Week 8 Picks

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October 22, 2013

Games | Friday, October 18th

Gainesville at Vanguard (Ocala)
Newberry at Union County (Lake Butler)
Madison County at Fort White
Dunnellon at Suwannee (Live Oak)
IMG Academy (Bradenton) at Trinity Christian (Jacksonville)
Buchholz (Gainesville) at Oakleaf (Orange Park)
Forest (Ocala) at Lake Weir (Ocala)
Creekside (St. Johns) at Bartram Trail (St. Johns)
St. Francis Catholic (St. Augustine) at St. Joseph Academy (St. Augustine)
First Coast (Jacksonville) at Flagler Palm Coast
Baker County (Glen St. Mary) at Yulee
Keystone Heights at The Villages

Results

Newberry at Union County

Mike Stanton

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October 18, 2013

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Friday, 7 p.m. – High School Football – Newberry at Union County (Lake Butler)

Radio: AM-1230 Gainesville, AM-900 (Ocala) & FM-100.1 (Ocala)

Join Mike Ridaught (Play-by-play), Chuck Dowling (Color) & Connor Ingalls (Sidelines) for this Class 1A-District 7 elimination game. This is an audio only broadcast. (click here for the replay)

Cornerstone Football

Mike Stanton

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October 15, 2013

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** Sorry about the subpar audio, we had technical issues with the mixer. The guys from Cornerstone were fantastic guests despite the bad audio. Great interviews! **

October 15th, 6:00pm – Join host Mike Ridaught and co-host Marty Pallman along with special guests: Cornerstone Academy (Gainesville) football coach Tim Johnson and seniors Jake Altom, David Cook, Clint Fairfield, Kam Kinsman, Jack Gregory, Braton Hart and Christian Herrod. Plus, we’ll release our new football Prep Zone Power Poll, recap our Sonic Player-of-the-Game, discuss the weekly football picks & announce our Trophy Shop Athlete-of-the-Week Presented by Mark McGriff State Farm Insurance of Gainesville.

Guests: Cornerstone Football

Coach: Tim Johnson
Athletes: Jake Altom, David Cook, Clint Fairfield, Kam Kinsman, Jack Gregory, Braton Hart and Christian Herrod

Trophy Shop Athlete-of-the-Week Presented by State Farm agent Mark McGriff

October 7 is D’Kadrian Allen of the Hawthorne football team. Allen scored the first four touchdowns of the game and rushed for 114 yards – all in the first quarter – as Hawthorne picked up its first win of the season in an 82-0 win at Seacoast Christian (Jacksonville). The senior had TD runs of one, 23 and 32 yards, and he returned a punt 58 yards for a score as the Hornets (1-4) built a 32-0 lead in the opening quarter. The victory also snapped a 17-game losing streak for the Hornets, who picked up their first win since 2011.

Sonic Player-of-the-Game

Thursday, October 11, was Jordan Giberti of the Gainesville football team. GGiberti helped the GHS defense hold its rival Buchholz to just 210 yards of total offense in a 26-14 win to extend the ‘Canes streak to five in a row in the series. The sophomore defensive end batted down a couple of passes at the line of scrimmage and put the game on ice with a 21-yard fumble return for a touchdown with 7:04 to play in the game.

Prep Zone Power Poll – 2013 Football – Week 8

Mike Stanton

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October 14, 2013

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Gainesville – There was a shakeup at the top of the Prep Zone Power Poll.

That’s because the top three teams all lost last week, catapulting Class 7A Fletcher (Neptune Beach) up four spots to No. 1. The Senators (5-1) received three of the seven first-place votes.

Top-ranked Columbia (Lake City) suffered its first defeat at 6A-District 3 foe Ed White (Jacksonville), which moved up seven spots to No. 11 following a 34-17 win against the Tigers (6-1), who dropped four spots to fifth.

Second-ranked Trinity Christian (Jacksonville) also lost its first game of the season. The Class 3A Conquerors (5-1) were crushed at 5A Godby (Tallahassee), 42-6, and fell four spots as well to sixth.

Plus, No. 3 Raines (Jacksonville) lost on the final play of the game at Fletcher, 17-14, and actually dropped six spots to ninth after the Vikings’ second loss of the season.

