Before the season began if you asked any football fan which teams would have a chance to reach the state title game, many of the usual programs would be part of the conversation.
One of those teams that many felt had perhaps the best chance they ever had of perhaps playing for a state title was Davie Western.
The Wildcats and veteran head coach Adam Ratkevich had the talent, coaching and were among the top 7A teams in south Florida.
After losing to Hoover, Alabama in the Broward National Showcase, the Wildcats would then drop three of the next four.
But October arrived and this team started to play like everyone thought they would, winning four straight.
But just as the sun started to shine, dark clouds surfaced and the thought of a district title and a strong run in the playoffs were dashed when using ineligible players cost this team a district championship, and two wins they worked hard to achieve.
Instead of being a top four seed, No. 20 Western now falls to the eight seed for the upcoming state playoffs and perhaps a trip to Miami to take on No. 1 seed and two-time defending state champion Miami Chistopher Columbus – instead of that much-anticipated second or third round game.
This evening, the Wildcats are on the road for a non-district contest with 15-6A district champions in No. 10 Pembroke Pines West Broward (7-2) and head coach Brian McCartney, who have reeled off six straight wins.
The 7:00 contest at Miramar Everglades High is indeed one of the premier contests in south Florida in the next to last week of the regular season. A win will send this team into the playoffs with some momentum as they accept the sanctions and move on.
DAVIE WESTERN WILDCATS
Hoover, Alabama, L 17-14
Plantation American Heritage, L 51-12
Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas, L 23-15
Coral Springs Taravella, W 8-0 (Game Called)
Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna, L 26-9
West Boca Raton, Forfeit Loss
Miami Lakes Barbara Goleman, Forfeit Loss’
Weston Cypress Bay, W 46-0
Deerfield Beach, W 36-0
11/1 - @Pembroke Pines West Broward
PEMBROKE PINES WEST BROWARD
Hollywood South Broward, W 57-14
Camden County, Georgia, L 52-29
Plantation, L 25-21
Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons, W 43-39
Pembroke Pines Flanagan, W 35-0
Miramar Everglades, W 48-0
Naples Gulf Coast, W 63-19
Miami Beach, W 37-6
Miami Dr. Krop, W 48-7
11/1 – Davie Western
In addition to this game, here is a look at some of the other Week 11 matchups:
THURSDAY, October 31
Deerfield Beach Somerset Academy Key 1, Homestead Everglades Prep 0 (Forfeit)
Fort Lauderdale NSU University School 42, Vero Beach St. Edward’s 6
Miami Carol City 35, North Lauderdale Somerset Prep 0
Plantation 38, South Plantation 0
Weston Cypress Bay 37, Hallandale 30
WEDNESDAY, October 30
Miami Springs 14, Westland Hialeah 12
FRIDAY, November 1
GMAC Independent Semifinal: Miami Ferguson at Hialeah Gardens, 3:30
GMAC Independent Semifinal: North Miami Mourning vs. Miami Coral Reef (Southridge), 7
Coconut Creek at Parkland Stoneman Douglas, 7
No. 13 Coconut Creek Monarch at No. 11 Pompano Beach Blanche Ely, 7
Cooper City at Pembroke Pines Flanagan, 7
Coral Springs at Coral Springs Taravella (Coral Springs), 7
Coral Springs Coral Glades at Boca Raton, 6:30
Davie Nova at Hollywood Hills, 4
Deerfield Beach at No. 19 Fort Lauderdale Dillard, 7
Deerfield Beach Somerset Key at Delray American Heritage, 7
Fort Lauderdale vs. Fort Lauderdale Stranahan (Lockhart), 7
No. 18 Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons at Miramar, 7
Goulds Palm Glades Prep at Somerset Silver Palms, 7
Hialeah ABF Academy at Hollywood Avant Garde (Ansin Park, Miramar), 7
Hialeah American vs. North Miami (Traz), 7:30
Marathon at Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest, 7
Miami Beach vs. Hialeah Gardens Mater Academy (Milander), 3
Miami Dr. Krop at Miami Immaculata La Salle, 7
Miami Florida Christian at Miami Palmer Trinity, 4
No. 15 Miami Gardens Monsignor Pace at Miami Lakes Barbara Goleman (Milander), 7:30
Miami Gulliver Prep at Miami St. Brendan, 7
Miami Killian at Miami Belen Jesuit, 7
No. 7 Miami Palmetto at Fort Myers Bishop Verot, 7
No. 9 Miami Southridge at Homestead South Dade (Harris), 7:30
Miami True North Classical Academy at Boynton Beach Somerset Canyons, 7
Miramar Everglades at Hollywood McArthur, 7
North Miami Beach at Lake City Columbia, 7
Oakland Park Northeast at Pompano Beach, 7
Pembroke Pines Somerset Academy at Naples St. John Neumann, 7
Somerset South Homestead at Miami Westminster Christian, 4
Southwest Miami vs. Coral Gables (Tropical), 7:30
Southwest Ranches Archbishop McCarthy at West Palm Beach The Kings Academy, 6:30
Sunrise Piper at Hollywood South Broward, 7
Tavernier Coral Shores at Key West, 7
Weston Cypress Bay at Hallandale, 7
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