While this has been a fast-moving high school football season, we hit this Friday with a number of teams that still have post-season hopes.

As the “Open Division” plays itself out via the Max Preps computer ranking, there are other programs who are using these final two weeks to position themselves for the post season.

While fans have gotten caught up in the eight teams who will play in the post season as part of the inaugural Open Division, there are so many other teams who have played amazing football this season and will have their opportunity to compete for the 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A and 6A state titles that will still be up for grabs at Pitbull Stadium on the campus of Florida International University.

While there are several games that will be played today and tomorrow, here are two spotlight contests to watch:

Miami Christopher Columbus (8-1) vs. Miami Northwestern (6-3), Traz, 7:30. On the surface this shouldn’t be the battle that it could have been the past few years, it shows how quickly things can change in high school football. Last year at this time, the Explorers were finishing with five wins while the Bulls were playing for their second straight state title.

Because players change schools at a record pace, and coaches are on the move, the landscape, especially in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties can change – just like the that.

While Christopher Columbus is one of those teams’ 100 percent headed to the inaugural Open Division after beating one national power and taken the other down to the wire, Miami Northwestern has struggled, although they did with a district title.

MIAMI CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS EXPLORERS

Miami Southridge, W 45-7

Las Vegas Bishop Gorman, W 33-28

Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas, L 31-24

Miami Palmetto, W 34-7

Homestead South Dade, W 45-7

Homestead, W 58-0

Southwest Miami, W 53-0

Coral Gables, W 51-13

Miami Central, W 28-3

10/23 – Miami Northwestern

MIAMI NORTHWESTERN BULLS

St. Petersburg Lakewood, W 20-18

Miami Jackson, W 42-0

Hialeah, W 51-0

Hawthorne, L 16-12

North Miami, W 23-7

Miami Central, L 52-10

Hialeah American, W 17-13

Miami Carol City, L 17-7

Homestead South Dade, W 30-16

10/23 – Miami Christopher Columbus

Here are some others to keep an eye on today:

Belle Glade Glades Day at Miami Palmer Trinity, 4

Boca Raton Christian at Pompano Beach, 7

Coconut Creek Monarch at West Boca Raton, 6:30

Coral Springs Taravella at Parkland Douglas, 6

Davie Nova at Boca Raton, 7

Deerfield Beach at Boca Raton Olympic Heights, 6:30

Doral Academy at Weston Cypress Bay, 7

Fort Lauderdale Dillard at Miami Southridge, 7:30

Fort Lauderdale NSU University School at Delray American Heritage, 7

Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest at Coconut Creek North Broward Prep, 7

Largo Indian Rocks Christian at Fort Lauderdale Westminster Academy, 7

Miami Norland at Southwest Ranches Archbishop McCarthy, 7:30

Hialeah Gardens at Miami Varela, 3:30

Hollywood South Broward at Hollywood Hills, 4

Miami Belen Jesuit at Miami St. Brendan, 7

Miami Carol City at Hialeah Gardens Mater Academy (Milander), 7:30

Miami Edison vs. Homestead (Harris), 7:30

Miami Ferguson vs. Miami Braddock (Tropical), 7:30

Miami Jackson vs. Miami Booker T. (Curtis), 7:30

Miami Lakes Goleman at Davie Western, 7

Miami Springs at Key West, 7:30

Miami Ransom Everglades at Naples St. John Neumann, 7

Pembroke Pines Flanagan at Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas, 7

Pembroke Pines Somerset Academy at Pines Charter, 6

Plantation American Heritage at Hollywood McArthur, 7

Riviera Beach Inlet Grove at Miami Gulliver, 3:30

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22

Archbishop Carroll (Miami) 35, Killian (Miami) 28 (OT)

Atlantic (Delray Beach) 44, Plantation 6

Blanche Ely (Pompano Beach) 40, Stranahan (Fort Lauderdale) 12

Calvary Christian (Fort Lauderdale) 41, St. John Paul II (Boca Raton) 6

Central (Miami) 55, North Miami Beach 0

Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood) 41, Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale) 6

Cooper City 48, Oakland Park Northeast 6

Coral Gables 23, Southwest Miami 0

Coral Glades (Coral Springs) 48, Boyd Anderson (Lauderdale Lakes) 32

Coral Reef (Miami) 12, Ronald Reagan (Doral) 3

Dr. Krop (Miami) 30, Sunset (Miami) 6

Glades Central (Belle Glade) 38, Hialeah 0

Immaculata LaSalle (Miami) 41, Monsignor Pace (Miami Gardens) 9

Pahokee 50, Somerset Prep (North Lauderdale) 6

Palmetto (Miami) 42, South Dade (Homestead) 13

South Plantation 9. Fort Lauderdale 7

West Boca Raton 44, Monarch (Coconut Creek) 0

West Broward (Pembroke Pines) 39, Miami High 6

WEDNESDAY

South Miami 54, Miami Coral Park 0

Saturday, Oct. 24

Miami Beach at Miami Westminster Christian, 1

Miami Florida Christian at Marco Island Academy, 6:30

Sunrise Piper at Coconut Creek, 7

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