We are now two weeks into the 2024 high school football season and there are some prospects who are starting to step in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties.
Because we try to shine a spotlight on every player – and not just those with the stars next to their names – football talent that may go unnoticed by fan websites is what we are all about.
During the course of a year, we will bring prospects in games, practices, camps, combines and just about everyplace that football is being showcased.
Each Wednesday during the season, we bring you five football players that everyone should know. Here is a look at the five this week:
2025 – Marcus Antelo, WR/S, 6-2, 180, Doral Academy. When you don’t have the opportunity to see talent like this perform, you are missing out on something very special. A potential big-time football player who truly has talent on both sides of the ball. As a receiver, his speed, athletic ability and knack of coming down with football has made him one of the players that schools need to check out. He is an all-around student/athlete that happens to also hold down a 3.8 GPA in the classroom. Keep an eye on his progress this season for head coach Eddie Delgado and the Firebirds.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/13483060/Marcus-Antelo
2026 – Ethan Barosela, LB, 6-1, 215, Miami Christopher Columbus. After watching this quality talent a year ago at Miami Belen Jesuit, there was no doubting that this was indeed someone special. Playing for the two-time defending state champion Explorers and head coach Dave Dunn, this is certainly one of the most productive junior prospects – not only in south Florida, but in the state, where he is a top 100 player. This is a playmaker who finds the ball – no matter what the competition as he showed last week in a close loss to Maryland power Good Counsel where he made play after play.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/video/3/22621817/66d34ba18b617103bf829975
2025 – Gabriel Cline, TE, 6-3, 215, Miami Gardens Monsignor Pace. Track Athlete. One of the most under-the-radar prospects is someone who not only is versatile, playing the receiver position, but he is versatile and athletic – having been part of the track program. As colleges are looking at this quality football prospect, they are watching a young man who has plenty of room to grow. Has a chance to be very special this season for head coach Anthony Walker and the Spartans. He has outstanding grades in the classroom, which also gives colleges and universities yet another reason to recruit him.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/19680284/Gabriel-Cline
2026 - Omari McNeal, QB, 6-0, 171, Pompano Beach Blanche Ely. When the final score came last Friday night from Blanche Ely High School that the Tigers had upset national power Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna, there was a sense that this shouldn’t have happened. But if you have followed this program this off-season under first year head coach Terence McFadden, it came as no surprise. Led by this impressive athlete, who actually burst on the scene two years ago as a freshman, they are no longer a secret – and either is McNeal, who many have talked about as being one of the best kept secrets. Not anymore!
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/16403448/Omari-McNeal
2025 – Keidran Willis Jr., RB/DB, 6-0, 180, Pembroke Pines Charter. If you happen to be a coach and have a son that also plays the same sport that you are coaching, it is a dream come true for some families. For football coach Keidran Willis, the opportunity to have his son play a huge role on a team that has started the season 2-0 is indeed something that heart-warming stories are made of. In last week’s game, this two-way standout ran for 282 yards and added 31 receiving yards on offense. On defense, he had four solo tackles, five assists and two tackles for loss. Wait, there is more. He also returned a kick 73 yards. As if what he accomplishes on the football field isn’t enough, he also happens to hold down a mind-boggling 5.21 GPA in the classroom!
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/video/3/15459885/6548f3c8a0188c11cc1946c8
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When it comes to watching, evaluating and seeing prospects and teams throughout the course of a year, there are very few sources who put in the time to come up with accurate information like we do.
Player and team rankings are often subjective, and everyone has their opinion – which is fine – but it’s usually those who see very little that have the loudest voice on who should be higher or lower.
If you follow what we do over the course of a season, each week we adjust the rankings, and while many focus on pre-season and each week during the season, the only ranking that truly counts is the one that comes out in late December.
Our Week 3 Top 20 is based on several things – and with so many transfers taking place – our opinion varies and changes. This list, as you have seen already, will change several times.
