It’s another week of football as the popular and nationally recognized South Florida High School Sports radio show with Larry Blustein on 104.3 FM WQAM moved back to Monday night this week - brought to you courtesy of University of Miami Health Sports Medicine.

Each week, the program attracts the newsmakers in high school sports, recruiting college sports – not only locally, but throughout the country.

The show gives listeners an opportunity to hear about college football programs statewide from the media that cover them. It also focuses on the coaches who use the state of Florida – Miami-Dade and Broward Counties in particular.

The program, which has been run for nearly two decades and has been rated as one of the top programs of its kind has become a popular listen for recruiting fans as well as high school sports purists, focusing on high sports and the newsmakers.

Here is a look at the way Monday night went:

While the attention should be on the football field this high school season in the state of Florida, it’s unfortunately on the rankings that are generated by a computer. With the inaugural OPEN DIVISION being formed, it’s Max Prep – and not a panel of writers and broadcasters who are making the decision, and Andy Villamarzo from Rivals.com stopped by to talk about it.

ANDY VILLAMARZO ON MONDAY NIGHT. https://www.audacy.com/podcast/south-florida-high-school-sports-radio-5af98/episodes/recruiting-writer-for-rivals-dot-com-andy-villamarzo-02198

For the first time since 2002, the University of Miami football team has been voted as the No. 1 team in the country, and while it has been met with some pushback by fans and the national media, Adam Lichtenstein from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel has his thoughts.

ADAM LICHTENSTEIN ON MONDAY NIGHT. https://www.audacy.com/podcast/south-florida-high-school-sports-radio-5af98/episodes/south-florida-sun-sentinel-reporter-for-the-university-of-miami-football-adam-lichtenstein-241d7

After convincingly beating national NAIA powerhouse Keiser University on Saturday, St. Thomas University (Miami Gardens) remained unbeaten and has established itself as one of the top programs in the country. Senior linebacker Zach Marino talked about what it has taken to achieve what the Bobcats have.

ZACH MARINO ON MONDAY NIGHT. https://www.audacy.com/podcast/south-florida-high-school-sports-radio-5af98/episodes/st-thomas-university-football-linebacker-zach-marino-fccc2

When it comes to high school football, Miami-Dade and Broward Counties remain in the spotlight when it comes to the teams who you will need to watch when the post season starts in a few weeks. Longtime writer Andre Fernandez broke the playoff scenario down.

ANDRE FERNANDEZ ON MONDAY NIGHT. https://www.audacy.com/podcast/south-florida-high-school-sports-radio-5af98/episodes/high-school-football-analyst-andre-fernandez-2ac23

When Miami Archbishop Carroll takes on Miami Killian on Friday, it will be a matchup of two teams that many never talked about before the season started. Under the direction of veteran head coach Jorge Zagales, the Bulldogs are 6-1 and have played a challenging schedule.

COACH JORGE ZAGALES ON MONDAY NIGHT. https://www.audacy.com/podcast/south-florida-high-school-sports-radio-5af98/episodes/miami-archbishop-carroll-head-coach-jorge-zagales-28d13

One of the surprise large football programs in south Florida this year is a familiar face to fans. Head Coach Adam Ratkevich and his Western Wildcats are 6-2 and both losses coming to unbeaten teams.

COACH ADAM RATKEVICH ON MONDAY NIGHT. https://www.audacy.com/podcast/south-florida-high-school-sports-radio-5af98/episodes/davie-western-football-head-coach-adam-ratkevich-33c67

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