While St. Thomas Aquinas has dominated football in the state of Florida – especially in south Florida – the seven-time defending state champions will once again be in the spotlight when they make their first ever varsity appearance to the campus of Chaminade-Madonna in Hollywood.
The No. 1 rated team in the country will bring their 5-0 team south to play the Lions (4-1) in a game that has now become a yearly meeting.
Two years ago these two met at FIU, but this year the Lions will keep the home game on campus where seating and parking will be a challenge.
While the Raiders come in as a favorite for the 6:30 p.m. kickoff, both teams are loaded with tremendous coaching and big-time prospects.
At stake will be a place in the inaugural “Open Division” where the Raiders own the top spot and the Lions will have to come up with a few more wins to be one of the eight programs.
FORT LAUDERDALE ST. THOMAS AQUINAS RAIDERS
Western, W 42-0
DeSoto, Texas, W 38-14
Miami Christopher Columbus, W 31-24
Fort Lauderdale Dillard, W 49-0
Southwest Ranches Archbishop McCarthy, W 40-7
10/2 - @Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna
10/9 – Hollywood McArthur
10/16 – Coconut Creek Monarch
10/23 – Pembroke Pines Flanagan
10/30 - @Pembroke Pines West Broward
HOLLYWOOD CHAMINADE-MADONNA LIONS
Coconut Creek Monarch, W 49-22
Chatworth Sierra Canyon, California L 24-7
Plantation American Heritage, W 46-27
Miami True North Classical Academy, W 42-30
Boca Raton Saint Andrew’s Academy, W 48-3
10/2 – Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas
10/9 - @West Palm Beach Cardinal Newman
10/16 – Hollywood McArthur
10/22 - @Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons
10/30 - @Coconut Creek
THE BATTLE FOR COCONUT CREEK TAKES CENTER STATE
Coconut Creek Monarch (3-2) at Coconut Creek (4-1), 7. If you are a football fan in this area tonight, this is a game that you may want to check out.
Both programs play their home games on this field – so things should be even as far as advantage.
This is a game that is not a district contest but will go a long way in determining the post season – as each team has played a similar schedule and are pretty much an even matchup.
While they aren’t in the same district, both are 5A, so this may not be the only meeting of the 2026 season.
COCONUT CREEK MONARCH KNIGHT
Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna, L 49-22
Miramar, W 48-41
Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons, W 20-13
Sunrise Piper, L 36-34
Deerfield Beach, W 26-6
10/2 - @Coconut Creek
10/9 – Boca Raton Olympic Heights
10/16 - @Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas
10/22 - @West Boca Raton
10/29 - @Pembroke Pines Flanagan
COCONUT CREEK COUGARS
Plantation, W 48-0
Miami True North Classical Academy, W 33-32
Fort Lauderdale Dillard, L 25-20
Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons, W 17-14
Lauderdale Lakes Boyd Anderson, W 55-12
10/2 – Coconut Creek Monarch
10/9 - @Pembroke Pines Flanagan
10/16 – Southwest Ranches Archbishop McCarthy
10/24 – Sunrise Piper
10/30 – Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna
In addition to those two games, here is a look at the other Friday contests involving Miami-Dade and Broward County teams:
Coconut Creek North Broward Prep at Miami Gulliver, 3:30
Coral Springs Coral Glades at South Plantation, 7
Coral Springs Parkridge Christian at Oakland Park Northeast, 6:30
Coral Springs Taravella at Coral Springs Charter (Coral Glades), 7
Davie Western vs. Miami High (Curtis), 7:30
Doral Ronald Reagan vs. Miami Ferguson (Tropical), 7:30
Fort Lauderdale Calvary Christian at North Palm Beach Benjamin, 6:30
Fort Lauderdale Stranahan at Hallandale, 7
Fort Lauderdale NSU University School at Jupiter Christian, 6:30
Homestead at Coral Gables, 4
Miami Beach at Pembroke Pines Somerset Academy, 3:30
Miami Carol City at Grayson, Georgia, 7
Miami Florida Christian at Miami Belen Jesuit, 7
Miami Killian at Homestead Somerset Silver Palms, 7
Miami True North Classical Academy at Miami Norland (Traz), 7:30
Miramar at Hollywood McArthur, 7
North Lauderdale Somerset Prep at Miami Gardens Monsignor Pace, 7:30
North Miami at Hialeah (Milander), 7:30
North Miami Beach at Key West, 7:30
Southwest Miami at Miami Christopher Columbus, 6
Miami Varela at Miami Palmer Trinity, 4
Miami Westminster Christian at Miami Ransom Everglades, 7
Miramar Everglades at Davie Nova, 7
Pembroke Pines Charter vs. Fort Lauderdale (Lockhart), 7
Riviera Beach Inlet Grove at Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest, 7
Southwest Ranches Archbishop McCarthy at Pembroke Pines Flanagan, 7
THURSDAY’S SCORES
Archbishop Carroll (Miami) 15, Booker T. Washington (Miami) 14
Braddock (Miami) 42, Sunset (Miami) 0
Christopher Columbus (Miami) 53, Southwest Miami 0
Coral Reef (Miami) 41, Hialeah-Miami Lakes 0
Doral Academy 42, Barbara Goleman (Miami Lakes) 31
Immaculata LaSalle (Miami) 13, Mater Academy (Hialeah Gardens) 7
Northwestern (Miami) 17, American (Hialeah) 13
Piper (Sunrise) 6, Deerfield Beach 4
Southridge (Miami) 23, South Dade (Homestead) 22
Westminster Academy (Fort Lauderdale) 35, Saint John Paul II (Boca Raton) 10
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3
Miami Springs at Miami Central (Traz), 7
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