Bishop Gorman. NEXT WEEK: at No. 12 Miami Booker T. Washington
2. Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna (1M, 1-0). LAST WEEK: Beat Baltimore St. Frances, 35-14. THIS WEEK: at No. 11 Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons. NEXT WEEK: Oradell Bergen Catholic.
3. Miami Christopher Columbus (4M, 1-0). LAST WEEK: Beat Clearwater Academy International, 28-21. THIS WEEK: Miami Killian. NEXT WEEK: at Tampa Jesuit.
4. Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas (3M, 0-1). LAST WEEK: The Raiders lost to national power Bellflower Johnson Bosco, California, 20-7. THIS WEEK: Fort Myers. NEXT WEEK: No. 9 Cocoa.
5. Miami Norland (2M, 1-0). LAST WEEK: The Vikings beat Lakeland, 48-34. THIS WEEK: at Miami Carol City. NEXT WEEK: at No. 15 Miami Southridge.
6. Plantation American Heritage (2M, 1-0). LAST WEEK: Beat St. John’s Prep of Washington D.C., 45-20. THIS WEEK: Jacksonville Trinity Christian. St. John’s, Washington, D.C. NEXT WEEK: at Glades Central.
7. Davie Western (4M, 1-0). LAST WEEK: Beat Milton, Georgia, 14-10. THIS WEEK: Bye. NEXT WEEK: No. 16 Coconut Creek.
8. Miami Booker T. Washington (2M, 1-0). LAST WEEK: The Tornadoes beat Miami Killian, 31-7. THIS WEEK: Miami Edison. NEXT WEEK: No. 1 Miami Central.
9. Miami Palmetto (4M, 1-0). LAST WEEK: Beat No. 10 Homestead, 13-12. THIS WEEK: at St. Petersburg Lakewood. NEXT WEEK: Miami Killian.
10. Homestead (3M, 0-1). LAST WEEK: Lost to No. 9 Miami Palmetto, 13-12. THIS WEEK: at Homestead South Dade. NEXT WEEK: St. Petersburg Lakewood.
11. Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons (2M, 1-0). LAST WEEK: Beat Cardinal Gibbons, Raleigh, North Carolina, 28-21. THIS WEEK: No. 2 Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna. NEXT WEEK: at Fort Lauderdale Dillard.
12. Plantation (3M, 1-0). LAST WEEK: Opened the season with a 51-0 win against Hallandale. THIS WEEK: at Fort Lauderdale Stranahan. NEXT WEEK: Parkland Douglas.
13. Miami Northwestern (2M, 0-1). LAST WEEK: Dropped the opener in Vero Beach, 19-13. THIS WEEK: The “Soul Bowl” at Miami Jackson. NEXT WEEK: A Saturday night home game against Venice.
14. Pompano Beach Blanche Ely (3M, 10-1). LAST WEEK: Bye. THIS WEEK: Weston Cypress Bay. NEXT WEEK: at Boyd Anderson.
15. Miami Southridge (3M, 1-0). LAST WEEK: A solid opening night win against Miami Jackon, 43-14. THIS WEEK: Home against No. 20 Miami Dr. Krop. NEXT WEEK: Home against No. 5 Miami Norland.
16. Coconut Creek (3M, 1-0). LAST WEEK: Picked up a forfeit win against Boyd Anderson. THIS WEEK: at Georgia power Gainesville. NEXT WEEK: at No. 7 Davie Western.
17. Coconut Creek Monarch (4M, 1-0). LAST WEEK: A huge win in the Broward National Showcase against Cedar Grove, Georgia, 50-42. THIS WEEK: Delray Beach Atlantic. NEXT WEEK: at Hallandale.
18. Miramar (3M, 0-1). LAST WEEK: Lost a tough Broward Showcase game to Highland Springs, Virginia, 20-14. THIS WEEK: Bye. NEXT WEEK: Coral Glades.
19. Fort Lauderdale Dillard (3M, 1-0). LAST WEEK: Beat Fort Lauderdale Stranahan, 27-14. THIS WEEK: at Naples. NEXT WEEK: No. 11 Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons.
20. Miami Dr. Krop (3M, 1-0). LAST WEEK: Beat Miami High in the season opener, 28-14. THIS WEEK: at No. 15 Miami Southridge. NEXT WEEK: Miami Jackson.
OTHER TEAMS TO WATCH: Coconut Creek North Broward Prep (2M, 1-0), Cooper City (4M, 0-1), Coral Gables (4M, 0-1), Coral Springs (4M, 0-1), Coral Springs Coral Glades (4M, 0-1), Coral Springs Taravella (4M, 0-1), Deerfield Beach (3M, 0-1), Doral Academy (4M, 0-1), Fort Lauderdale (3M, 1-0), Fort Lauderdale Calvary Christian (2M, 0-0), Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest (2M, 0-1), Fort Lauderdale Stranahan (2M, 0-1), Fort Lauderdale Westminster Academy (1M, 1-0), Hallandale (2M, 0-1), Hialeah (3M, 0-1), Hialeah American (2M, 1-0), Hollywood Avant Garde (1M, 1-0), Hollywood Hills (3M, 0-0), Hollywood McArthur (3M, 1-0), Hollywood South Broward (3M, 1-0), Miami Archbishop Carroll (1M, 1-0), Miami Belen Jesuit (3M, 0-0), Homestead South Dade (4M, 1-0), Miami Braddock (Independent, 0-1), Miami Carol City (2M, 0-1), Miami Coral Park (Independent, 0-0), Miami Coral Reef (GMAC Independent, 0-1), Miami Edison (2M, 1-0), Miami Ferguson (Independent, 1-0), Miami Gardens Monsignor Pace (2M, 0-1), Miami Gulliver Prep (2M, 1-0), Miami Immaculata LaSalle (2M, 1-0), Miami Ransom Everglades, (Independent, 0-0), Miami Lakes Barbara Goleman (4M, 1-0), Miami Palmer Trinity (1M, 0-0), Miami St. Brendan (2M, 1-0), Miami True North Classical Academy (1M, 1-0), Miami Westminster Christian (1M, 0-1), Miramar Everglades (3M, 1-0), North Miami (3M, 0-1), North Miami Beach (2M, 0-1), Oakland Park Northeast (2M, 0-1), Parkland Douglas (0-1, 4M), Pembroke Pines Charter (3M, 1-0), Pembroke Pines Flanagan (4M, 0-1), Pembroke Pines Somerset Academy (4M, 0-1), Pembroke Pines West Broward (4M, 0-1), Pompano Beach (Independent, 1-0), Somerset Silver Palms (2M, 0-1), South Miami (2M, 1-0), South Plantation (3M, 1-0), Sunrise Piper (3M, 1-0), Westland Hialeah (2M, 0-0), Weston Cypress Bay 4M, 1-0).
TRACKING WEEKLY RANKINGS:
Week 1. https://larryblustein.com/news/miami-dade-south-broward-week-1-top-20
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Transfer Season Heats Up In Miami-Dade & Broward. https://larryblustein.com/news/transfer-season-heats-up-in-miami-dade-broward
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