When Plantation American Heritage and head coach Mike Smith knocked off national power Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas, 42-38, there were those who left the game on Friday evening with a sense that maybe the 305 and 954 had lost its luster as an area that featured some of the best programs in the country. Nothing could be further from the truth.
What has happened this season is all those quality programs that have been recognized as elite teams with amazing talent are playing each other, and that only enhances what everyone has been talking about for decades.
As other areas of the nation are boasting about one team or another, Miami-Dade and Broward Counties have always churned out talent that not only advances to college, but also plays on Sundays as every NFL fan can see.
St. Thomas Aquinas, Chaminade-Madonna, American Heritage, Miami Northwestern, Miami Norland and Miami Central have all put an end to the talk about not playing a competitive schedule. Add in the Broward County National Showcase and no area – Texas, Georgia, California and Louisiana include – plays such a gauntlet every week.
With many teams across the nation boasting how great their programs are, it has often been said that if they had to play the schedule that south Florida teams must endure each and every week, they may not be as great as everyone believes.
American Heritage and Chaminade-Madonna have easily played one of the most challenging schedules in the country.
PATRIOTS BEAT THE RAIDERS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER
To show the dominance of head coach Roger Harriott and his football team, when the Raiders lost to American Heritage, it was the first time in school history that it happened.
Big plays by FSU running back commit Byron Louis (three rushing scores), Texas junior quarterback commit Dia Bell and nationally rated athlete Malachi Toney certainly kept the 5-4 Patriots in the game from start to finish.
Lost in the win was the way that St. Thomas Aquinas senior quarterback Andrew Indorf and sophomore receiver Julius Jones Jr. stepped up to keep the team in the game to the final drive.
In addition to that contest, here is a look at some of the other games from Week 10:
Coconut Creek Monarch 22, Sunrise Piper 20
Coconut Creek North Broward Prep 21, Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest 7
Coral Springs Charter 26, Parkland Douglas 6
Davie Nova 20, Coral Springs Coral Glades 0
Davie Western 36, Deerfield Beach 0
Doral Academy 55, Southwest Miami 14
Fort Lauderdale 40, Coral Springs 20
Fort Lauderdale Dillard 23, Boynton Beach 0
Hallandale 34, Pembroke Pines Charter 27
Hialeah 34, Miami Springs 7
Hialeah American 35, South Miami 0
Hialeah Gardens 40, Hialeah Miami Lakes 0
Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna 62, Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons 17
Hollywood McArthur 23, South Plantation 21
Homestead 27, Miami Edison 12
Homestead Everglades Prep 42, Somerset Academy South Homestead 6
Homestead South Dade 38, Coral Gables 0
Key West 24, Miami Jackson 19
Lake Worth Dr. Joaquin Garcia 35, Oakland Park Northeast 14
Miami Beach 20, Goulds Palm Glades 8
Miami Booker T. Washington 42, Miami Ransom Everglades 13
Miami Carol City 20, Miami Belen Jesuit 3
Miami Central 41, Pembroke Pines Somerset Academy 7
Miami Christopher Columbus 35, Miami Archbishop Carroll 6
Miami Coral Reef 22, Miami Ferguson 21 (OT)
Miami Country Day 23, Fort Myers Canterbury 14
Miami Florida Christian 38, Miami SmartEn Sports 0
Miami Gardens Monsignor Pace 14, North Miami Beach 0
Miami Gardens TRU Prep 34, Fort Lauderdale Westminster Academy 7
Miami Gulliver Prep 34, Fort Lauderdale NSU University School 17
Miami Immaculata LaSalle 34, Hialeah Gardens Mater Academy 14
Miami Norland 37, Plantation 20
Miami Northwestern 54, Miami St. Brendan 7
Miami Palmer Trinity 10, Hialeah IBF 0
Miami Palmetto 42, Miami High
Miami Sunset 20, Miami Braddock 15
Miami True North Classical Academy 35, Miami Westminster Christian 0
Miramar 39, Miramar Everglades 8
North Lauderdale Somerset Prep 36, Hollywood Avant Garde 22
Pembroke Pines West Broward 48, Miami Dr. Krop 7
Pompano Beach Blanche Ely 31, Coconut Creek 14
Somerset Silver Palms 33, Miami Killian 27
Southwest Ranches Archbishop McCarthy 31, Fort Lauderdale Calvary Christian 28
Weston Cypress Bay 46, Cooper City 33
MONDAY, October 28
Davie Nova vs. Cooper City, 7
Fort Lauderdale vs. Sunrise Piper, 5
Westland Hialeah vs. Miami Springs, 3:30
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