While this 12 noon ESPN matchup on Saturday at St. Thomas Aquinas might have lost some of that national punch, this contest is still one that you will want to watch.

After dropping an 18-0 decision to Buford, Georgia to open the season, St. Frances Academy heads to the Second Annual Broward County National Football Showcase with something to prove – and they have the talent to accomplish that.

This program has been able to make a splash from coast-to-coast and will be ready on Saturday to get back on track.

On the other side are the Lions of Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna. Under the direction of head coach Dameon Jones, this program has climbed the ladder and now sits in a position that they can win their second national title.

If this team wins out, there is not a poll that would be taken seriously if the Lions weren’t comfortably on top. But to accomplish that there is St. Frances Academy on Saturday, and that will be a rather large obstacle.

BREAKOWN

Baltimore St. Frances Academy (0-1) vs. Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna (0-0)

August 26, 2023

Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas

12 noon.

ESPN

2023 BALTIMORE ST. FRANCES ACADEMY SCHEDULE – MIAA Independent

Buford, Georgia, L 18-0

8/26 – at Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna (St. Thomas Aquinas)9/2 – at East St. Louis, Illinois

9/8 – at Bellflower St. John Bosco, California

9/15 – at Salt Lake City West, Utah

9/22 – Santa Ana Mater Dei, California

9/29 – at Oakdale St. Thomas More, Connecticut

10/27 – Lanham Mt. Zion Prep Academy

11/3 – Fort Washington National Christian Academy

11/17 – at Bradenton IMG Academy, Florida

PANTHERS TO WATCH

2024 – Edrees Farooq, S, Tennessee commit.

2024 – Simeon Coleman, LB, Cincinnati commit

2024 – Darius Jones, LB, Wake Forest commit.

2024 – Logan Bennett, OL, Michigan State commit.

2024 - Ify Obidegwu, CB, Oregon commit.

2024 – Michael Van Buren, QB, Oregon commit.

2024 – DeJaun Williams, RB, Maryland commit.

2025 – Trent Wilson, DL, 17 offers.

2025 – Blake Woodby, CB, 19 offers.

2025 – Carlton Smith, LB, 8 offers.

2025 – Brandon Thomas, DE, 24 offers.

2025 – Jermichael Gillis, CB, 6 offers.

2025 – Kevyn Humes, CB, 8 offers.

2023 HOLLYWOOD CHAMINADE-MADONNA SCHEDULE – CLASS 1M, DISTRICT 6

8/26 – Baltimore St. Frances Academy, Maryland (St. Thomas Aquinas)

9/1 – at Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons

9/8 – Bergen Catholic, New Jersey

9/15 – at Plantation American Heritage

9/21 – at Miami Central

9/29 – at Coconut Creek

10/7 – at Fort Lauderdale Dillard

10/21 – Hollywood Avant Garde Academy

10/26 – at Boca Raton St. John Paul II

11/3 – at St. Petersburg Lakewood

LIONS TO WATCH

2024 – Jeremiah Smith, WR, Ohio State commit.

2024 – Joshisa Trader, Athlete, Miami commit.

2024 – Zaquan Patterson, S, 28 offers.

2024 – Davion Gause, RB, North Carolina commit.

2024 - Cedrick Bailey, QB, North Carolina State commit.

2024 – Zachary Crothers, DE, Pittsburgh commit.

2024 – Kaleb Stewart, LB, UConn commit.

2024 – Curtis Janvier, S, FAU commit.

2025 – Chris Ewald, CB, Michigan commit.

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Since 2013 Lakeland High’s football team has gone 97-11. In that time, the Dreadnaughts beat some quality programs.

Last December they wrapped up a first ever 4S state title beating Venice in legendary head coach Bill Castle’s final game.

As they approach the 2023 season with a new coach and several new faces, replacing the top-rated defense in the state, this is a program that has not lost sight of what this team has long been about.

