No matter what week of the football season it is, you can guarantee that there will be a huge matchup in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties.
Spotlight games that not only affect the area, state and region, but games that peg the meter at the national level.
With district games starting to take place, there are some contests that will grab the attention of the fans, players and administration.
While there is a full slate of games scheduled for this Friday night, we have picked our three to keep an eye on:
No. 11 Coconut Creek at No. 10 Pompano Beach Blanche Ely, 7. This is a game that everyone has been pointing to since the schedules were made.
Coach Mike Bailey’s team, winners of 13 straight regular season games, playing host to a heated rival in easily one of the showcase games of the week.
Coach Johnnie Sloan and his Cougars have had a much tougher schedule, coming off a complete domination of Plantation. They have a belief that this is their year.
Two teams that are among the best in south Florida squaring off in a game that will certainly tell a lot.
COCONUT CREEK COUGARS (3M, 3-1)
Lauderdale Lakes Boyd Anderson, W (forfeit)
Gainesville, Georgia, L 30-22
Western, W 20-15
Plantation, W 36-6
9/22 – at Pompano Beach Blanche Ely
9/29 – Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna
10/6 – Fort Lauderdale
10/13 – West Boca Raton
10/20 – at Hollywood McArthur
10/27 – Deerfield Beach
5 COUGARS TO WATCH
2025 – Nimari Brantley, DT, 6-2, 270
2024 – James Hayes, QB, 6-4, 230
2024 – Jamarie Hostzclaw, RB, 5-9, 165
2024 – Hyajah Miller, CB, 6-2, 160
2024 – Martin Montero Jr., DE, 6-0, 220
POMPANO BEACH BLANCHE ELY TIGERS (3M, 3-0)
Cypress Bay, W 42-13
Lauderdale Lakes Boyd Anderson, W 43-8
Coral Springs, W 48-0
9/22 – Coconut Creek
9/29 – at Fort Lauderdale
10/6 – Fort Lauderdale Stranahan
10/13 – Deerfield Beach
10/21 – Sunrise Piper
10/26 – at West Boca Raton
11/3 – at Fort Lauderdale Dillard
5 TIGERS TO WATCH
2025 – Cameron Davis, LB, 6-1, 215
2024 - Joshua Lloyd, OLB, 6-2, 225
2024 – Edward McIntosh III, RB, 6-0, 180
2026 – Omari McNeal, QB, 6-0, 165
2024 - Marcel Williams, WR, 6-0, 180
No. 18 Miami Dr. Krop at No. 17 Hollywood South Broward, 7. While it’s only the fifth week of the season, here is a game that the winner will have a major advantage in the race for a district title and high playoff seed.
Coach Tom Caporale and his Lightning have answered almost every bell and are ready for his football team to start getting the attention they deserve. They are talented and loaded with quality playmakers.
Charles McCrae and the Bulldogs are looking to get back into the playoffs this season with a team that has plenty of talent and playmakers all over the field.
The Lighting won the district last year and will be ready to defend the title on the road, but the obstacle is real and undefeated.
MIAMI DR. KROP LIGHTNING (3M, 3-1)
Miami High, W 28-14
Miami Southridge, L 27-22
Miami Jackson, W 40-6
Hollywood Avant Garde Academy, W 40-6
9/22 – at Hollywood South Broward
10/5 – Miami Gardens Monsignor Pace
10/13 – Hollywood Hills
10/20 – GMAC WEEK
10/26 – at Hollywood McArthur
11/3 - Hialeah
5 LIGHTNING TO WATCH
2024 – Caleb Turner-Allen, DE/LB, 6-2, 230
2025 – Qwincy Bonne-Annee, LB, 6-0, 220
2024 – Jamaal Haggins, QB/Athlete, 6-1, 180
2024 – Ricky Joseph, Athlete, 6-0, 180
2024 – Kal-El Pascal, DB, 6-0, 180
HOLLYWOOD SOUTH BROWARD BULLDOGS (3M, 4-0)
Doral Academy, W 46-0
Miramar Everglades, W 30-6
Sunrise Piper, W 33-12
Hallandale, W forfeit
9/22 – Miami Dr. Krop
10/6 – Pembroke Pines West Broward
10/19 – at Parkland Douglas
10/28 – at Hollywood Hills
11/3 - Miramar
5 BULLDOGS TO WATCH
2025 – Abderrahman Benarioun, DB, 5-8, 165
2025 – Sean Burke, TE, 6-6, 215
2024 – Chris Wheatley-Humphrey, RB, 6-0, 180
2025 – Randy Phillips, QB, 6-3, 175
2024 – Si’Mor Price, Athlete, 6-2, 175
Port St. Lucie Treasure Coast at No. 4 Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas, 7. Another home game for the Raiders against a team that many have very little clue about – much like Cocoa.