This is just an opinion based on seeing teams and having a valid ground to compare.
Here is a look at 20 Miami-Dade Broward Week 3 teams:
1 Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas (1-1, 5A). LAST WEEK: The Raiders rebounded with a 51-0 win against Lauderdale Lakes Boyd Anderson. THIS WEEK: 9/6 – No. 6 Miami Christopher Columbus. NEXT GAME: 9/13 – Davie Western.
2. Miami Central (1-1, 3A). LAST WEEK: The Rockets rebounded from the opening night loss with a 54-7 win against Miami Edison. THIS WEEK: 9/7 – No. 12 Miami Booker T. Washington. NEXT GAME: 9/13 - @Pompano Beach.
3. Miami Northwestern (1-1, 3A). LAST WEEK: The Bulls lost a tough overtime game at Venice, 48-42. THIS WEEK: 9/6 – Miami Carol City. NEXT GAME: 9/13 @ No. 5 Miami Norland.
4. Plantation American Heritage (1-1, 4A). LAST WEEK: The Patriots rebounded from a tough opening night loss with a dominating 51-12 decision against Davie Western. THIS WEEK: 9/6 -No. 9 @Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna. NEXT GAME: 9/13 - @Naples.
5. Miami Norland (2-0, 4A). LAST WEEK: The Vikings followed up their opening win with a 36-10 win against Miami Carol City. THIS WEEK: The Vikings will be off. NEXT GAME: 9/13 – No. 3 Miami Northwestern.
6. Miami Christopher Columbus (1-1, 7A). LAST WEEK: The Explorers dropped a tough home game to Olney Our Lady of Good Counsel Maryland, 14-10. THIS WEEK: 9/6 - @ No. 1 Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas. NEXT GAME: - 9/13 – No. 9 @Miami Palmetto.
7. Pompano Beach Blanche Ely (2-0, 5A). LAST WEEK: The Tigers shocked the world with a 35-34 overtime win against No. 10 Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna. THIS WEEK: 9/6 - @Fort Lauderdale Stranahan. NEXT GAME: 9/13 – Delray Beach Atlantic.
8. Miami Palmetto (1-0), 7A). LAST WEEK: The Panthers and Miami Booker T. Washington was called because of lightning. THIS WEEK: 9/6 - @ No. 13 Miami Southridge. NEXT GAME: 9/13 – No. 7 Christopher Columbus.
9. Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna (0-2, 1A). LAST WEEK: The Lions were stunned on the road against No. 7 Pompano Beach Blanche Ely in overtime 35-34, starting 0-2 for the first time since 2017. THIS WEEK: 9/6 – No. 4 Plantation American Heritage. NEXT GAME: 9/12 – Miami Edison.
10. Coconut Creek Monarch (1-0, 6A). LAST WEEK: The game with Deerfield Beach was called off because of lightning. THIS WEEK: The Knights will be off. NEXT GAME: 9/13 - @Sanford Seminole.
11. Miami Booker T. Washington (1-0, 2A). LAST WEEK: The Tornadoes had their game with Miami Palmetto called off at halftime. THIS WEEK: 9/7 - @ No. 2 Miami Central. NEXT GAME: 9/12 – Miami Immaculata LaSalle.
12. Plantation (2-0, 4A). LAST WEEK: The Colonels moved to 2-0 with a low scoring 2-0 win against Miramar. THIS WEEK: 9/6 – No. 18 Pembroke Pines West Broward. NEXT GAME: 9/20 - @Hollywood South Broward.
13. Miami Southridge (1-1, 6A). LAST WEEK: The Spartans bounced back with a 25-12 win against Miami Lakes Barbara Goleman. THIS WEEK: 9/6 – No. 9 Miami Palmetto. NEXT GAME: 9/12 – Hialeah.
14. Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons (1-1, 2A). LAST WEEK: The Chiefs bounced back with a 33-7 win against Hollywood South Broward. THIS WEEK: 9/13 @ No. 17 Pembroke Pines West Broward. NEXT GAME: 9/20 – Coconut Creek.
15. Homestead (0-2, 6A). LAST WEEK: The two-time defending state runner-up Broncos dropped a 14-7 decision to rival Homestead South Dade. THIS WEEK: 9/6 – @Vero Beach. NEXT GAME: 9/12 - @Southwest Miami.
16. Fort Lauderdale Dillard (1-1, 4A). LAST WEEK: The Panthers bounced back with a convincing 44-0 win against Fort Lauderdale Stranahan. THIS WEEK: 9/6 @Oakland Park Northeast. NEXT GAME: 9/13 - Lauderdale Lakes Boyd Anderson.
17. Pembroke Pines West Broward (1-1, 6A). LAST WEEK: The Bobcats went up to Georgia to play power Camden County and dropped a 52-29 decision. THIS WEEK: 9/6 @No. 13 Plantation. NEXT GAME: 9/13 – No. 14 Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons.
18. Southwest Ranches Archbishop McCarthy (2-0, 4A). LAST WEEK: The Mavericks beat Weston Cypress Bay, 42-6. THIS WEEK: 9/5 – Miami St. Brendan. NEXT GAME: 9/13 - @Miami True North Classical Academy.
19. Fort Lauderdale Calvary Christian (2-0, 2A). LAST WEEK: The Eagles remained unbeaten with a 42-34 win over Fort Lauderdale NSU University School. THIS WEEK: 9/6 – Miami Gardens TRU Academy. NEXT GAME: 9/13 - @Clewiston.
20. Doral Academy (2-0, 6A). LAST WEEK: The Firebirds beat Hialeah Gardens Mater Academy, 37-20. THIS WEEK: 9/6 – Hialeah. NEXT GAME: 9/13 - @Miami Gardens Monsignor Pace.
KEEP AN EYE ON: Coconut Creek (0-1, 5A), Deerfield Beach (0-1, 5A), Fort Lauderdale Stranahan (1-1, 3A), Fort Lauderdale Westminster Academy (2-0, Independent), Hialeah (0-1, 4A), Hollywood South Broward (0-2, 6A), Homestead South Dade (1-1, 7A), Miami Archbishop Carroll (2-0, 1A), Miami Carol City (1-1, 2A), Miami Edison (1-1, 1A), Miami Gardens Monsignor Pace (1-1, 1A), Miami Immaculata LaSalle (2-0, 2A), Miami Jackson (0-2, 3A), Miami Lakes Barbara Goleman (1-1, 7A), Miami Ransom Everglades (1-0, 2A), Miami Springs (2-0, 2A), Miami True North Classical Academy (1-0, 1A), Miramar (0-2, 5A), North Miami (1-1, 5A), North Miami Beach (0-1, 2A), Pembroke Pines Charter (2-0, 5A), Pembroke Pines Flanagan (0-1, 6A), Sunrise Piper (2-0, 6A), Weston Cypress Bay (1-1, 7A).
WEEKLY RANKINGS
PRE-SEASON. https://larryblustein.com/news/miami-dade-broward-pre-season-top-20-st-thomas-begins-at-no-1
Week 2. https://larryblustein.com/news/miami-dade-broward-week-2-top-20-st-thomas-remains-on-top
Are You Keeping Up With Miami-Dade & Broward High School Football Transfers? https://larryblustein.com/news/keeping-up-with-miami-dade-broward-high-school-football-transfers
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If anyone told you three weeks ago that Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna, Homestead and Davie Western would be 0-2 heading into the third week of the season, many would question your knowledge. But that is the reality.
The 2024 season, which was so promising for several area elite programs has not started out that way.
As we head toward Week 3, five of the six top teams in Miami-Dade and Broward are all 1-1. But while the news didn’t start out so great, there are several months to go until a state champion us crowned.
