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33 minutes ago, sportsfan41 said:

Are you counting Texas A&M's loss to Covid?

Army 24 Missouri 22.

Texas A&M's loss to Covid would be to an ACC team. 😀

Florida 6A Championship.

Tampa Jesuit 35 Pine Forest 29

Florida 8A Championship

Venice 35 Apopka 7

Florida 7A Championship

St. Thomas Aquinas 42 Tampa Bay Tech 14

Florida 5A Championship

Miami Central 49 Merritt Island 14

Florida 4A Championship

Cardinal Gibbons 21 Cocoa 19

Florida 1A Championship

Madison County 13 Hawthorne 12

10 hours ago, Mr.Network said:

This one surprised me. I saw Berkley a few weeks ago at they are very solid. 

If you look at Chaminade-Madonna's schedule, you can see why to some extent. Not a cakewalk in the bunch. It contains two 8A State Semi-finalists, and a 4A State Semi-finalist. They are the only reason Buford (GA), who won the Georgia 6A championship last night, did not have an undefeated season. The team that beat Chaminade-Madonna, American-Heritage, had the worst record of the all of teams on their schedule, 6-4. It appears that they are an independent 3A school in Region 4. No district. Not sure how that works.

I read somewhere, that C-M's SOS ranked 2nd in the state, where Berkley Prep's SOS was at 212. 

In the playoffs, they out scored their opponents 153-3. 

At the end of the season, they were ranked 5th in the state among all classes, and 27th nationally. 

Florida 3A final. Friday, December 10.

Chaminade-Madonna 21 Berkley Prep 0

Florida 2A finals. Thursday, December 9.

Trinity Christian Academy 41 Champagnat Catholic 23

On 12/4/2021 at 9:09 AM, DevilMayCare said:

I'm seeing a lot of blowouts for the semifinal round. Are the classes just that top heavy in Florida this year?

Not really. If you notice, most the final matchups, are between schools from the large metropolitan areas around the state (Tampa Bay, Orlando, Jacksonville, and Ft. Lauderdale/Miami). Because of the geographical aspect of the region and districts, the teams in the large metro areas thin themselves out in district play and regional rounds while remainder of the brackets tend to clear out the schools from rural areas, for the most part. That is especially true in the large school classes. With the exception of 1A, there is at least one participant from a large metropolitan area in every final. That's pretty much the same every year. 

8A Apopka (Orlando Metro) vs Venice

7A Tampa Bay Tech vs St. Thomas Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale) 

6A Tampa Jesuit vs Pine Forest (Pensacola) 

5A Miami Central vs Merritt Island 

4A Coco vs Cardinal Gibbons (Ft. Lauderdale)

3A Berkley Prep (Tampa) vs Chaminade-Madonna (Miami Metro)

2A Trinity Christian Academy (Jacksonville) vs Champagnat Catholic (Miami Metro)

1A Hawthorne vs Madison County

I was watching "Hunt for Red October" this afternoon. When Scott Glenn hands Alec Baldwin the hand gun on the mini-sub, the first thing that popped into my mind was "Are you sure you want to do that?" 

Florida Semi Finals. Games I was interested in are in bold.

8A

Apopka 21 Treasure Coast 0

Venice 35 Columbus 7

7A 

Tampa Bay Tech 42 Lake Gibson 24

St. Thomas Aquinas 45 Bucholz 7

6A

Tampa Jesuit 37 Miami Northwestern 12

Pine Forest 20 Orlando Jones 13

5A

Merritt Island 12 Sebring 10

Miami Central 54 Baker County 21

4A 

Cardinal Gibbons 36 Lakewood 18

Cocoa 35 Jacksonville Bolles 24

3A

Berkley Prep 42 Lakeland Christian 14

Chaminade-Madonna 38 Florida State University High 3

2A

Trinity Christian Academy 29 Orlando Christian Prep 21

Champagnat Catholic 27 Zephyrhills Christian 8

1A

Hawthorne 24 Chipley 6

Madison County 37 Chiefland 0

On 10/24/2021 at 3:32 PM, LongTimeReader said:

They're elite this year. They're usually in the Southern part of the bracket which means in years past they have to go through a South Florida team to get to a state championship game. Districts are new this year so I'm not sure what side of the bracket they'll fall on this year, but if it's the south then they'll have to deal with Miami Northwestern in the semi final round. 

Game on. Miami Northwestern at Tampa Jesuit Friday night. 

Nobody posted the Thanksgiving Day tradition in our home. How can there be Thanksgiving without this?

Teams I follow and other games of interest to me. Regional Championships.

8A Region 1 -- Apopka 28 Sanford Seminole 27 OT

6A Region 3 -- Tampa Jesuit 42 Hillsborough 0

5A Region 3 -- Sebring 13 Clearwater 12

7A Region 3 -- Tampa Bay Tech 42 Wharton 6

4A Region 3 -- Lakewood 21 Clewiston 7

3A Quadrant 3 -- Berkley Prep 36 Clearwater Central Catholic 22

Having posted the above, I do prefer ham over turkey. 

On 11/19/2021 at 5:18 PM, Kenny Powers said:

Not necessarily a different meat, but both sides of my family are Italian; all four grandparents right off the boat. Both sets of grandparents and by extension, my parents, are very steeped in the tradition of having a big Italian dinner before the traditional Thanksgiving meal. Antipasto first, usually a soup second, then usually ziti, lasagna, or spaghetti with Italian sausage/meatballs. There is usually a small turkey with some traditional sides after but the vast majority of it goes home with everyone as leftovers. 

My daughter is married into an Italian family. Her mother-in-law fixes lasagna and a big pot of sauce and meatballs. She also makes a big turkey with all the fixings. I put her sauce all over everything. It's become kind of a tradition for me to get the carrots in the sauce every year. Love that stuff.

8 minutes ago, LongTimeReader said:

Jesuit vs Hillsborough will be a good one.

Hillsborough has improved since the home loss to Jesuit, 28-7, on September 17. However, Jesuit has been playing on a different level. The only team that really challenged them this season was St. Thomas Aquinas, who is playing for the 7A Region 1 title, next week.

I am now interested in the Clearwater Central Catholic at Berkley Prep game for the 3A Region 3 Championship. CCC has had an interesting season. 

Tampa Bay Tech is playing Wharton for the 7A Region 3 title. The winner of that game will have to face the winner of the Homestead/St. Thomas Aquinas game in the State Semis. 

The Sebring/Clearwater game may be good. Clearwater's only loss this season was to Lakeland in the season opener. They only have one common opponent, Gibbs. Clearwater beat them 46-28 at Gibbs and Sebring won 29-0 at home in Sebring, last night. 

Florida teams I follow.

8A Region 1 -- Apopka 34 Bartram Trail 3

8A Region 3 -- Venice 56 Sarasota Riverview 14

6A Region 3 -- Tampa Jesuit 49 Braden River 9

5A Region 3 -- Clearwater 40 Nature Coast Tech 14

Next Friday Regional Finals...

8A Region 1 -- Apopka is at Sanford Seminole

6A Region 3 -- Tampa Jesuit hosts Hillsborough

5A Region 3 -- Clearwater hosts Sebring

Final 34-13.

Final.