A great weekend of high school football action. My oldest son and I went to Daytona Friday night and watched West Point, Mississippi beat DB Mainland. Mainland is over rated and the 14-0 score could have been much worse. While we were at that game, on ESPN Tampa Plant played Bradenton Manatee in what was expected to be a great game between nationally ranked squads. Well Plant (ranked as high as #2 nationally) lost 18 starters from last years FL 5A title team, and got the snot beat out of them 48-10, on ESPN...yikes!
Last night, we went back to Daytona and took pals Mark and Gary with us. Little 2A Cocoa, FL beat another 6A Mississippi power, Olive Branch. It was a great game and could have gone either way, but the smaller Tigers just scrapped all game long. Cocoa plays Thomas Jefferson, PA next week and goes to Abilene, Texas on Sept 16th. Talk about not dodging anyone!
The games in Daytona were part of a "Florida vs USA Gridiron Challenge" and the Florida teams went 3-1. Better than I expected.
Hoover, Alabama beat Byrnes, South Carolina 14-0. Good Counsel, MD beat St X of Cincinnati 21-6. South Panola, MS beat Colquitt County, Ga like a DRUM!
For Florida teams, games against out of state teams count on their record, even if it was this weekend, which is reserved for the Kickoff Classic games, which do not count. Next weekend, everybody plays for keeps! The Boys of Fall :)
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