Florida Semifinals... (The teams I follow highlighted.)

Class 1M. 

Clearwater Central Catholic 39 Trinity Christian Academy (Jacksonville) 32
Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood) 40 Archbishop Carrol (Miami) 7

Class 2M

Miami Norland 28 Jacksonville Bolles 7
Berkeley Prep (Tampa) 17 American Heritage (Plantation) 14

Class 3M

Homestead 42 Orlando Jones 35
St. Thomas Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale) 59 Gaither (Tampa) 14

Class 4M

Mandarin 51 (Jacksonville) Monarch (Coconut Creek) 21
Miami Columbus 27 Tampa Plant 7

Class 1S

Cardinal Mooney (Sarasota) 41 North Florida Christian (Tallahassee) 14
Trinity Catholic (Ocala) 51 First Baptist Academy (Naples) 22

Class 2S

Bradford (Starke) 22 Pensacola Catholic 21*
Cocoa 41 Sarasota Booker 3

Class 3S

St. Augustine 35 Dunbar (Ft. Myers) 14
Daytona Beach Mainland 34 Vanguard (Ocala) 12

Class 4S

Lakeland 21 Buckholz 20
Venice 51 Deland 21

Class 1R

Madison County 61 Bozeman 22
Hawthorne 49 Blountstown 0

Finals next Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at Ken Riley Field at Bragg Memorial Stadium in (Tallahassee).

* @ATLCat

Chaminade-Madonna / Clearwater Central Catholic is a rematch from last year won by Chaminade-Madonna 48-14.

St. Thomas Aquinas / Homestead is also a rematch. STA won 38-21.

Hawthorne and Cocoa are also looking to repeat.

 

Prince Avenue Christian 49

Bryan County 14

Score was 42-0 at the Half and Bryan County gets some running clock success in the 2nd Half to make it a tad more respectable. Prince Avenue rematches from last year's state Finals against Swainsboro in the GHSA Class 1A Division 1 Finals.

 

Another score of note from the current hometown:

Valwood 42

John Milledge Academy 21

GIAA- AAA Championship

John Milledge plays in the private only GISA and had the nation's longest winning streak in HS Football at 62 straight games.

 

GHSA is the more widely accepted "tougher" football organization because it combines publics with the privates willing to submit to a multiplier and has a much, much larger pool of teams. As an example, there are (38) Class 1A-Division 1 teams and there are (12) GIAA Class 3A teams in John Milledge's classification. There are a total of (41) GIAA teams in all amongst four classes.

 

Do you know of any other states that used video replay in the Championship games? I know in West Virginia they did, and it proved to play out well as a touchdown catch late in the 2A Championship game between Fairmont Sr and North Marion, they reviewed a non catch for a TD and it was overturned for a Touchdown, then the 2 point conversation for the win was confirmed that it was no good and Fairmont Sr won 49-48.

2 minutes ago, Big East Zebra said:

Do you know of any other states that used video replay in the Championship games? I know in West Virginia they did, and it proved to play out well as a touchdown catch late in the 2A Championship game between Fairmont Sr and North Marion, they reviewed a non catch for a TD and it was overturned for a Touchdown, then the 2 point conversation for the win was confirmed that it was no good and Fairmont Sr won 49-48.

They tossed the idea around in GA after a huge blown call four or five years ago in the State Finals cost a team a title. It went viral and it was a very clear miss.

Nothing ever came of it though. I have seen examples that were less than desirable where a video board showed a replay and despite not being correct protocol or what the rules state.. the referees have huddled and filibustered while eyes peaked at the video board and then suddenly the call on the field changed. The most egregious example of this was a Prince Avenue vs. Athens Academy game at Athens Academy. 

A Prince Avenue player was fighting for a first down on the sideline and the ball came out late. The officials ruled he was down by contact and it was a key 1sst Down conversion. The home team coach protested on the sidelines and argued with the officials. He then called a timeout to further argue and during the timeout the video screen started showing slow motion replays indicating it was a fumble. After the timeout the officials huddled then chose to reverse their call.

Subsequently.. the same game a few minutes later on a crucial 4th Down. The Athens Academy ball carrier appears to be stopped short of the line to gain in the backfield and then lunges from the ground forward but the line judge gives a favorable spot by maybe two yards. This conversion effectively ends the game as Prince Avenue was down to a sole timeout. Having witnessed what played out earlier the Prince Avenue coach employs the same strategy of stalling in hopes the replay is shown and the refs reconsider. Wisely.. the home team Video Crew never show the replay and the call remains as called on the field.

Florida Finals Matchups... (The teams I follow highlighted.)

The Max Preps National top 25 rankings are included highlighted in blue.

Class 1M. 

(2) Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood) / Clearwater Central Catholic

Class 2M

(11) Miami Norland / Berkeley Prep (Tampa)

Class 3M

(10) St. Thomas Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale) / Homestead

Class 4M

Mandarin (Jacksonville) / Miami Columbus

Class 1S

Cardinal Mooney (Sarasota) / Trinity Catholic (Ocala)

Class 2S

(20) Cocoa / Bradford (Starke)

Class 3S

St. Augustine / Daytona Beach Mainland

Class 4S

Lakeland / Venice

Class 1R

Madison County / Hawthorne

Florida Finals ... (The teams I follow highlighted.)

The Max Preps National top 25 rankings are included highlighted in blue.

December 7th

Class 1M. 

(2) Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood) 56 Clearwater Central Catholic 0

Class 3S

Daytona Beach Mainland 21 St. Augustine 19

Class 1R

Hawthorne 22 Madison County 13

 

Right now on Bally Sports Sun  - 4th quarter: Coco 17 Bradford 6

On 12/4/2023 at 9:23 AM, Big East Zebra said:

Do you know of any other states that used video replay in the Championship games? I know in West Virginia they did, and it proved to play out well as a touchdown catch late in the 2A Championship game between Fairmont Sr and North Marion, they reviewed a non catch for a TD and it was overturned for a Touchdown, then the 2 point conversation for the win was confirmed that it was no good and Fairmont Sr won 49-48.

Alabama does. 

Florida Finals ... (The teams I follow highlighted.)

The Max Preps National top 25 rankings are included highlighted in blue.

December 8th

Class 4M

Miami Columbus 38 Mandarin (Jacksonville) 19

Class 1S

Cardinal Mooney (Sarasota) 31 Trinity Catholic (Ocala) 27

Class 2S

(20) Cocoa 20 Bradford (Starke) 6

6:43 1st. St. Thomas Aquila’s 3 Homestrad 0

:48 1st. STA TD. Xp good. St. Thomas Aquino’s 10 Homestead 0

10:06 2nd. Goal line stand by STA. 

The game is on one of the Bally channels. 

:32 left in the half. TD STA. Xp good. St. Thomas Aquinus 17 Homestead 0

4:11 3rd. TD Homestead. Xp good. St. Thomas Aquinus 17 Homestead 7.