Find out what some of the top players in the state are saying about football and sports now!
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Q&A with Spanish River strong safety Benjamin Lamas
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season went good, we (Spanish River) got better as a whole, and only going to continue to get better. We made the playoffs for the first time in over 20 years.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plans are to get faster with track and stronger with our team workouts and working out myself.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think with how hard we work and kids now growing up we will be a lot better.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I think we can beat anyone, obviously there will be some tough teams to beat, but we can beat anyone.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Toughest individual players we would have to play would be ourselves, one individual player can’t determine a game.”
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Q&A with Menendez quarterback Cash Downey
How did the high school football season go overall?
“I think it went good but not as good as I would want, definitely room for improvement everywhere.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plans with sports and workouts are to keep on grinding this off-season with weightlifting and track to help me get stronger and faster, also working on my throwing mechanics.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think we have a lot of potential if everyone puts in the work and works together as a team.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I think it’s between our rival St Augustine high and Ponte Vedra because of their discipline and talent.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I think it will be Trenton Jones just because of the work he puts in and his speed.”
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Q&A with Edgewater running back Joshua Perry
How did the high school football season go overall?
“Overall it didn’t go the best, [we] went 4-6 but my individual play was very good with a 1000+ yd season with 12 TDs in only 9 games.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plans now are to just get bigger and stronger in the weight room while letting my play on the field keep elevating. I also am doing track again after my first-year state run last year.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel my new team will do great next year. I believe me and my teammates at Edgewater are going to win a state title this year.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I haven’t gotten the schedule yet but that second round of the playoffs vs Jones High seems to always be the toughest.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I don’t know who the toughest player we will face but one person won’t beat us.”
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Q&A with Bokey wide receiver Frank Hicks
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season was great for the program. New head coach, in year one [we] went 8-2. We did not get overall to the goal we wanted but as a group we proved a lot of people wrong and came through a lot of adversity.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plans now with sports are playing football and running track. I’m going to keep grinding in both sports every day working out, getting stronger, faster, overall as great as I can be in every category of my game.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“The team next season will do even greater things than last season. It’s a win or go home mindset here.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I don’t know who the hardest is going to be right now because people could still transfer at the last second or whatever happens. What I do know is it doesn’t matter who they got or what they have, because we’re going to come out on top every time.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“[It doesn’t] matter what player we go against, they aren’t going to do any true damage to our team.”
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Q&A with Atlantic Coast running back Jordyn Bell
How did the high school football season go overall?
“Overall I think we had a good season. We started out hot but faded at the end, mostly because of injuries.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I’m currently getting some offseason workouts and position training in. I’m also conditioning for track season.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“We will definitely get in the playoffs. With our group of coaches, I think we can really go deep in the playoffs.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I would have to say Mandarin. They had a spectacular run to the State Championship game.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I’m not sure about the toughest individual player but as a team, it’s Mandarin.”
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Q&A with Spanish River strong safety Benjamin Lamas
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season went good, we (Spanish River) got better as a whole, and only going to continue to get better. We made the playoffs for the first time in over 20 years.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plans are to get faster with track and stronger with our team workouts and working out myself.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think with how hard we work and kids now growing up we will be a lot better.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I think we can beat anyone, obviously there will be some tough teams to beat, but we can beat anyone.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Toughest individual players we would have to play would be ourselves, one individual player can’t determine a game.”
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Q&A with Menendez quarterback Cash Downey
How did the high school football season go overall?
“I think it went good but not as good as I would want, definitely room for improvement everywhere.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plans with sports and workouts are to keep on grinding this off-season with weightlifting and track to help me get stronger and faster, also working on my throwing mechanics.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think we have a lot of potential if everyone puts in the work and works together as a team.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I think it’s between our rival St Augustine high and Ponte Vedra because of their discipline and talent.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I think it will be Trenton Jones just because of the work he puts in and his speed.”
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Q&A with Edgewater running back Joshua Perry
How did the high school football season go overall?
“Overall it didn’t go the best, [we] went 4-6 but my individual play was very good with a 1000+ yd season with 12 TDs in only 9 games.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plans now are to just get bigger and stronger in the weight room while letting my play on the field keep elevating. I also am doing track again after my first-year state run last year.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel my new team will do great next year. I believe me and my teammates at Edgewater are going to win a state title this year.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I haven’t gotten the schedule yet but that second round of the playoffs vs Jones High seems to always be the toughest.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I don’t know who the toughest player we will face but one person won’t beat us.”
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Q&A with Bokey wide receiver Frank Hicks
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season was great for the program. New head coach, in year one [we] went 8-2. We did not get overall to the goal we wanted but as a group we proved a lot of people wrong and came through a lot of adversity.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plans now with sports are playing football and running track. I’m going to keep grinding in both sports every day working out, getting stronger, faster, overall as great as I can be in every category of my game.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“The team next season will do even greater things than last season. It’s a win or go home mindset here.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I don’t know who the hardest is going to be right now because people could still transfer at the last second or whatever happens. What I do know is it doesn’t matter who they got or what they have, because we’re going to come out on top every time.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“[It doesn’t] matter what player we go against, they aren’t going to do any true damage to our team.”
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Q&A with Atlantic Coast running back Jordyn Bell
How did the high school football season go overall?
“Overall I think we had a good season. We started out hot but faded at the end, mostly because of injuries.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I’m currently getting some offseason workouts and position training in. I’m also conditioning for track season.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“We will definitely get in the playoffs. With our group of coaches, I think we can really go deep in the playoffs.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I would have to say Mandarin. They had a spectacular run to the State Championship game.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I’m not sure about the toughest individual player but as a team, it’s Mandarin.”
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