Over the weekend. Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas and head coach Roger Harriott rebounded from the tough loss to national power Las Vegas Bishop Gorman in the Broward National Football Showcase with a convincing 51-0 win against Lauderdale Lakes Boyd Anderson.
After making numerous mistakes in the season opener against top-rated Lakeland, the Miami Central Rockets and head coach Jube Joseph rebounded in a big way against Miami Edison, 54-7.
In perhaps the best game in the state last week, Teddy Bridgewater and his Miami Northwestern Bulls traveled to Venice to take on the two-time defending state runner up Indians. In a contest that went back and forth, Northwestern dropped an overtime thriller, 48-42.
After losing to national powerhouse Milton, Georgia in the Broward National Football Showcase, head coach Mike Smith and his Plantation American Heritage Patriots got back on the winning track in a major way – 51-12 against Davie Western.
The big winner this week was certainly head coach Terence McFadden and his Pompano Beach Blanche Ely Tigers, who stunned national powerhouse Chaminade-Madonna, 35-34, in overtime and sent a message that this team was certainly a team to keep an eye on.
When we said that every week, football will be very special and competitive here in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, and after two games, facts are facts.
In addition to those teams, here is the way things stacked up after Week 2:
Boca Raton Christian 26, Miami SmartEn Sports 6
Boynton Beach Somerset Canyons 27, Pembroke Pines Somerset Academy 21
Coconut Creek Monarch 8, Deerfield Beach 0 (NOT FINAL - LAST REPORT)
Doral Academy 37, Hialeah Gardens Mater Academy 20
Doral Ronald Reagan 42, Hialeah Miami Lakes 0
Fort Lauderdale Calvary Christian 24, Fort Lauderdale NSU University School 12
Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons 33, Hollywood South Broward 7
Fort Lauderdale Dillard 44, Fort Lauderdale Stranahan 0
Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest 27, Pompano Beach 15
Fort Lauderdale Westminster Academy 40, Coconut Creek North Broward Prep 13
Hialeah 22, Miami Belen Jesuit 14 (Suspended – Resuming Tuesday)
Hialeah Gardens 34, Miami Coral Park 6
Hollywood Avant Garde 14, Westland Hialeah 7
Homestead South Dade 14, Homestead 7
Miami Archbishop Carroll 50, Hialeah ABF 0
Miami Beach 20, Homestead Everglades Prep 6 (NOT FINAL - LAST REPORT)
Miami Coral Reef 25, Miami Sunset 2
Miami Ferguson 28, Miami Varela 0
Miami Florida Christian 49, Marathon 6
Miami Gardens Monsignor Pace 22, Miami Gulliver Prep 0
Miami High 58, South Miami 0
Miami Killian 31, Miami Dr. Krop 7
Miami Norland 36, Miami Carol City 10
Miami Palmetto 10, Miami Booker T. Washington 9 (Postponed at halftime)
Miami Southridge 25, Miami Lakes Barbara Goleman 12
Miami Ransom Everglades 42, Miami Westminster Christian 28
Miami Springs 35, Southwest Miami 12
North Miami Mourning 21, Hollywood Hills 20
Nova 38, Coral Springs 6
Oakland Park Northeast 28, Coral Springs Taravella 12
Olney Our Lady of Good Counsel, Maryland 14, Miami Christopher Columbus 10
Orange City University 49, North Miami 20
Plantation 2, Miramar 0
South Plantation 16, Coral Springs Coral Glades 0 (LAST REPORT)
Southwest Ranches Archbishop McCarthy 42, Weston Cypress Bay 6
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Before the season began, we told you that every week, there would be games that you will need to keep an eye on.
After Week 1 – when the nation had an opportunity to see the kind of football this state has to offer, Week 2 will once again showcase some elite teams, coaching and players.
South Florida programs will once again share that spotlight as college coaches will be watching and checking in on prospects they know about – while discovering some new players.
