My daughter played a Teddy Swims for me Saturday. I didn’t pay it much attention because I have the “heard it all before” attitude. I have that attitude because it is true. That being said I enjoyed the video.

Anybody know what happened to Jambun the 2022 Poster of the Year & our favorite high school referee? I loved to read his defenses of officiating. I know he was banned on other message boards but he was free to express himself here.

Fla2014 said:

What surprises me is the 3A Boca Ciega vs Jefferson prediction. Jefferson is only a 3-point favorite? Jefferson is 11-0 and barely beat a struggling Hudson (3-8) team first round. Boca Ciega was beat pretty good by Booker during the regular season. If this is the case, Booker will blow Jefferson out if they meet next round.

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Actually, the index has Boca Ciega as a
3 pt favorite.
Jefferson may be undefeated but they’ve played a ridiculously easy schedule. One of the weakest schedules in Florida, regardless of classification.

Wiregrass still having a great season

What surprises me is the 3A Boca Ciega vs Jefferson prediction. Jefferson is only a 3-point favorite? Jefferson is 11-0 and barely beat a struggling Hudson (3-8) team first round. Boca Ciega was beat pretty good by Booker during the regular season. If this is the case, Booker will blow Jefferson out if they meet next round.

#1 overall seed (10-0) Lakeland is only a 6-point favorite over (7-4) Gaither???

I’ll be attending Tampa Bay Tech @ Orlando Edgewater Friday night. Laz has TBT by 3. That sounds about right. Most people I have talked to agree with Laz.

With all due respect Cat but Devin White over Derrick Brooks?

MarkECannon said:

Cat, what Bucs linebacker are you referring to?

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Devin White!!

Fla2014, Aquinas is not too fond of Chaminade. One reason is that Chaminade is getting its share of players that may have gone to Aquinas. This has changed some in recent years but in general Aquinas has not played many nearby powerhouse schools. Of course Aquinas plays in the early season games on ESPN hosted by Aquinas. IMG vs Aquinas would be a fun matchup.

Thanks Gatorman!!! I damn sure don’t know how you did it but that was a great find!!

H-Cat, live long enough like we have and you'll see the pendulum swing I don't care what league you're playing in. It's like penalties, some bad calls hurt you, some help you - generally balances out. Sometimes "fer ye and sometimes agin ye". I was on the up swing as a Tarpon, then there was a down turn, another upswing, then a down turn. You're no babe in the woods, high school coaches have recruited for 30 years - big teams like Valdosta since the early 1960s.

I still enjoy watching a Tarpon game on a Friday night in Punta Gorda. I always said I wouldn't trade the experience me and my three boys got here as Tarpons in any single season - for a State Title elsewhere that season. We rode with the Tarpons and we're the winningest family in program history with 84 wins.

I'm also pretty happy where we are at this year - a few mercenary kids left the program - a couple to a 5-5 team. But we finished 7-4 and just about beat Ft Myers -- who has the dean of SW FL coaches -- in the playoffs.

Successful programs get copied, coaches retire or move on, support and community change - if it were static what fun would that be bringing a program back? And now there's free agency. Teams will figure it out. I've already heard some big rumors about next year. But still plan on watching next year, home games anyway.

If I was Chaminade, I would move up to 5A to give my athletes a chance for real competition. The Nade boys are a great white shark in a small pond. CCC are the spinner dolphin. They may play a while with the great white shark but in the end will be battered and bruised.

Unfortunately, for CCC. Chaminade will rain on their parade again.

I’ve found if you can find these small news papers/websites you can find info like this that large papers ignore. Good find!

I was surprised about the Palmetto outcome. As I watched online, Palmetto was in control, but turnovers/mistakes/miscues can be the difference in winning and losing. They had a good season. Hopefully they can keep the players they need and keep building.

Good work Gatorman! Where did you find that? I looked around last night but didn’t find anything.

I agree with you Gatorman. Almost every 2nd round 2A game sparks some interest. Every class should look this competitive. There are plenty of teams that have legitimate claims to go at least a couple more rounds. If I could only watch one class from start to finish it would probably be 2A. Class 5A would be a close second but mostly from the regional final on. That’s where the most games with powerhouse teams are likely to occur.