With all that said, when they welcome in Miami Norland this evening to open the season, are the Dreadnaughts maybe biting off more than they can chew? Seven years ago, Miami Carol City traveled to Polk County for the first of a two-year contract.

The first meeting watching Carol City race out to a 35-0 lead and came away with a 38-7 victory. The very next year, the Chiefs won convincingly, 44-34.

When this game was scheduled, and with the knowledge that Norland had one of its most talented rosters in recent memories, those two games quickly came to mind.

The Vikings made over 20 roster additions in the off-season, and they have built a team that is more than capable of playing with anyone in the state. Remember, they are in the same district as national power Miami Central!

Are the Vikings ready to take that next step – or will the beat continue as the Dreadnaughts dominate competition?

MIAMI NORLAND (0-0)

8/25 – at Lakeland

9/1 – at Miami Carol City

9/8 – at Miami Southridge

9/14 – Miami Gardens Monsignor Pace

9/20 – Hialeah American

10/5 – Miami Booker T. Washington

10/13 – Miami Central

10/20 – GMAC Week

10/27 – at North Miami Beach

11/2 – at Miami Killian

5 VIKINGS TO WATCH

2024 - Raynor Andrews, OL, 6-6, 315.

TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/18618318/Raynor-Andrews

2024 - Germaine Carter, DL, 6-1, 285.

TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/video/3/16947716/6189977bda5280090057b885

2024 - Tycoolhill Luman, DE, 6-4, 250.

TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/17686523/Tycoolhill-Luman

2024 - Dimitry Nicolas, DE, 6-4, 295.

TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/16220893/Dimitry-Nicolas

2025 - Ennio Yapoor, QB, 6-1, 215 – 3.8 GPA.

TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/14792479/Ennio-Yapoor

LAKELAND (0-0)

9/1 – at Largo

9/8 – Philadelphia St. Joseph’s Prep

9/15 – at Kissimmee Osceola

9/22 – at Winter Haven

9/29 – at Lakeland Lake Gibson

10/5 – Bartow

10/13 – Lakeland George Jenkins

10/20 – Clearwater Academy International

10/27 – Lakeland Kathleen

5 DREADNAUGHTS TO WATCH

2025 - Ben Beymer, OL, 6-8, 285.

TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/17394420/Ben-Beymer

2024 - D’Marius Rucker, RB, 5-9, 185.

TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/14959450/DMarius-Rucker

2025 - Zander Smith, QB, 6-4, 220 – 4.0 GPA.

TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/15063916/Zander-Smith

2024 - Jamar Taylor Jr., WR, 6-2, 195.

TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/17416442/Jamar-Taylor-Jr

2024 - Brayshon Williams, FS, 6-0, 175.

TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/14969351/Brayshon-Williams

In addition to that huge matchup, here is a look at the rest of the games for Friday and Saturday:

FRIDAY, AUGUST 25

Coconut Creek North Broward Prep at Somerset, 3:30

Cooper City at Sunrise Piper, 7

Coral Shores at Miami True North Academy (Tropical), 3:30

Davie Nova at Pembroke Pines Flanagan, 7

Fort Lauderdale NSU University School at Coral Springs Charter (Coral Springs), 7

Fort Lauderdale Stranahan at No. 19 Fort Lauderdale Dillard, 7

Fort Lauderdale Westminster Academy at Orlando Lake Highland Prep, 7

Hallandale at No. 14 Plantation (PAL Plantation), 7

Hialeah American at Coral Gables, 3:30

*Highland Springs, Virginia at No. 12 Miramar, 7:30

Hollywood South Broward at Doral Academy, 7

Homestead Everglades Prep at Miami Varela, 3:30

Miami Archbishop Carroll at Somerset Silver Palms, 3:30

No. 4 Miami Christopher Columbus at Clearwater Academy International, 7:30

Miami Gardens Monsignor Pace at West Palm Beach Cardinal Newman, 7

Miami Immaculata LaSalle at Goulds Palm Glades, 7

Miami Northwestern at Vero Beach, 7:30

No. 13 Miami Palmetto at No. 5 Homestead (Harris Field), 7:30

No. 16 Miami Southridge at Miami Jackson (Curtis Park), 7:30

Miami Springs at Miami Beach (Memorial), 7

Miami Sunset at Miami St. Brendan, 7:30

Miramar Everglades at Coral Springs Taravella, 4

North Miami at Miami Gulliver Prep, 3:30

North Miami Alonzo Mourning at Miami Braddock, 3:30

Pembroke Pines Somerset Academy at Lakeland Victory Christian, 7

South Plantation at Coral Springs Coral Glades, 7

SATURDAY, AUGUST 26

*Baltimore St. Frances Academy at No. 3 Hollywood Chaminade

*Bellflower St. John Bosco at No. 2 Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas Madonna (St. Thomas), 12 noon

No. 10 Miami Booker T. Washington at Miami Killian (Tropical), 7

*St. John’s, Washington D.C. at No. 7 Plantation American Heritage, 7:30

THURSDAY SCORES

*No. 18 Coconut Creek Monarch (Coconut Creek) 50, Cedar Grove, Georgia 42

No. 17 Coconut Creek 6, Lauderdale Lakes Boyd Anderson 0, forfeit

* Davie Western 14, Milton, Georgia 10

Miami Edison 17, Hialeah 6

Miami Lakes Barbara Goleman 47, Hialeah Gardens 0

Homestead South Dade 50, Miami Carol City 0

South Miami 28, Miami Coral Reef 6

Miami Ferguson 47, Hialeah Gardens 0

No. 8 Davie Western 14, Milton, Georgia 10

Pembroke Pines Charter 42, Oakland Park Northeast 0

Hollywood McArthur 26, Parkland Douglas 15

Westland Hialeah at Hollywood Avant Garde (Ansin Park), 7

Weston Cypress Bay 20, No. 20 Pembroke Pines West Broward 7

South Plantation 20, Coral Glades 14

Miami Dr. Krop 28, Miami High 14

Miami Immaculata LaSalle 30, Palm Glades 0

*BROWARD COUNTY NATIONAL FOOTBALL SHOWCASE.

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Twenty-eight years ago, Loren Johnson finished up his senior season at Miramar High before heading off to Virginia Tech to play football and get an education.

On Friday night at 7:30, Johnson makes his return to the high school and city where it all began – as the Patriots will play host to Johnson’s Highland Springs, Virginia powerhouse in the Broward County National Football Showcase – Presented by the Broward Educational Foundation.

The Springers are easily one of the most successful programs in Virginia, and Miramar head coach A.J. Scott and his team fully understand the assignment. Scott actually played against Johnson when he attended Hollywood McArthur, so now they get the chance to coach against each other.

BREAKDOWN

Highland Springs, Virginia vs. Miramar, Florida (0-0)

August 25, 2023

Miramar High School

7:30 p.m.

FLOSPORTS

2023 HIGHLAND SPRINGS, VIRGINIA SCHEDULE – COLONIAL

8/25 – at Miramar, Florida

9/1 – Midlothian Manchester

9/8 – at Norfolk Maury

9/15 – Portsmouth Norcom

9/22 – Fredericksburg Riverbend

10/5 – Richmond Henrico

10/13 – Oxen Hill Potomac, Maryland

10/21 – at Richmond Hermitage

10/28 – Richmond Varina

SPRINGERS TO WATCH

2024 – Noah Jenkins, Athlete, Virginia Tech commit – 3.3 GPA.

2025 – Brennan Johnson, LB, 6 offers – 4.3 GPA.

2024 – George Lovelace, WR, 4 offers.

2024 – Khristian Martin, Maryland commit – 4.3 GPA.