Here is a look at four marquee contest that will involve some of Miami-Dade and Broward’s finest:
No. 8 Davie Western (0-1) at No. 6 Plantation American Heritage (0-1), 7:30. Both teams are coming off losses on opening night to national programs, and while each team has a very competitive schedule this season, this game is truly important.
DAVIE WESTERN WILDCATS
HEAD COACH: Adam Ratkevich
2023 RECORD: 9-4
2024 SCHEDULE
Hoover, Alabama, L 20-17
8/30 - @Plantation American Heritage
9/13 – Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas
9/19 - @Coral Springs Taravella
9/27 – Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna
10/4 – West Boca Raton
10/11 – Miami Lakes Barbara Goleman
10/18 – Weston Cypress Bay
10/25 - @Deerfield Beach
11/1 - @Pembroke Pines West Broward
PLANTATION AMERICAN HERITAGE PATRIOTS
HEAD COACH: Mike Smith
2023 RECORD: 10-2
2024 SCHEDULE
Milton, Georgia, L 37-28
8/30 – Davie Western
9/6 - @Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna
9/13 - @Naples
9/20 - @Miami Central
9/27 – Plantation
10/12 - @Miami Norland
10/18 – Southwest Ranches Archbishop McCarthy
10/25 - @Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas
No. 18 Miami Carol City (1-0) vs. No. 7 Miami Norland (1-0), Traz Powell Stadium, 7:30. As the Chiefs are trying to return to their winning past – opening the season with a win – the stakes rise with a contest against the Vikings who came up with a win on opening night. This battle of Miami Gardens teams will have plenty of interest and show each program where they are after the second week of the season.
MIAMI CAROL CITY CHIEFS
HEAD COACH: George Stubbs Sr.
2023 RECORD: 1-9
2024 SCHEDULE
Hialeah, W 28-20
8/30 - @Miami Norland
9/6 – Miami Northwestern
9/12 - @Westland Hialeah
9/27 – Miami Gardens Monsignor Pace
10/4 - @South Miami
10/10 – North Miami Beach
10/25 - @Miami Belen Jesuit
10/30 – North Lauderdale Somerset Prep
MIAMI NORLAND VIKINGS
HEAD COACH: Daryle Heidelburg
2023 RECORD: 14-1 (2M State Runner up)
2024 SCHEDULE
Miramar, W 27-0
8/30 – Miami Carol City
9/13 – Miami Northwestern
9/19 - @Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna
9/27 - @Southwest Ranches Archbishop McCarthy
10/4 - @Cocoa
10/12 – Plantation American Heritage
10/18 – GMAC Week
10/24 - Plantation
No. 3 Miami Northwestern (1-0) at Venice (1-0), 7:30. Two weeks ago before the season started, this was a game that many looked at and felt that the two teams would have a high scoring contest – like last year when the Indians won, 63-46. But as things unfold and the Bulls have been very impressive in the kickoff classic and Broward County National Showcase contest, this could be one of the best matchups in Florida this week. Venice is the two-time defending state runner up.
MIAMI NORTHWESTERN BULLS
HEAD COACH: Teddy Bridgewater
2023 RECORD: 4-6
2024 SCHEDULE
Coconut Creek, W 45-0
8/30 - @Venice
9/6 - @Miami Carol City
9/13 - @Miami Norland
9/19 – Miami Christopher Columbus
9/27 – Miami Jackson
10/4 – Miami Central
10/11 - @Key West
10/25 – Miami St. Brendan
VENICE INDIANS
HEAD COACH: John Peacock
2023 RECORD: 12-3
2024 SCHEDULE
Tampa Bay Tech, W 63-40
8/30 – Miami Northwestern
9/6 - @Fort Myers Bishop Verot
9/13 - @Port Charlotte
9/20 – Cocoa
9/27 - @Lehigh
10/4 – Bradenton IMG Academy
10/10 - @Sarasota Riverview
10/18 - @Clearwater Central Catholic
10/25 - Sarasota
Olney Our Lady of Good Counsel, Maryland (0-0) vs. No. 5 Miami Christopher Columbus (1-0), Tropical Park, 7:30. This is indeed one of those games that will bring in a program that continues to show up in the national rankings and are coming off a tremendous season where the defense yielded a touchdown a game against the two-time defending state champion Explorers who will indeed be tested by a team that comes to town with a number of nationally-rated recruits. This is a chance for a reloading Columbus to grab the national spotlight.
OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL, MARYLAND FALCONS
HEAD COACH: Andy Stefanelli
2023 RECORD: 10-1
2024 SCHEDULE
8/30 - @Miami Christopher Columbus
9/6 - @DePaul Catholic
9/13 – Riverside Baptist
9/20 – St. Joseph’s Prep
9/27 - @Stone Bridge
10/4 – Glen Burnie
10/11 – St. John’s
10/18 - @DeMatha
11/1 – Gonzaga
11/9 - @Bishop McNamara
MIAMI CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS EXPLORERS
HEAD COACH: Dave Dunn
2023 RECORD: 13-2 (4M State Champions)
2024 SCHEDULE
Miami Southridge, W 17-14
8/30 – Our Lady of Good Counsel
9/6 - @Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas
9/13 - @Miami Palmetto
9/19 - @Miami Northwestern
9/26 – Homestead South Dade
10/3 - @Miami High
10/10 – Coral Gables
10/18 – GMAC Week
10/24 – Miami Archbishop Carroll
OTHER FRIDAY GAMES
In addition to those four spotlight games, today also has other programs from Miami-Dade and Broward County in action:
FRIDAY, AUG. 30
Bradenton IMG White at Key West, 7
Coconut Creek North Broward Prep at Fort Lauderdale Westminster Academy, 7
Coral Springs at Davie Nova, 7
Coral Springs Charter vs. Pembroke Pines Charter (Coral Glades), 7
Deerfield Beach vs. No. 10 Coconut Creek Monarch (Creek), 7
Doral Ronald Reagan at Hialeah Miami Lakes, 3:30
No. 19 Fort Lauderdale Dillard vs. Fort Lauderdale Stranahan (Lockhart), 7
Fort Lauderdale NSU University School at Fort Lauderdale Calvary Christian, 7
Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest at Pompano Beach, 7
Hialeah ABF Academy at Miami Archbishop Carroll, 3:30
No. 2 Hollywood Chaminade at Pompano Beach Blanche Ely, 7
Hollywood Hills at North Miami Mourning, 3:30
Hollywood South Broward at No. 16 Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons, 7
No. 11 Homestead vs. Homestead South Dade (Harris), 7:30
Lauderdale Lakes Boyd Anderson at No. 1 Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas, 7
Marathon at Miami Florida Christian, 7:30
Miami Gardens Monsignor Pace at Miami Gulliver, 4
Miami Jackson at Miami Immaculata La Salle, 7
Miami Lakes Goleman at No. 14 Miami Southridge, 7:30
Miami Palmer Trinity at Tavernier Coral Shores, 4
Miami Ransom Everglades at Miami Westminster Christian, 4
Miami Springs vs. Southwest Miami (Milander), 7
Miami Varela at Miami Ferguson, 3:30
No. 20 Miramar vs. No. 15 Plantation (PAL), 7
Miramar Everglades at Richmond Hill, Georgia, 7
North Lauderdale Somerset Prep at Sunrise Piper, 7
North Miami at Orange City University, 7:30
Pembroke Pines Somerset Academy at Boynton Beach Somerset Canyons, 7
No. 13 Pembroke Pines West Broward at Camden County (Ga.), 7
Somerset Silver Palms at Naples Palmetto Ridge, 7:30
Southwest Ranches Archbishop McCarthy at Weston Cypress Bay, 7
Westland Hialeah at Hollywood Avant Garde (Ives Park), 7
THURSDAY STATE SCORES – NOT COMPLETE
Boca Raton Christian 26, Miami SmartEn Sports 6
Coconut Creek Monarch 8, Deerfield Beach 0 (NOT FINAL - LAST REPORT)
Doral Ronald Reagan 42, Hialeah Miami Lakes 0
