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.
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Tristan Carr, WR/DB, 5'9, 150 - 2.9 GPA.
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Joshua Fertil, TE/DE, 6'2, 215 - 2.9 GPA.
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Savion Moss Savion, WR/DB, 5'10, 155.
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Jacob Regalado, DE/OLB, 6'3, 185 – 2.5 GPA.
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CLASS OF 2028
Nicholas De Bari, OL/DL, 5'8, 225 - 3.8 GPA.
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David Ortuno, WR/DB, 5'10, 160 -3.0 GPA.
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Brayan Padron, RB, 5'8, 150.
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Isaac Caceras, WR/TE/LB, 6'1, 165 - 3.7 GPA
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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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