Area teams are well represented in the pre-season Florida High School football rankings released by the Associated Press and FloridaHSFootball yesterday. No surprise defending state champion Raines tops the Class 4A rankings in both polls, the Vikings open their season Friday at home against No. 8 Lee in the Graveyard. University Christian (1-0) fresh off...Read More

Like it has the last three years, the race for the District 2-7A title will run through the annual Lee and Columbia winner. The annual meeting will take place Sept. 21 in Lake City. That’s not to say Fletcher, First Coast and Atlantic Coast won’t have a say so in the race, just come November we expect those two...Read More

JACKSONVILLE -Football is finally here as the season unofficially kicks off tonight with the annual Kickoff Classics. Action starts tonight with games featuring Sandalwood at First Coast, Ed White at Matanzas and a three-team jamboree at Christ’s Church featuring Maclay and Hilliard. On Friday, the lineup features Baker County at Baldwin, St. Augustine at Clay, Oakleaf at Fletcher, Bartram Trail...Read More

No matter the year, or the situation, when teams prepare for the upcoming district season, all roads annually lead to St. Augustine. Despite heavy losses on both sides, the Yellow Jackets are still prohibited favorites to take home the District 4-6A title again. Nease, White and Middleburg have threatened the hold but come up short in...Read More

As the season begins in a week the road to Orlando is a curvy and windy road full of unknown paths and trails. Among those paths is the battle for the district title, specifically the District 5-5A title. The inaugural playoff system did what it was set up to do, by selecting Baker County, Clay and Menendez last season....Read More

Judging by the results on the field the first year of the new playoff system went fairly well. As Bolles, Trinity Christian and Ponte Vedra all made the playoffs, with Trinity moving on to the third round of the playoffs. Bishop Kenny would beg the differ after being left out, but in the old system only...Read More

For the last two years, Ribault has walked off the field hoisting the district trophy and with it the automatic bid to the playoffs, that could change this season. Ribault lost 25 seniors off last years run and will look to several young guys to try to bring home its third straight district title. Which opens the door for Yulee...Read More

Last year was a historic one for both Raines and West Nassau, the two will look to capitalize on that even more this season. For Raines winning its second overalls state title its first since 1997, has put the Vikings in the position to become the first are public school team to win back-to-back state title. The Vikings graduated a lot...Read More

A run to the state semifinals and knowing they were just four quarters away from playing for a state title should serves as plenty of motivation for the Bradford Tornadoes this season. They are also out to prove last season was a fluke as well and not just be one hit wonders. Keystone Heights snuck in the...Read More

The addition of two more wild card spots voted in by the Florida High School Athletic Association in the offseason, not only gives rebuilding teams like Episcopal, Providence and St. Joseph high hopes but also rewards the top two teams in each region with a bye also. Which for teams like Baldwin and Fort White, the chance to secure...Read More