Since the Greater Miami Athletic Conference (GMAC) Week began, there have been many detractors.
Adding game to the schedule that were not planned at the start of the season is like playing a conference championship contest – and while the majority of the teams won’t be affected by the outcome of these games, there are a few that could alter their post season plans – at least for the seeding.
This week was originally planned to give the conference an identity by all the teams playing each other and shining the spotlight – not just on the elite programs – but all the teams. In that context, mission accomplished as programs that normally don’t play one another will have the chance over the three days to compete.
It would be untruthful to say that all eyes will be on Miami Central and Miami Christopher Columbus – two Miami-Dade teams who are currently considered as among the eight programs seeded in the inaugural “Open Division”. The loser has two losses, and while you can use the defense that their losses were to elite teams, there are programs across the state – like defending state champion Jacksonville Raines – who hasn’t lost a regular season game in three years – that are going to be left out. Forget some of the others that south Florida fans have never watched or have no clue about but have strong opinions.
THE ACTION BEGINS THIS EVENING
Miami Carol City (4-3) vs. Miami Palmetto (6-1), 7 (Tropical Park). Even with some players out, the Chiefs, who will not be eligible for post season play, are a tough opponent, and while the Panthers lost that one game early in the season to Christopher Columbus, it was enough to keep them out of the Open Division. They still will be one of the favorites in a crowded 6A classification to win a first ever state title.
MIAMI CAROL CITY CHIEFS
Daytona Beach Mainland, L Forfeit
Lee County, Georgia, L 23-20
Miami Norland, W 43-0
Miami Edison, W 58-0
Miami Booker T. Washington, W 42-0
Grayson, Georgia, L 10-9
Miami Northwestern, W 17-7
10/15 - @Miami Palmetto
10/23 - @Hialeah Gardens Mater Academy
10/30 – Miami Central
MIAMI PALMETTO PANTHERS
Miami Killian, W 35-0
Hialeah Gardens Mater Academy, W 42-7
Miami Southridge, W 28-6
Miami Christopher Columbus, L 34-7
Coral Gables, W 28-6
Southwest Miami, W 72-0
Homestead, W 48-8
10/15 – Miami Carol City
10/22 - @Homestead South Dade
10/30 - @Naples
North Miami Beach (5-2) vs. Hialeah American (5-3), Traz Powell, 7. Here are two schools who were enjoying their best years in quite some time, and while both are still on course to make the post season, key losses to programs that they had no reason to lose to have dampened what appeared to be a season that was one that saw both programs turn the corner. The great thing here is team is coached by alumni of the schools – with Jeff Bertani in his 30th year with the Chargers – and Tim Neal trying to restore the Patriots.
NORTH MIAMI BEACH CHARGERS
Miami Lakes Barbara Goleman, W 61-3
North Miami, W 27-7
Miami Gardens Monsignor Pace, L 21-7
Miami Jackson, W 31-0
Miami Springs, W 26-19
Miami St. Brendan, W 41-0
Key West, L 23-13
10/15 - @Hialeah American
10/22 - @Miami Central
10/30 - @Naples St. John Neumann
HIALEAH AMERICAN PATRIOTS
Homestead, W 29-0
Miami Booker T. Washington, W 24-6
North Miami, W 33-25
Miami Archbishop Carroll, L 28-27
Hialeah, W 41-9
Miami Edison, W 50-14
Miami Northwestern, L 17-13
Miami Beach, L 23-12
10/15 – North Miami Beach
10/30 - @Homestead South Dade
In addition to those two games tonight, here is the rest of the Thursday schedule:
Hialeah at Miami Varela, 3:30
Hialeah-Miami Lakes at Miami Dr. Krop (Ives Park), 7
Hollywood Hills at Coral Springs Taravella (Coral Springs), 7
Miami Braddock at Homestead (Harris Field), 7
Miami Coral Park at Miami Sunset, 3:30
Miami Norland at Miami Southridge (Sam Burley Stadium), 7
North Miami at Miami Ferguson, 3:30
Somerset Academy at Somerset Silver Palms, 7
West Palm Beach Forest Hill at Parkland Douglas, 6
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16
Boca Raton St. Andrews at Fort Lauderdale Calvary Christian, 7
Coconut Creek Monarch at Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas, 7
Cooper City at Hollywood South Broward, 6:30
Coral Springs Charter at Coconut Creek North Broward Prep, 7
Coral Springs Coral Glades at Boca Raton, 7
Coral Springs Parkridge Christian at Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest, 7
Davie Nova at Lake Worth Park Vista, 7
Doral Academy vs. Hialeah Gardens Mater Academy (Milander), 7
Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons at Pembroke Pines Flanagan, 7
Fort Lauderdale NSU University School at Miami Ransom Everglades, 7
Fort Myers Evangelical Christian at Fort Lauderdale Westminster Academy, 7
Hallandale at Lauderdale Lakes Boyd Anderson, 7
Hollywood McArthur at Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna, 6:30
Miami Archbishop Carroll at Fort Myers Evangelical Christian, 7
Miami Belen Jesuit at Miami Gulliver Prep, 3:30
Miami Booker T. Washington at Coral Gables, 4
GMAC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Miami Christopher Columbus at Miami Central (Traz Powell Stadium), 7:30
Miami Coral Reef at Miami High (Curtis Park), 7
Miami Edison at Hialeah Gardens, 3:30
Miami Florida Christian at Tampa Cambridge Christian, 7
Miami Gardens Monsignor Pace at Naples Lely, 7:30
Miami Immaculata LaSalle at Miami St. Brendan, 7
Miami Jackson at Doral Ronald Reagan (Doral Legacy Park), 3:30
Miami Killian at Miami Beach (Memorial Field), 7
Miami True North Classical Academy at Plantation American Heritage, 7
Miami Westminster Christian at Naples Palmetto Ridge, 7:30
Oakland Park Northeast at Pompano Beach, 7
Pembroke Pines Charter at Miramar Everglades, 7
Pembroke Pines West Broward at West Palm Beach Cardinal Newman, 6:30
Plantation at Miramar, 7
Southwest Miami at South Miami (Tropical Park), 3:30
Southwest Ranches Archbishop McCarthy at Coconut Creek, 7
Sunrise Piper at Davie Western, 7
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17
Homestead South Dade vs. Miami Northwestern (Traz Powell), 7
WEDNESDAY
Miami Springs 42, Miami Lakes Barbara Goleman 0
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