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.
TALLAHASSEE – All season, it was a given that Plantation American Heritage’s football team would rely on its stingy defense. Friday night would no different.
Behind an amazing 17 tackle performance by senior safety Boogsie Silvera, the Patriots rolled to a 24-6 Class 5A state title at Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium.