Over the past year, high school football teams in south Florida had goals they set for the 2021 season. This week, three more local teams realize those goals.
As the second week of the Florida high school football state championships take place for the first time at DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, three area programs are set to defend their titles.
While it is certainly no secret that south Florida is a true football hotbed of talent nationally, hosting marquee games in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties have been few and far between.
It’s been well over a decade since FIU and the now Hard Rock Stadium facility has played host to the best in the state of Florida.
For the fourth time in five years, Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna is sitting on top of the 3A football world.
With a convincing 21-0 win over previously unbeaten Tampa Berkeley Prep, head coach Dameon Jones and the Lions (11-1) added yet another state crown to a run that has been impressive to say the least.
Nobody had to tell Champagnat Catholic head coach Hector Clavijo that his team needed to play a near perfect game to capture the 2A state title on Thursday night. They didn’t!
The two-time defending state champions, making their sixth straight trip to the title game, did not play well – and Jacksonville Trinity Christian and its storied program did and won yet another state title, 41-23, at Gene Cox Stadium in Tallahassee.
It truly is the best kept post-season all-star secret around.
Tonight (7:00) at Dillard High in Fort Lauderdale, the annual BCAA All-Star Football Game will take place with talented athletes looking for an opportunity for one last game film to help in the recruiting process.