When the 2024 season began, there were a few teams you could have picked to be unbeaten going into Week 10. Most likely, the Piper Bengals was not one of those programs.
What Quentin Short and his staff have done in the two seasons since coming over from Parkland Douglas is impressive – to say the least.
When his No. 10 and 7-0 team squares off with No. 16 Coconut Creek Monarch (4-3) tonight (7:00) at Coconut Creek High School, a District 13-6A title will be at stake, and even more important, the continuation of an unbeaten season.
While the detractors will scream that this program hasn’t played the schedule that Monarch and some other teams in south Florida have played, the very fact that everyone they’ve lined up against on their schedule, this team has beaten.
While Piper has enjoyed success in the first nine weeks of the season, the Knights have had a much different road with Georgia’s Peachtree Ridge in the Broward County National Football Showcase, Sanford Seminole (near Orlando), and area powers Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna and Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas as major obstacles.
Those losses and a challenging schedule have grown this program up fast under head coach Calvin Davis. The fact that the Knights have been tested certainly gives them a huge advantage, but this football and yes – anything can happen.
The objective for this program, heading into the season, was to take things one step further than 2023 when the lost to Jacksonville Mandarin in the state semifinals.
This is one of the best games in the area. One that the Broward County Athletic Association (BCAA) should be proud of having this Thursday.
PIPER BENGALS
Deerfield Beach, W 23-0
North Lauderdale Somerset Prep, W 34-0
South Plantation, W 35-0
Coral Springs, W 41-0
Pompano Beach Blanche Ely, W 21-20
Lauderdale Lakes Boyd Anderson, W 34-12
Plantation, W 14-7
10/24 - @Coconut Creek Monarch
10/28 – Fort Lauderdale
11/1 - @Hollywood South Broward
COCONUT CREEK MONARCH KNIGHTS
Peachtree Ridge, Georgia, W 30-29
Deerfield Beach, W 8-0
Sanford Seminole, L 30-26
Fort Lauderdale, W 42-8
Coral Springs, W 52-0
Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna, L 37-8
Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas, L 44-6
10/24 – Sunrise Piper
11/1 - @Pompano Beach Blanche Ely
In addition to this district matchup, here is a look at Thursday games:
THURSDAY, October 23
Coral Gables at Homestead South Dade (Harris), 7
Doral Ronald Reagan at North Miami Alonzo Mourning, 3:30
Fort Lauderdale Dillard at Boynton Beach, 7
No. 20 Hialeah at Miami Springs (Milander), 7
Hialeah Miami Lakes at Hialeah Gardens, 3:30
Homestead at Miami Edison (Traz), 3:30
Miami Archbishop Carroll at No. 14 Miami Columbus (Tropical), 7
North Lauderdale Somerset Prep at Hollywood Avant Garde (Ives), 7
Oakland Park Northeast at Lake Worth Dr. Joaquin Garcia, 6:30
Parkland Stoneman Douglas at Coral Springs Charter (Glades), 7
Pembroke Pines Flanagan at Hollywood South Broward, 7
No. 17 Plantation at No. 4 Miami Norland (Traz), 7:30
Pompano Beach at Fort Lauderdale Stranahan (Lockhart), 7
FRIDAY, October 25
Cooper City at Weston Cypress Bay, 7
Coral Springs at Fort Lauderdale, 7
Coral Springs Coral Glades at Davie Nova, 7
Davie Western at Deerfield Beach, 7
Deerfield Somerset Key at Boca St. John Paul II, 7
Fort Lauderdale Calvary Christian at Southwest Ranches Archbishop McCarthy, 7
No. 13 Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons at No. 1 Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna, 7
Fort Lauderdale NSU University School at Miami Gulliver, 4
Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest at Coconut Creek North Broward Prep, 6
Fort Pierce John Carroll at Marathon, 7
Goulds Palm Glades Prep at Miami Beach, 3:30
Hialeah ABF Academy at Miami Palmer Trinity, 4
Hollywood McArthur at South Plantation, 7
Homestead Everglades Prep vs. Somerset Homestead (Harris), 7
Key West vs. Miami Jackson (Curtis), 7:30
Lauderdale Lakes Boyd Anderson at Hollywood Hills, 4
No. 8 Miami Booker T. Washington at Miami Ransom Everglades, 7:30
No. 18 Miami Carol City at Miami Belen Jesuit, 7
No. 2 Miami Central at Pembroke Pines Somerset Academy, 7
Miami Coral Reef at Miami Ferguson (Tropical), 7:30
Miami High vs. No. 7 Miami Palmetto (Southridge), 7:30
Miami Immaculata La Salle at Hialeah Gardens Mater Academy (Milander), 7
Miami Killian at Somerset Silver Palms, 7
Miami SmartEn Sports Academy at Miami Florida Christian, 7
Miami St. Brendan vs. No. 5 Miami Northwestern (Traz), 7:30
Miramar at Miramar Everglades, 7
North Miami Beach at No. 19 Miami Gardens Monsignor Pace, 7:30
Pembroke Pines Charter at Hallandale, 7
No. 12 Pembroke Pines West Broward at Miami Dr. Krop (Ives), 7
No. 6 Plantation American Heritage at No. 3 Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas, 7
No. 11 Pompano Beach Blanche Ely at Coconut Creek, 7
Southwest Miami at Doral Academy, 7
SATURDAY, October 26
Hialeah American vs. South Miami (Milander), 7
Miami Westminster Christian vs. Miami True North (Tropical), 7
FLORIDA HIGH SHOOL FOOTBALL SCORES - WEDNESDAY, October 23
Miami Lakes Barbara Goleman 63, Coral Springs Taravella 0
Miami Varela 28, Miami Coral Park 0
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