If you are a fan of Florida Atlantic University football – or just someone who has a passion for high school football in south Florida, you are going to love seeing more of your local stars stay home.
In past years, it was always tough to pinpoint what the game plan was for this program – because it was all over the place.
The objective in anything we do in life is to get something positive out of the experience. That is truly a given.
While we all know that high school football is about winning titles and getting that exposure, it is also about teaching the sport and life - and in the end, that balance is overlooked.
The mention of Florida-Georgia conjures up memories of those “Border War” games that were played for bragging rights.
Many of northern Florida’s finest – less than an hour from Thomasville, Valdosta, Camden County, Brooks County and many other talent-filled regions.
When the champions were crowned this past week in the inaugural Tri-County Championships, it filled a void that south Florida high school football players and teams were missing because of the Coronavirus.
Because the FHSAA started the season nearly two months before Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach County programs had the okay to start conditioning and working out. That eliminated all of Broward and Palm Beach public schools – and all but five programs in Miami-Dade.
TALLAHASSEE – No matter how you looked at Saturday night’s 7A state championship games, those who knew the two teams expected a war.
With St. Thomas beating Orlando Edgewater, 31-21, the Raiders finished the season with an 8-1 mark, losing only to 4A state champion Cardinal Gibbons.