With three weeks still left in the season, the race for the Northeast Florida Athletic Conference title has already been decided.
Oakleaf (4-1) and Lake Asbury (5-0) are clearly the two best teams in the conference and will meet up twice in the last three weeks of the season to decide the title.
The conference, which is comprised of junior high teams from all over Clay County and Bradford County, is broken up into two divisions North and South with four teams in each division.
The two division winners meet in the title game, while the runner-ups in the division play for third, the third place teams in each division play for fifth and the fourth place teams in each division play for seventh.
With a division title and spot in the conference championship game on the line, quarterback Tre Simmons delivered leading Oakleaf to a 18-0 win over divisional rival and host Green Cove Tuesday night to help the Yellow Jackets wrap up the North Division title.
Simmons ran for a touchdown and threw for a touchdown to help the Jackets get the big win.
The Jackets (4-1, 3-0) ran through the division with wins over Green Cove 18-0, Lakeside 26-20 and Orange Park 28-20 in overtime.
Oakleaf opened the season with a 27-0 loss August 30 to Baker County. but have rebounded nicely with four straight wins including a non division 28-0 win over Wilkinson.
With the loss to Oakleaf, Green Cove (2-3) finished second in the division, while the Lakeside-Orange Park winner which played Tuesday finished third and the loser finished fourth.
Lake Asbury (5-0, 3-0) had little trouble clinching the South Division with easy wins over Wilkinson 29-0, Bradford 14-0 and Keystone.
Outside of the division, the Tigers manhandled Orange Park 35-15 and Green Cove 16-0 to remain undefeated so far.
The Tigers wrapped up the South Division with a 14-0 win over Bradford two weeks ago, in which they led only 7-0 at the half before putting it away early in the fourth quarter.
Lake Asbury wins huge battle tonight beating Bradford 14-0 to win division title and top seed. @DuvalSports pic.twitter.com/jAxWOCoruW
— Corey Davis (@ByCoreyDavis) September 27, 2016
Lake Asbury travels to Oakleaf this week in a non divisional game for both in a preview of the NEFAC championship game, before the two meet for real Oct. 25 in the NEFAC championship game.
Aug. 30, Week 1
Lake Asbury 16, Green Cove 0
Baker County 27, Oakleaf 0
Bradford 36, Lake Butler 0
Lakeside 20, Wilkinson 0
Lake City 42, Orange Park 13
Sept. 6, Week 2
Lake Asbury 29, Wilkinson 0
Bradford 40, Keystone 0
Green Cove 25, Lakeside 20
Oakleaf 28, Orange Park 20 (OT)
Sept. 13, Week 3
Rained out
Sept. 20, Week 4
Lake Asbury 35, Orange Park 15
Baker County 19, Bradford 8
Lakeside 24, PK Yonge 18
Keystone 28, Duval Charter 14
Oakleaf 28, Wilkinson 0
Lake City 28, Green Cove 0
Sept. 27, Week 5
Lake Asbury 14, Bradford 0
Wilkinson 20, Keystone 14
Oakleaf 26, Lakeside 20
Green Cove 23, Orange Park 8
Oct. 4, Week 6
Oakleaf 18, Green Cove 0
Bradford 34, Wilkinson 0
Lake Asbury XX, Keystone XX
Lakeside XX, Orange Park XX
Oct. 11, Week 7
Lake Asbury at Oakleaf, 6
Keystone at Lakeside, 6
Green Cove at Bradford, 6
Orange Park at Wilkinson, 5
Oct. 18, Week 8
Lakeside at Lake Asbury, 5
Keystone at Oakleaf, 6
Green Cove at Wilkinson, 5
Bradford at Orange Park, 6
Oct. 25, Week 9
Oakleaf at Lake Asbury, 6 (1st place game)
Green Cove at Bradford, 6 (3rd place game)
OP/Lakeside winner at Wilkinson, 6 (5th place game)
OP/Lakeside loser at Keystone, 6 (7th place game)
