When Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons play host to 0-1 Monsignor Pace this evening (7:00), it will be the culmination of months and months of waiting for this moment to unfold.
Head Coach Matt Dubuc and his football team has talked about this season since losing to eventual state champion Miami Booker T. Washington in the 4A playoffs.
Thanks to a few south Florida high schools, last Friday night turned out to be special – in many ways.
When Miami Belen Jesuit said that there would be NO media or recruiting services allowed at the game, the first question was why? The second thing is why would you NOT expose your student/athlete who has been hidden away for the past six months?
Since that heart-breaking loss to Miami Booker T. Washington last November, Miami Gulliver Prep has been hungry to get back on the field.
With a chance to get to the state championship game last year and come so close, head coach Earl Sims and this football team have a purpose in 2020 – and while the pandemic delayed the start, it will be tough to deny the No. 1 seed in 4A from a year ago, the chance to battle Cardinal Gibbons, St. Petersburg Lakewood and Cocoa to get to the title game in December.
There is no getting around the fact that what’s happened on the football field the first three weeks of the collegiate season at the University of Miami is a direct reflection of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties.
For years and year, fans have been lamenting about the lack of keeping play-makers home – and it was a valid point.
The Tru Prep Academy era began with a win on Thursday night as the Saints rolled to a 44-6 win against Winter Haven Akelynn’s Angels Christian Prep.
With athletes from NSU University School joining head coach Mario Smith’s Saints, the combination worked out perfectly – as this team got it going on both sides of the ball and came away with the inaugural victory for the school.