High School: National Showcase Game Has ‘Classic’ Potential

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Brandon Odoi

Plantation, FL– The bright lights of Friday night will be shinning tonight on South Florida as national high school football powers, American Heritage (Plantation) hosts Booker T. Washington in a pre-season classic that has national championship implications.  It will be a match up of two Top Ten ranked programs in the United States whose rosters a laden with Division 1 caliber talent.

The story lines are rich also.  Head coach Pat Surtain for Heritage makes his High School Football coaching debut.  The former University of Miami Assistant Coach, Tim ‘Ice’ Harris is back on the sidelines for Miami Booker T. Washington after spending two years as the running backs coach for the Hurricanes.  This game is a resume building opportunity for both teams with national championship aspirations.  Each team is ranked in the national high school football polls. And USA Today give each team their highest ranking at No. 6 and No. 8 respectively.

Follow along with us on Twitter for all the game action and look for highlights tomorrow on our YouTube Page.

 

 

2019 QB Daniel Richardson_Booker T Washington

About Brandon Odoi

Brandon Odoi is a tenured journalist. He's covered youth football since 8th grade, high school football since 2009 and began covering college football in 2011 as a beat writer for the University of Miami Athletic programs. In 2011, he founded Football Hotbed a national multi-media platform for football across the country. He's a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and spent his first five years as a professional working at ABC Television Network, ending his career as a producer in Miami. He's married with two sons and a daughter and resides in South Florida.
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