High School Football

Tornadoes Blow Away Chiefs, Advance to Second Round

Miami, FL —  The two Dade County rivals have ten state championships among them and met in the first round of the 4A playoffs Thursday night at Traz Powell Stadium.  Miami Booker T. Washington would get the best of Miami

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Football Hotbed Florida High School Final Regular Season Rankings: Playoff Preview

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, coaches, players, family and fans, welcome to the playoffs! This is the time of year when teams feel a heightened thrill of victory and an extreme low of the agony of defeat.  There has

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St. Thomas Completes Undefeated Regular Season, Routs Western 41-16

Davie, FL — Since the 90s, St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale) has been one of the national perennial powers in high school football.  The Raiders have two national championships (2008, 2010) and last won a state championship in 2016. On

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Football Hotbed Florida High School Week 10 Rankings

Can you smell the playoffs??? I sure can.  We are less than two weeks away from the start of the postseason and every team wants to go into the second season with a healthy football team that will ride momentum

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Raiders Roll Over Lions 35-21, Remain Undefeated

Pinecrest, FL – After steamrolling through fairly weak opponents this season, the Raiders of Gulliver Prep (Miami) needed a strong win to improve their resume.   On Friday afternoon, they got it.   “It’s satisfying to always come out with a victory,”

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Football Hotbed Florida High School Week 9 Rankings

Whew! What a weekend in high school football in the state of Florida!  We had statement wins, upsets, surprise shutouts, road conquests, and close calls.  If this is a prelude to the playoffs, get your popcorn ready! Plenty of movement

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Dillard Remains Undefeated, Edges Columbus 21-20

Fort Lauderdale — The scoreboard at Otis Gray Stadium displayed 16 seconds remaining as Columbus (Miami) lined up for an extra point that would tie the game with Dillard (Fort Lauderdale) and potentially send the game into overtime.   The kick

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Football Hotbed Florida High School Week 8 Rankings

To schedule tough or not to schedule tough, that is the question.  This year there are a number of teams that went out of their way to schedule tough teams in hopes to boost their resume in the eyes of

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Football Hotbed Florida High School Week 7 Rankings

In years past, district rivals would often play each other twice during the year, once during the regular season and occasionally we would get that juicy playoff rematch.  This year, with class and district realignment, we only get some rivalry

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Bulls Beat Rockets Scoring 30 Second Half Points

Miami, FL — One of the fiercest and talent-laden rivalries in Dade County took place on the high school gridiron in front of an enthusiastic crowd Friday night at the “Mecca,” Traz Powell Stadium.  Miami Central and Miami Northwestern are

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