Fletcher leap-frogged unbeaten South Sumter (Bushnell) in the poll, but the 5A Raiders (7-0), who defeated Hernando (Brooksville), 34-14, received two first-place votes and narrowly missed the No. 1 ranking as they were edged in total voting points, 132-131.

Following a 59-0 win over Jackson (Jacksonville), First Coast (Jacksonville) moved up three spots to third. The Buccaneers (5-1), who defeated Fletcher in overtime in Week #3, received one first-place vote. The only loss this season for the preseason No. 1 team was at Raines.

Mainland (Daytona Beach) received the other first-place vote. The Bucs (6-1) defeated Oviedo on the road, 47-6, and moved up three spots to No. 4.

A total of seven ranked teams lost last week, including previously unbeaten Chiefland (5-1), which lost at defending 1A state runner-up Trenton with five seconds to play in the game.

The Class 1A Indians dropped out of the poll, making room for Fort White, which was idle last week. The Class 4A Indians (4-0) are in the poll for the first time this season at No. 20, while 2A Warner Christian (South Daytona) (6-1) also enters the poll for the first time at No. 19 following their fifth consecutive victory.

The Prep Zone Power Poll ranks the top 20 high school football, basketball, baseball & softball teams (regardless of FHSAA classification) across 26 counties in North Florida (Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Duval, Flagler, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Hernando, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lake, Levy, Marion, Nassau, Putnam, Sumter, St. Johns, Suwannee, Taylor, Union & Volusia counties). It is voted on weekly by sportswriters and sportscasters.

PREP ZONE POWER POLL – 2013 FOOTBALL POLL #8
(School, followed by first-place votes, classification, record and total voting points)

1. Fletcher (Neptune Beach) (3) (7A) (5-1) – 132
2. South Sumter (Bushnell) (2) (5A) (7-0) – 131
3. First Coast (Jacksonville) (1) (8A) (5-1) – 128
4. Mainland (Daytona Beach) (1) (6A) (6-1) – 116
5. Columbia (Lake City) (6A) (6-1) – 102
6. Trinity Christian (Jacksonville) (3A) (5-1) – 101
7. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville) (5A) (5-0) – 95
8. Fleming Island (Orange Park) (7A) (6-0) – 90
9. Raines (Jacksonville) (4A) (4-2) – 89
10. Sandalwood (Jacksonville) (8A) (5-1) – 79
11. Ed White (Jacksonville) (6A) (5-1) – 75
12. St. Augustine (6A) (6-1) – 67
13. Gainesville (6A) (5-1) – 58
14. Citrus (Inverness) (6A) (6-0) – 47
15. Bolles (Jacksonville) (4A) (4-2) – 43
16. Dixie County (Cross City) (1A) (5-0) – 39
17. University Christian (Jacksonville) (2A) (4-2) – 18
18. Seabreeze (Daytona Beach) (6A) (4-1) – 16
19. Warner Christian (South Daytona) (2A) (6-1) – 13
20. Fort White (4A) (4-0) – 12

Also receiving votes: Trenton (1A) (4-1) – 7; North Marion (5A) (5-2) – 4; Union County (Lake Butler) (1A) (5-1) – 4; Chiefland (1A) (5-1) – 3; Suwannee (Live Oak) (5A) (4-1) – 1; Trinity Catholic (Ocala) (3A) (4-3) – 1.

The AP Top 10 Florida High School Football Poll – Week 8

Mike Stanton

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October 14, 2013

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The 2013 Associated Press Florida high school football poll for Week #8, with first-place votes in parentheses, records, rating points and previous rankings. North Central Florida teams in bold.

Class 8A
Record Pts Prv

1. Manatee (12)      7-0 138 1
2. Miramar (2)         7-0 127 2
3. Apopka                6-1 104 3
4. Dr. Phillips           7-0    94    4
5. South Dade         7-0    80    6
6. Fort Pierce Central  6-0   79    5
7. Lake Mary            6-0   52    7
8. Plant                     5-1-1     42    8
9. Deerfield Beach    6-0 36    9
10. Charles Flanagan 7-0   7 NR

Others receiving votes: Vero Beach 6, Park Vista Community 3, First Coast (Jacksonville) (5-1) 2.

