After two weeks of the 2024 high school football season, both the Archbishop McCarthy Mavericks and the St. Brendan Sabres are unbeaten.
Tonight (7:00), the two schools, who are trying to take their game to the next level, will clash as the third week of the year begins at Archbishop McCarthy.
For both programs, the toughest part of their schedule is yet to come – with state and nationally rated teams ahead.
The Mavericks and head coach Dino Mangiero are members of Class 4A for the first time after several years as an independent.
For veteran head coach Steve Smith and his team, they are part of a competitive District 16-3A, which happens to have power Miami Northwestern, Miami Jackson and Key West. They are coming off a 7-4 season in 2023, losing to Miami Norland in the opening round of the 2M state playoffs.
Miami St. Brendan at No. 18 Southwest Ranches Archbishop McCarthy, 7
MIAMI ST. BRENDAN SABRES
HEAD COACH: Steve Smith
Miami Dr. Krop, W 14-0
Homestead Palm Glades Prep, W 21-0
9/5 – @Fort Lauderdale Archbishop McCarthy
9/20 - @Miami Westminster Christian
9/26 – Key West
10/4 – Community School of Naples
10/11 – Miami Jackson
10/18 – Miami Immaculata LaSalle
10/25 - @Miami Northwestern
11/1 – Miami Gulliver Prep
PROSPECTS TO WATCH
2026 – Charlie Becker, LB/LS, 6-1, 205.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/16260331/Charlie-Becker
2025 – Nick Castro, Athlete, 6-3, 185.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/16157818/Nick-Castro
2026 – Marc Naranjo, DB, 6-3, 190.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/18168847/Marc-Naranjo
2025 – Adam Pineiro, PK, 6-1, 200.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/19518486/Adam-Pineiro
2026 – Geovanni Tobon, RB, 5-8, 175.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/17844853/Geovanni-Tobon
FORT LAUDERDALE ARCHBISHOP MCCARTHY MAVERICKS (2-0)
HEAD COACH: Dino Mangiero
SCHEDULE
Community School of Naples, W 23-6
Weston Cypress Bay, W 42-6
9/5 – Miami St. Brendan
9/13 - @Miami True North Academy
9/20 – Boynton Beach Somerset Canyons Academy
9/27 – Miami Norland
10/10 - @Plantation
10/18 - @Plantation American Heritage
10/25 – Fort Lauderdale Calvary Christian Academy
11/1 - @West Palm Beach The King’s Academy
PROSPECTS TO WATCH
2026 – Kendall Brown, WR, 6-2, 180.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/19402855/Kendall-Brown
2026 – Kevin Campbell Jr., DT, 6-1, 260.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/18499164/Kevin-Campbell-Jr
2026 – Robert Kerns, QB, 6-1, 200.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/18100152/Robert-Kerns
2025 – Joel Lugo, LB/TE, 6-0, 205.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/16429341/Joel-Lugo
2025 – Justin St. Ange, LB, 5-11, 190.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/17976002/Justin-StAnge
In addition to the battle of the undefeated teams, here is a look at the remainder of Thursday’s area games:
Doral Ronald Reagan vs. Miami Braddock (Doral Legacy Park), 3:30
Hialeah ABF Academy at Miami Florida Christian, 7:30
Hialeah American vs. Miami Lakes Barbara Goleman (Traz Powell), 3:30
Homestead Everglades Prep vs. Hollywood Avant Garde (Ives Park), 7
Miami High vs. Miami Coral Reef (Curtis Park), 7
Miami Killian vs. Miami Edison (Traz Powell), 7
Miami Beach at Coral Gables, 4
Miami Country Day at Fort Myers Canterbury, 5
Miami Sunset at Hialeah Miami Lakes, 3:30
Miami Westminster Christian at Moore Haven, 7
North Miami Beach at Delray Beach Atlantic, 7
Pembroke Pines Charter at Coconut Creek North Broward Prep, 7
South Plantation at Sunrise Piper, 7Southwest Miami vs. South Miami (Tropical Park), 7:30
Tavernier Coral Shores at Goulds Palm Glades Prep (Harris Field), 7
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
Coconut Creek at Baylor, Tennessee
Cooper City at Hollywood South Broward, 7
Coral Springs at Coral Springs Coral Glades, 7
Coral Springs Charter at Miami Ransom Everglades, 7:30
Davie Nova at Fort Pierce Central, 7
Deerfield Beach Somerset Key at West Palm Beach Oxbridge Academy, 7
Fort Lauderdale at Lauderdale Lakes Boyd Anderson, 7
No. 16 Fort Lauderdale Dillard at Oakland Park Northeast, 7
Fort Lauderdale NSU University School at Pembroke Pines Somerset Academy, 7
Fort Lauderdale Stranahan vs. No. 7 Pompano Beach Blanche Ely (Lockhart Stadium), 7
Fort Lauderdale Westminster Academy at Boca St. John Paul II, 6
Hialeah at Doral Academy, 7
Hialeah Gardens Mater Academy at Hialeah Gardens, 3:30
Homestead at Vero Beach, 7:30
Homestead South Dade at Kissimmee Osceola, 7:30
Key West at Boynton Beach Somerset Canyons, 7
Lake Worth Dr. Joaquin Garcia at Hollywood Hills, 4
Miami Archbishop Carroll at Miami Palmer Trinity, 4
Miami Belen Jesuit at Miami La Salle (Tropical Park), 7
No. 6 Miami Christopher Columbus at No. 1 Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas, 7
Miami Dr. Krop vs. North Miami (Ives Park), 6
Miami Gardens TRU Prep at No. 19 Fort Lauderdale Calvary Christian, 7
No. 3 Miami Northwestern vs. Miami Carol City (Traz Powell Stadium), 7:30
No. 8 Miami Palmetto at No. 13 Miami Southridge, 7:30
Miami True North Classical Academy at Miami Gardens Monsignor Pace, 7:30
Miramar at Hollywood McArthur, 7
Miramar Everglades at Pembroke Pines Flanagan, 7
Naples Aubrey Rogers at Marathon, 7
North Miami Mourning at Miami Varela, 3:30
Parkland Stoneman Douglas at Deerfield Beach, 7
No. 17 Pembroke Pines West Broward vs. No. 12 Plantation (PAL), 7
No. 4 Plantation American Heritage at No. 9 Hollywood Chaminade, 7
Pompano Beach at Coral Springs Taravella, 7
Somerset Silver Palms vs. Miami Jackson (Curtis), 7
Vero Beach St. Edwards at Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest, 6
Westland Hialeah at Miami Ferguson, 3:30
West Palm Beach The King’s Academy at Miami Gulliver Prep, 4
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
No. 2 Miami Central vs. No. 11 Miami Booker T. Washington (Traz Powell Stadium), 7
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