The Titans and head coach Irvin Jones come to town loaded with talent and size, losing last season in Port St. Lucie to the Raiders, 21-7. They come into tonight’s game unbeaten.
Roger Harriott’s team has rebounded from an opening day loss to California power St. John Bosco. They are loaded with talent, but still looking for some new faces to step up.
St. Thomas Aquinas cannot afford to take this team lightly and they know that after playing them last year. Remember, Treasure Coast has played a really tough schedule so far an will be ready to play.
This is one of the state’s key matchups this season and many will be watching.
PORT ST. LUCIE TREASURE COAST TITANS (4S, 4-0)
Kissimmee Osceola, W 22-8
Tampa Jesuit, W 67-28
Sanford Seminole, W 14-9
Stuart Martin County, W 35-12
9/22 – at Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas
9/29 – at Cocoa
10/13 – Fort Pierce Central
10/20 – Port St. Lucie Centennial
10/28 – Vero Beach
5 TITANS TO WATCH
2025 – Gabriel Alvin, WR/DB, 6-1, 200
2024 - Jahari Grant, DT/TE, 6-2, 280
2024 - Omar Kinsler, Edge/OLB, 6-4, 198
2024 - George Roberts, RB, 6-0, 195
2024 - Knajee Saffold, OL, 6-4, 320
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS RAIDERS (3M, 3-1)
St. John Bosco, California, L 20-7
Fort Myers, W 49-0
Cocoa, W 37-36
Western, W 48-22
9/22 – Port St. Lucie Treasure Coast
9/29 – Miramar
10/6 – Lauderdale Lakes Boyd Anderson
10/13 – at Fort Lauderdale
10/20 – at Monarch (Coconut Creek)
10/27 – Fort Lauderdale Dillard
RAIDERS TO WATCH
2024 – James Madison II, WR, 6-3, 190
2024 - Chance Robinson, WR, 6-2, 180
2024 - Jordan Lyle, RB, 6-0, 180
2024 – Ryan Mack, S, 5-11, 165
2024 – Nicholas Rodriguez, LB, 6-1, 190
WEDNESDAY SCOREBOARD
Miami Norland 57, Hialeah American 6
THURSDAY SCOREBOARD
Hollywood Chaminade 31, Miami Central 28
Miami Coral Reef 12, Hialeah Miami Lakes 0
Miami Southridge 40, Doral Academy 0
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
Boca Raton Saint Andrew’s Academy at Coconut Creek North Broward Prep, 6
Boca Raton Saint John Paul II at Hollywood Avant Garde Academy (Ansin Park), 7
Clearwater Academy International at No. 8 Miami Palmetto (Tropical), 7:30
Coral Gables at Braddock, 3:30
Coral Springs at Oakland Park Northeast, 7
Coral Springs Taravella at No. 20 Davie Western, 7
Davie Nova at Weston Cypress Bay, 7
Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest at Fort Lauderdale Westminster Academy, 7
Gould Palm Glades at Miami Archbishop Carroll, 3:30
Hialeah Gardens Mater Academy at Miami St. Brendan, 7
Hollywood McArthur at Sunrise Piper, 7
Homestead Everglades Prep at Miami BridgePrep, 4
LaBelle at Florida Christian, 7
Lauderdale Lakes Boyd Anderson at Deerfield Beach, 7
Marathon at Miami Ransom Everglades, 4
Miami Belen Jesuit at Gonzaga Prep, Washington DC, 7
No. 9 Miami Booker T. Washington at Miami Carol City (Traz Powell), 7:30
No. 19 Miami Edison at St. Petersburg Lakewood, 7:30
Miami Ferguson at Miami Varela, 3
Miami Gulliver Prep at West Palm Beach The King’s Academy, 7
Miami Jackson at Homestead South Dade (Harris), 7:30
Miami Killian at Naples, 7:30
Miami Northwestern at No. 3 Miami Christopher Columbus (Tropical Park), 7:30
Miami Sunset at Doral Reagan (Doral Legacy), 3:30
Miami True North Academy at Naples First Baptist, 7:30
North Miami at Fort Lauderdale Calvary Christian, 7
North Miami Alonzo Mourning at Miami Country Day, 7
North Miami Beach at Miami Gardens Monsignor Pace, 7:30
Miami Springs at Westland Hialeah (Milander), 7:30
Parkland Douglas at No. 14 Coconut Creek Monarch (Coconut Creek), 7
Pembroke Pines Charter at West Broward (Flanagan), 7
Somerset Key at Boca Raton Christian, 7
Somerset Prep at Somerset Silver Palms, 7:30
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
No. 15 Miramar at Fort Lauderdale Dillard, 7
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