Class 7A

1. Dwyer (5)                                  7-0 131 2
2. St. Thomas Aquinas (9)            5-1 130 1
3. East Lake                                  7-0 112 3
4. Lakeland                                   7-0    85    5
5. Fleming Island (Orange Park)    6-0   73    6
6. Niceville                                     7-0   71    7
7. Sickles                                        5-1 48    4
8. Fletcher (Neptune Beach)        5-1 44    8
9. Lincoln                                        4-2 26    9
10. Kissimmee Osceola                   5-2 20 10

Others receiving votes: Port Charlotte 13, Pinellas Park 7, Plantation 5, Melbourne 3, Tampa Bay Tech 2.

Class 6A

1. Miami Central (12)                5-1 129    1
2. Armwood (2)                         6-0 128    3
3. Heritage                                7-0      109    4
4. Venice                                   6-1 87 5
5. Jefferson                               5-1 66 6
6. Hallandale                             7-0 60 7
7. Columbia (Lake City)           6-1 49 2
8. Mainland (Daytona Beach) 6-1 37 9
9. Ed White (Jacksonville)     5-1 31 NR
(tie) Largo                                    5-1 31 8

Others receiving votes: Escambia 21, Citrus (Inverness) (6-0) 13, Ida Baker 7, Miami Carol City 2.

Class 5A

1. West Florida (9)                       6-0 131    1
2. Godby (4)                                 5-1 119    2
3. Plantation American Heritage 6-1 101    3
4. Pensacola Catholic                   7-0 96 4
5. Merritt Island (1)                        6-0 90 5
6. Cardinal Gibbons                      6-0 77 7
7. Rickards                                    6-0 52 8
8. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville) 5-0 38 9
9. South Sumter (Bushnell)         7-0 34 10
10. Miami Jackson                         3-3 11 6

Others receiving votes: Wakulla 10, Immokalee 8, Palm Bay 2, Bishop Moore 1.

Class 4A

1. Miami Washington (14)       7-0 140 1
2. Fort Lauderdale University 6-0 126 2
3. Cocoa                                  5-1 112 4
4. Raines (Jacksonville)        4-2    87   3
5. Fort White                           4-0    71 NR

Others receiving votes: Bolles (Jacksonville) (4-2) 12, Space Coast 6, Gulliver Prep 6.

Class 3A

1. Tampa Catholic (11)                        5-1 128 2
2. Clearwater Central Catholic             5-1 110 3
3. Trinity Christian (Jacksonville) (2)   5-1    98   1
4. Pahokee (1)                                      5-1    95   5
5. Melbourne Central Catholic              6-0    56   NR

Others receiving votes: Westminster Christian 37, Lakeland Christian 29, Trinity Catholic (Ocala) 7.

Class 2A

1. Champagnat Catholic (13)                 7-0 139 2
2. Warner Christian (South Daytona) 6-1 120 3
3. North Florida Christian                       5-1    89   1
4. University Christian (Jax.) (1)            4-2    84    4
5. Glades Day                                        6-0   79     5

Others receiving votes: First Baptist 43, Indian Rocks 6.

Class 1A
1. Blountstown (13)                       7-0 139 1
2. Dixie County (Cross City) (1) 5-0 127 2
3. Union County (Lake Butler)       5-1 105 4
4. Liberty County                           6-1 99 5
5. Trenton                                     4-1 84 NR

Others receiving votes: Northview 6.

Week 7 Picks

Mike Stanton

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October 14, 2013

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Games | Friday, October 11th

Buchholz (Gainesville) at Gainesville
Trinity Christian (Jacksonville) at Godby (Tallahassee)
Columbia (Lake City) at Ed White (Jacksonville)
Raines (Jacksonville) at Fletcher (Neptune Beach)
Belleview at Suwannee (Live Oak)
North Marion (Sparr) at Dunnellon
Trinity Catholic (Ocala) at Jesuit (Tampa)
Flagler Palm Coast at Palatka
Leesburg at Forest (Ocala)
Bolles (Jacksonville) at American Heritage (Plantation)
St. Edward’s (Vero Beach) at Warner Christian (South Daytona)
Mainland (Daytona Beach) at Oviedo

Results

Buchholz at Gainesville

Mike Stanton

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October 11, 2013

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Friday, October 11th at 7 pm – High School Football – Buchholz (Gainesville) at Gainesville

Final: Gainesville 26, Buchholz 14

Join Mike Ridaught (Play-by-play), Tyler TenBeig (Color) & TBA (Sidelines) for the ‘mythical’ city championship game.

