It’s hard to believe that this season is moving so fast, but it’s like that every year.
You wait nearly nine months for a season that moves along quickly and is finished before you know it.
When two games are played tonight in Miami-Dade County, it will begin the sixth week of the season – the halfway point in the 2023 season.
The final weeks of the season will truly be exciting with district and regional standing at stake – and that will certainly bring out the best in all players and teams.
HOMESTEAD BACK IN ACTION
No. 6 Homestead at South Miami (Tropical), 7. When the Homestead Broncos and Coach Ronnie Thornton Jr. take the field this evening against the Cobras, they will come in as huge favorites, but that is something that the Broncos need to forget about and play the football that got them to the 3M state finals last year.
For head coach Arties Knight and South Miami, it is a learning process as several of his players are trying to get the program back on track and move into the future with more optimism.
HOMESTEAD BRONCOS (3M, 3-1)
Miami Palmetto, L 13-12
Homestead South Dade, W 35-0
St. Petersburg Lakewood, W 35-7
Southwest Miami, W 55-0
9/27 – at South Miami
10/7 – at Miami Christopher Columbus
10/13 – Miami Southridge
10/20 – GMAC Week
10/27 – at Miami Belen Jesuit
BRONCOS TO WATCH
2024 – Jameel Carter, OL, 6-2, 290
2025 – Kevin Cascudo, WR, 5-9, 155
2025 – Michael Dean, OL, 6-5, 301
2024 - Eduardo Nunez, OLB, 6-1, 210
2024 - Joshua Townsend, QB, 6-0, 205
SOUTH MIAMI COBRAS (2M, 1-4)
Coral Reef, W 28-6
Hialeah American, L 47-0
Coral Gables, L 36-6
Somerset Silver Palms, L 35-6
Miami High, L 47-0
9/27 – Homestead
10/5 - at Miami Springs
10/19 – GMAC Week
10/27 – Miami Gulliver Prep
COBRAS TO WATCH
2024 – Vincent Blanding, OL, 6-3, 245
2024 – Tony Jones Jr., Athlete, 5-8, 220
2024 – Jalin Mack, WR/DB, 5-8, 145
2024 – Tareek Nunnally, FB, 5-8, 185
2024 – Julian Ortiz, SS/RB, 5-9, 175
2024 – Raheem Prince, DB/RB/WR
2024 – Sean Reyes, DB/WR, 5-10, 160
GOLEMAN AND DORAL ACADEMY LOOK FOR MOMENTUM
Doral Academy at Miami Lakes Barbara Goleman (Milander), 7. With this season winding down head coach Eddie Delgado and his Firebirds are looking to get things rolling as Doral Academy is ready to make a solid run at a playoff position that they have held the past few seasons.
While Doral Academy is trying to get that magic back, head coach Ariel Cribeiro and his Gators believe they can play against anyone when healthy. They have gotten off to a solid start and look to keep things going this evening.
DORAL ACADEMY FIREBIRDS (4M, 2-2)
Hollywood South Broward, L 46-0
Goulds Palm Glades Prep, W 40-0
Hialeah Gardens Mater Academy, W 35-7
Miami Southridge, L 40-0
9/27 – Miami Lakes Barbara Goleman
10/7 – at North Miami
10/13 – at Miami Christopher Columbus
10/27 – at Miami High
11/2 – at Miami Edison
FIREBIRDS TO WATCH
2025 – Marcos Antelo, WR, 6-1, 175
2025 – Isaac Forbes, RB, 5-9, 175
2025 – Nicholas Garcia, RB, 5-8, 195
2025 – Luca Guerra, K/P, 5-10, 160
2024 – Darian Martinez, LB, 6-1, 215
MIAMI LAKES BARBARA GOLEMAN GATORS (4M, 2-1)
Hialeah Gardens Mater Academy, W 47-0
Hialeah American, W 18-14
Miami Archbishop Carroll, L 28-26
9/27 – Doral Academy
10/5 – Hialeah Gardens
10/14 – Miami High
10/20 – GMAC Week
10/26 – at Miami Christopher Columbus
11/3 – at Miami Gardens Monsignor Pace
GATORS TO WATCH
2026 – R.J. Alphonse, DE, 6-2, 220
2024 – Dylan Celeide, LB, 5-11, 200
2024 – Malik Clarke, DB/WR, 6-1, 185
2025 – Trevor Darling, DE
2024 – Dukenson Henry, RB, 5-7, 165
In addition to those two games, here is a look at the Miami-Dade and Broward schedule for Week 6:
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
No. 13 Coconut Creek Monarch at Boca Raton Olympic Heights, 6:30
Fort Lauderdale NSU University School at West Palm Beach Oxbridge, 7
Hialeah at Hialeah Gardens Mater Academy (Milander), 7
Hollywood Hills at Hollywood McArthur, 7
No. 9 Miami Booker T. Washington at Miami Jackson (Curtis), 7
Miami Braddock at Miami Ferguson (Tropical), 7:30
Miami Coral Park at Doral Ronald Reagan (Doral Legacy), 3:30
Miami Country Day at West Palm Beach Berean Christian, 7
Miami Edison at Miami Immaculata La Salle (Tropical), 3:30
Miami High at No. 3 Miami Christopher Columbus, 6
North Miami Mourning at Hialeah-Miami Lakes, 3:30
Sunrise Piper at Davie Western, 7
Westland Hialeah at Hialeah Gardens, 3:30
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
Coral Springs at Parkland Stoneman Douglas, 7
Coral Springs Charter at Coral Springs Taravella, 4
Deerfield Beach at West Boca Raton, 6:30
No. 11 Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons at No. 7 Plantation American Heritage, 7:30
Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest at Oakland Park Northeast, 7
Fort Lauderdale Stranahan at Hallandale, 7
No. 1 Hollywood Chaminade at No. 10 Coconut Creek, 7
Homestead Everglades Prep at Miami Archbishop Carroll, 3:30
Homestead South Dade at Homestead Somerset Silver Palms, 7:30
Miami Carol City at Miami Gardens Monsignor Pace, 7
Miami Florida Christian at Marathon, 7
Miami Killian at Miami Gulliver, 4
Miami Northwestern at West Palm Beach Cardinal Newman, 7
Miami Palmer Trinity at Somerset South Homestead, 7
No. 8 Miami Palmetto at Coral Gables (Tropical), 3:30
Miami Ransom Everglades at Coral Shores, 7
Miami St. Brendan at Miami Springs (Curtis), 7:30
Miami Varela at Miami Sunset (Tropical), 7:30
Miami Westminster Christian at Goulds Palm Glades Prep, 4
Miramar at No. 4 Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas, 7
Miramar Everglades vs. Hialeah American (Milander), 7
North Miami Beach at No. 2 Miami Central (Traz Powell), 7:30
Pembroke Pines Flanagan at Cooper City, 7
Pembroke Pines West Broward at Pembroke Pines Somerset Academy, 7
No. 12 Plantation at South Plantation, 7
No. 14 Pompano Beach Blanche Ely vs. Fort Lauderdale (Lockhart), 7
Riviera Beach Inlet Grove at Fort Lauderdale Calvary Christian, 7
Southwest Ranches Archbishop McCarthy at Pompano Beach, 7
Weston Cypress Bay at Coral Springs Coral Glades, 7
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
Fort Lauderdale Dillard at Lauderdale Lakes Boyd Anderson, 7
Miami Belen Jesuit at Southwest Miami (Tropical), 7
Miami Beach at North Miami (Milander), 7
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