Over the past few years, I've noticed a lot of games involving district runner-ups against district champions - but this year is very different.
In class 8A, there are only two.
Apopka will travel to West Orange and Palm Beach Gardens travels to Wellington. Other than that - of the 16 first-round games in 8A, 14 district champs won and advanced.
In class 7A it's just the opposite.
Six of the eight second round games involve district winners facing their runner-ups. Only Lakeland-Osceola and East Lake-Braden River feature two teams from different districts.
In 6A only one such game happens - as Navarre takes on Choctawhatchee. 15 of 16 district champions won their first round games.
In 5A, two rematches - Cape Coral and Island Coast tangle, while Spoto takes on Jesuit
Class 4A, only Bolles and Raines are matched up in the second round - albeit as expected. The Bulldogs (runner-ups) and Vikings defeated their counterparts by a combined score of 127-0.
Class 3A is the odd-man out. All eight district champions won in the first round.
Class 2A technically has a runner-up advancing, as Jupiter Christian advances after a forfeit win over Champagnat.
Class 1A has two runner-ups advancing to face each other - as Blountstown and Port St. Joe both won on the road. Union County will rematch Dixie County in the only champion-runner-up match up.
Just some food for thought on this monday.
In class 8A, there are only two.
Apopka will travel to West Orange and Palm Beach Gardens travels to Wellington. Other than that - of the 16 first-round games in 8A, 14 district champs won and advanced.
In class 7A it's just the opposite.
Six of the eight second round games involve district winners facing their runner-ups. Only Lakeland-Osceola and East Lake-Braden River feature two teams from different districts.
In 6A only one such game happens - as Navarre takes on Choctawhatchee. 15 of 16 district champions won their first round games.
In 5A, two rematches - Cape Coral and Island Coast tangle, while Spoto takes on Jesuit
Class 4A, only Bolles and Raines are matched up in the second round - albeit as expected. The Bulldogs (runner-ups) and Vikings defeated their counterparts by a combined score of 127-0.
Class 3A is the odd-man out. All eight district champions won in the first round.
Class 2A technically has a runner-up advancing, as Jupiter Christian advances after a forfeit win over Champagnat.
Class 1A has two runner-ups advancing to face each other - as Blountstown and Port St. Joe both won on the road. Union County will rematch Dixie County in the only champion-runner-up match up.
Just some food for thought on this monday.