7A BUCHHOLZ (3-2) AT 6A GAINESVILLE (4-1): The city championship is on the line as the Bobcats and Hurricanes meet in this 42nd annual battle. Since 2009, it has been onesided in favor of Gainesville, which has won four straight in the series, the last three convincingly. However before GHS’s latest streak, it was the Bobcats that ruled, winning the six previous from 2003-2008. Tonight’s game could be the closest in years, at least Buchholz fans hope so. The Bobcats, who pulled out a 24-21 triple overtime win over 6A St. Johns Bartram Trail a week ago, are in a brutal district that includes the No. 6 (Fleming Island) and No. 8 (Neptune Beach Fletcher) ranked teams in 7A. Both Buchholz and GHS are led by sophomore QBs. Bobcat Jackson White completed 11 of 13 passes in the second half for 113 of his 146 yards with one TD against Bartram Trail. Junior RB Gerald Donald ran for 76 of his 96 yards also in the second half. The Buchholz defense contained the Bears’ lethal passing attack. GHS, which opened the season ranked No. 5 in 6A, has won four straight since its season-opening loss at Columbia. Oregon commit Tony James has 456 yards rushing on the season with 3 TDs while WR Kenric Young is averaging 22.9 yards per catch. QB Caelen Christian has passed for 436 yards and 6 TDs. Both teams have huge district games the following week, Buchholz at Orange Park Oakleaf and GHS at Ocala Vanguard. GHS has not shown the ability to put teams away this season and don’t expect them to start against the Bobcats, who are hungry for redemption. Buchholz leads the series 24-17. via: Gainesville Preps

Prep Zone Power Poll – 2013 Football – Week 7

Mike Stanton

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October 8, 2013

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Gainesville – There was very little movement in this week’s Prep Zone Power Poll as only one ranked team lost.

The top three teams remained the same, while the Nos. 4 & 5 teams flip-flopped.

Columbia (Lake City) remained No. 1. The Tigers (6-0) received six of the seven first-place votes following a 44-20 win over Orange Park.

Trinity Christian (Jacksonville) received the other first-place vote and remained No. 2 following a 59-7 win against Episcopal (Jacksonville). But the Conquerors (5-0) have a tough two-game stretch coming up with games at Godby (Tallahassee) and at home against unbeaten IMG Academy (Bradenton), plus a season-ending road trip to 6A Vanguard (Ocala).

Raines (Jacksonville) remained No. 3. The Vikings (4-1) defeated Baldwin, 46-0. Their only loss this season was at Miami Northwestern.

Meanwhile, Fletcher (Neptune Beach) and South Sumter (Bushnell) flip-flopped as Fletcher’s 20-17 win over Atlantic Coast (Jacksonville) in overtime dropped the Senators (4-1) one spot to fifth, while the Raiders (6-0) moved up to fourth following a 38-14 win over Pasco (Dade City).

First Coast (Jacksonville) (4-1) and Mainland (Daytona Beach) (5-1) moved ahead of Bolles (Jacksonville) (4-1) to Nos. 6 & 7 respectively, while the ‘Dogs, who were off, dropped to No. 8. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville) (4-0) remained ninth and Fleming Island (Orange Park) (6-0) stayed at No. 10.

Union County (Lake Butler) was the only team in the top 20 to fall as the Class 1A Tigers (5-1) lost 30-12 at No. 16 Dixie County (Cross City) (4-0) and dropped out of this week’s poll. That opened the door for Chiefland (5-0), which was idle, to move into the poll for the first time this season at No. 20.

The Prep Zone Power Poll ranks the top 20 high school football, basketball, baseball & softball teams (regardless of FHSAA classification) across 26 counties in North Florida (Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Duval, Flagler, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Hernando, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lake, Levy, Marion, Nassau, Putnam, Sumter, St. Johns, Suwannee, Taylor, Union & Volusia counties). It is voted on weekly by sportswriters and sportscasters.