Hialeah 22, Miami Belen Jesuit 14 (Suspended – Resuming Tuesday)
Hialeah Gardens 34, Miami Coral Park 6
Miami Beach 20, Homestead Everglades Prep 6 (NOT FINAL - LAST REPORT)
Miami Coral Reef 25, Miami Sunset 0
Miami High 58, South Miami 0
Miami Killian 31, Miami Dr. Krop 7
Miami Palmetto 10, Miami Booker T. Washington 9 (Postponed at halftime)
Oakland Park Northeast 28, Coral Springs Taravella 12
South Plantation 16, Coral Springs Coral Glades 0 (LAST REPORT)
WEDNESDAY GAME
Doral Academy 37, Hialeah Gardens Mater Academy 20
SATURDAY, AUG. 31
No. 17 Miami Edison vs. No. 4 Miami Central (Traz), 7
South Florida gets Week 2 of the high school football season off in style tonight with a battle of unbeaten teams at Traz Powell Stadium (7:00).
After registering wins on opening night, head coach Mike Manasco and his No. 9 Miami Palmetto Panthers will take on head coach Tim “Ice” Harris and the No. 12 Miami Booker T. Washington Tornadoes.
After the first week, both programs were impressive and made a claim that they will be a force this season. Among 7A schools, the Panthers are very much in the conversation – whole BTW is a certainly a team to keep an eye on in 2A.
MIAMI PALMETTO PANTHERS (1-0)
HEAD COACH: Mike Manasco
2023 RECORD: 9-2
2024 SCHEDULE
Homestead, W 14-10
8/29 - @Miami Booker T. Washington
9/6 - @Miami Palmetto
9/13 – Miami Christopher Columbus
9/20 - @Miami Killian
9/27 – Coral Gables
10/4 - @Homestead South Dade
10/25 – Miami High
11/1 - @Fort Myers Bishop Verot
PROSPECTS TO WATCH
2025 - Davion Dixon, DL, 6-2, 305.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/19692183/Davion-Dixon
2025 - Ethan Lopez, RB, 5-10, 200.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/16109620/Ethan-Lopez
2025 - Dylan Miranda, LB, 6-3, 220.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/video/3/13410625/61a6e3a06e811508e84bbf7c
2025 - Corey Pruitt Jr., DB, 5-10, 160.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/17620708/Corey-Pruitt-jr
2025 - Cameron Sapp, WR, 5-9, 165.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/16323928/Cameron-Sapp
MIAMI BOOKER T. WASHINGTON TORNADOES (1-0)
HEAD COACH: Tim “Ice” Harris
2023 RECORD: 9-3
2024 SCHEDULE
Homestead South Dade, W 28-6
8/29 – Miami Palmetto
9/7 - @Miami Central
9/12 – Miami Immaculata LaSalle
9/20 - @Lakeland
9/26 – Miami Springs
10/4 - @Vero Beach
10/10 - @Homestead
10/25 – Miami Ransom Everglades
PROSPECTS TO WATCH
2025 – Ben Hanks Jr., DB.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/16372248/Ben-Hanks-Jr
2026 - Irwin James, RB.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/19381005/Irwin-James
2025 - Nylan Maine, QB, 5-11, 225.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/17667808/Nylan-Maine
2025 - Fabulis Scott, CB, 5-10, 165.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/17664329/Fabulis-Scott
2026 - Anton Smith, WR/Athlete, 5-6, 145.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/18032820/Anton-Smith
2028 - Eli Rauls, DE, 6-3, 240.
