There was nothing easy or normal about the 2020 high school football season. Coach Eddie Delgado will certainly tell you.
Finishing 3-5 in a crazy season, the Doral Academy Firebirds had to play the pandemic game – which included games against 2A state champion Hialeah Champagnat Catholic, 4A state champion Cardinal Gibbons, improving Clewiston and West Palm Beach Cardinal Newman. Never an easy schedule – even if there was no pandemic.
(Overtown -- Miami, FL) - The 2020 novel coronavirus pandemic forced a nationwide isolation, and collectively we witnessed many polarizing events across the country. We saw the suspension of professional sports, extracurricular sporting events, and a number of limitations placed on indoor dining and travel. These were some of the more tolerable truths.
We also saw a surge in intolerable truths, a surge of carnage and violence within communities of color. During this year without sports our beloved communities saw an increase in the number of youth exposed to, and those who have fallen victim to gun violence. Sports has long been a safe haven, a time of neighborhood pride for student athletes, families and the community.
It took several years to accomplish, but Cardinal Gibbons has arrived – and the Chiefs plan on staying around.
What head coach Matt Dubuc wanted to do since taking over for Mike Morrill, is not only build a winning team, which this program had been for years, but now has the roster to be a force every year in the race for a state title.
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With two successful seasons under his belt – one included a frustrating pandemic season – Somerset Pembroke Pines football team continues to move forward.
With head coach Derrick ‘Nitro” Baker using his years of experience in football, things are starting to take shape – and two winning seasons – have helped in building the Panthers into a program that can compete.