PREP ZONE POWER POLL – 2013 FOOTBALL POLL #7
(School, followed by first-place votes, classification, record and total voting points)

1. Columbia (Lake City) (6) (6A) (6-0) – 139
2. Trinity Christian (Jacksonville) (1) (3A) (5-0) – 134
3. Raines (Jacksonville) (4A) (4-1) – 124
4. South Sumter (Bushnell) (5A) (6-0) – 113
5. Fletcher (Neptune Beach) (7A) (4-1) – 111
6. First Coast (Jacksonville) (8A) (4-1) – 107
7. Mainland (Daytona Beach) (6A) (5-1) – 98
8. Bolles (Jacksonville) (4A) (4-1) – 91
9. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville) (5A) (4-0) – 84
10. Fleming Island (Orange Park) (7A) (6-0) – 82
11. Sandalwood (Jacksonville) (8A) (4-1) – 70
12. St. Augustine (6A) (5-1) – 59
13. Seabreeze (Daytona Beach) (6A) (4-0) – 56
14. Gainesville (6A) (4-1) – 46
15. Citrus (Inverness) (6A) (5-0) – 39
16. Dixie County (Cross City) (1A) (4-0) – 35
17. University Christian (Jacksonville) (2A) (4-2) – 30
18. Ed White (Jacksonville) (6A) (4-1) – 23
19. Trinity Catholic (Ocala) (3A) (4-2) – 11
20. Chiefland (1A) (5-0) – 8

Also receiving votes: Fort White (4A) (4-0) – 7; Warner Christian (South Daytona) (2A) (5-1) – 3.

St. Francis Volleyball

Mike Stanton

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October 8, 2013

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October 8th, 6:00pm – Join host Mike Ridaught and co-host Marty Pallman along with special guests: St. Francis (Gainesville) volleyball coach Nick Cheronis and his nine seniors – Christine Sack, Paige Stockman, Charly Coogan, Becca Davis, Chelsea Davis, AnnLorrayne Bzoch, Allison Benton, Erin Sprague and Krizia Lopez. Plus, we’ll release our new football Prep Zone Power Poll, recap our Sonic Player-of-the-Game, discuss the weekly football picks & announce our Trophy Shop Athlete-of-the-Week Presented by Mark McGriff State Farm Insurance of Gainesville.

Guests: St. Francis Volleyball

Coach: Nick Cheronis
Athletes: Christine Sack, Paige Stockman, Charly Coogan, Becca Davis, Chelsea Davis, AnnLorrayne Bzoch, Allison Benton, Erin Sprague, Krizia Lopez

Trophy Shop Athlete-of-the-Week Presented by State Farm agent Mark McGriff

September 30 is Monte Seabrook of the Newberry football team. The senior carried the ball 17 times for a career-high 207 yards and two touchdowns (42 & 60 yards) as Newberry kept its postseason hopes alive with a 31-29 win over Williston in a Class 1A-District 7 game. Seabrook, who received his first offer from Utah last week, added 2.5 tackles and an interception. He also recovered an onside kick that sealed the win for the Panthers (4-2, 1-1).

Sonic Player-of-the-Game

Thursday, October 3, was Jared Goar of the Buchholz (Gainesville) football team. Goar had four catches for 39 yards and one TD, which came in the fourth quarter to give the Bobcats a 7-0 lead with 8:34 to play in the game. The Bobcats (3-2) went on to defeat Bartram Trail (St. Johns), 24-21 , in triple overtime.
Friday, October 4, was Tony James of the Gainesville football team. James carried the ball 18 times for 147 yards as GHS defeated Forest (Ocala), 17-12, in a Class 6A-District 5 game on the road. The Oregon commit scored the decisive touchdown on a 37-yard run with 2:18 to play in the game to help lead the ‘Canes (4-1, 2-0) to their fourth consecutive victory.

Week 6 Picks

Mike Stanton

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October 8, 2013

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Games | Friday, October 4th

Union County (Lake Butler) at Dixie County (Cross City)
Dunnellon at Belleview
Citrus (Inverness) at Vanguard (Ocala)
Atlantic Coast (Jacksonville) at Fletcher (Neptune Beach)
Mandarin (Jacksonville) at First Coast (Jacksonville)
PK Yonge (Gainesville) at Father Lopez (Daytona Beach)
St. Augustine at Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach)
Trenton at Hilliard
Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville) at Ribault (Jacksonville)
Oak Hall (Gainesville) at St. Francis Catholic (Gainesville)
Madison County at Taylor County (Perry)
Suwannee (Live Oak) at Eastside (Gainesville)

Results