OTHER THURSDAY GAMES
In addition to the BTW and Miami Palmetto game, today also has other programs from Miami-Dade and Broward County in action:
Cooper City at Parkland Stoneman Douglas, 7
Coral Springs Coral Glades at South Plantation, 7
Coral Springs Taravella at Oakland Park Northeast, 7
Deerfield Beach Somerset Key at West Palm Beach Berean Christian, 4
Goulds Palm Glades Prep at St. Brendan, 7
Hallandale vs. Fort Lauderdale (Lockhart), 7
Homestead Everglades Prep vs. Miami Beach (Memorial), 7
Miami Belen Jesuit vs. Hialeah (Milander), 7
Miami Coral Park at Hialeah Gardens, 3:30
Miami High vs. South Miami (Tropical), 7
Miami Killian at Miami Dr. Krop (Ives Park), 7
Miami Sunset vs. Miami Coral Reef (Southridge), 7
Pembroke Pines Flanagan at Coral Gables, 3:30
FRIDAY, AUG. 30
Bradenton IMG White at Key West, 7
Coconut Creek North Broward Prep at Fort Lauderdale Westminster Academy, 7
Coral Springs at Davie Nova, 7
Coral Springs Charter vs. Pembroke Pines Charter (Coral Glades), 7
No. 8 Davie Western at No. 6 Plantation American Heritage, 7:30
Deerfield Beach vs. No. 10 Coconut Creek Monarch (Creek), 7
Doral Ronald Reagan at Hialeah Miami Lakes, 3:30
No. 19 Fort Lauderdale Dillard vs. Fort Lauderdale Stranahan (Lockhart), 7
Fort Lauderdale NSU University School at Fort Lauderdale Calvary Christian, 7
Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest at Pompano Beach, 7
Hialeah ABF Academy at Miami Archbishop Carroll, 3:30
No. 2 Hollywood Chaminade at Pompano Beach Blanche Ely, 7
Hollywood Hills at North Miami Mourning, 3:30
Hollywood South Broward at No. 16 Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons, 7
No. 11 Homestead vs. Homestead South Dade (Harris), 7:30
Lauderdale Lakes Boyd Anderson at No. 1 Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas, 7
Marathon at Miami Florida Christian, 7:30
No. 18 Miami Carol City vs. No. 7 Miami Norland (Traz), 7:30
Miami Gardens Monsignor Pace at Miami Gulliver, 4
Miami Jackson at Miami Immaculata La Salle, 7
Miami Lakes Goleman at No. 14 Miami Southridge, 7:30
No. 3 Miami Northwestern at Venice, 7:30
Miami Palmer Trinity at Tavernier Coral Shores, 4
Miami Ransom Everglades at Miami Westminster Christian, 4
Miami Springs vs. Southwest Miami (Milander), 7
Miami Varela at Miami Ferguson, 3:30
No. 20 Miramar vs. No. 15 Plantation (PAL), 7
Miramar Everglades at Richmond Hill, Georgia, 7
North Lauderdale Somerset Prep at Sunrise Piper, 7
North Miami at Orange City University, 7:30
Olny Our Lady of Good Counsel, Maryland vs. No. 5 Miami Christopher Columbus (Tropical), 7:30
Pembroke Pines Somerset Academy at Boynton Beach Somerset Canyons, 7
No. 13 Pembroke Pines West Broward at Camden County (Ga.), 7
Somerset Silver Palms at Naples Palmetto Ridge, 7:30
Southwest Ranches Archbishop McCarthy at Weston Cypress Bay, 7
Westland Hialeah at Hollywood Avant Garde (Ives Park), 7
SATURDAY, AUG. 31
No. 17 Miami Edison vs. No. 4 Miami Central (Traz), 7
WEDNESDAY’S GAME
Doral Academy 37, Hialeah Gardens Mater Academy 20
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