2024 – Eli Williams, RB, 5 offers – 3.9 GPA.

2023 MIRAMAR, FLORIDA SCHEDULE – CLASS 3M, DISTRICT 14

8/25 – Highland Springs, Virginia

9/7 – Coral Springs Coral Glades

9/14 – Pembroke Pines Flanagan

9/23 – at Fort Lauderdale Dillard
9/29 – at Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas

10/5 – Pembroke Pines Charter

10/13 – Hialeah American

10/20 – Davie Western

10/27 – Miramar Everglades

11/3 – at Hollywood South Broward

PATRIOTS TO WATCH

2024 – Kael Alexander, QB, Several offers – 4.5 GPA, 1160 SAT.

2024 – Cenard Bennett, WR.

2024 – Jason Jones, OLB – IB Student, 4.2 GPA.

2024 – Eric Kelly III, LB.

2024 – Shamar Meilke, DE, Indiana commit.

2024 – Eric Nelson, WR, FIU commit.

2024 – Caleb Solomon, FS, Columbia University commit

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It is a matchup that has been talked about for years, and now it has become a reality.

When head coach Steven Wright brings his Crusaders from Raleigh, North Carolina to faceoff against head coach Matt Dubuc and his Chiefs from Fort Lauderdale, it will be Cardinal Gibbons vs. Cardinal Gibbons.

For the second straight year, Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons will serve as a host team for the Broward County National Football Showcase – Presented by the Broward Educational Foundation.

The Crusaders are 1-0 after an exciting come-from-behind win last week – while the Chiefs will get it started after battling to a 45-45 tie in a kickoff classic with Plantation.

BREAKDOWN

Cardinal Gibbons, North Carolina (1-0) vs. Cardinal Gibbons, Florida (0-0)

August 25, 2023

Cardinal Gibbons High School

7:30 p.m.

TKDS SPORTS

2023 CARDINAL GIBBONS, NORTH CAROLINA SCHEDULE – CLASS 4A, CAP 6

Durham Jordan, W 35-31

8/25 – at Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons

9/1 – at Rockingham Richmond

9/8 – at Rolesville

9/22 – Durham Hillsdale

9/29 – Raleigh Athens Drive

10/6 – at Raleigh Enloe

10/13 – Raleigh Sanderson

10/20 – at Raleigh Broughton

10/27 – Raleigh Leesville Road

CRUSADERS TO WATCH

2024 – Whitt Newbauer, QB, Mercer commit, 3.66 GPA

2024 – Ryan Ziegler, LB, 5 offers – 3.1 GPA.

2024 - Chet Yardley, WR.

2024 – Chip Coleman, DB/OLB.

2025 – Jack Sheehan, OL (6-6, 290).

2025 – Sam Dodd, WR.

2026 – Aiden Small, Athlete.

2023 CARDINAL GIBBONS, FLORIDA SCHEDULE – CLASS 2M, DISTRICT 12

8/25 – Cardinal Gibbons, North Carolina

9/1 – Hollywood Chaminade

9/8 – at Fort Lauderdale Dillard

9/14 – at St. Petersburg Northeast

9/29 – at Plantation American Heritage

10/6 – at Miami Belen Jesuit

10/12 – Hallandale

10/20 – at Boca Raton

10/27 – Fort Lauderdale Stranahan

11/3 – Clearwater Central Catholic

CHIEFS TO WATCH

2024 - Colton Heinrich, TE, Georgia commit – 4.4 GPA.

2024 – Michael Merdinger, QB, North Carolina commit – 4.5 GPA).

2024 – Casey Etienne, S, 9 offers – 4.1 GPA.

2024 – Guy Edmond, DB, 5 offers

2024 – Daniel Mincey, OL (6-5, 290), 8 offers.

2024 – Zack Boehly, OL, 11 offers.

2024 – Jonathan Rodriguez, FIU commit, 3.7 GPA.

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