After eight weeks of regular season junior high football play, we have finally reached the end of the regular season and now head into the playoffs.
Clearly Lake Asbury Junior High was the top team in the conference after pounding Lakeside last night 36-0 to finish the regular season undefeated.
The Tigers ran through the South Division with ease with shut out wins over Bradford 14-0, Wilkinson 29-0 and Keystone Heights 41-0.
Oakleaf had a little tougher time in the North Division winning over Orange Park 28-20 in OT, Lakeside 26-20 and Green Cove 18-0.
Now comes the playoffs and a rematch of a regular season game just two weeks ago. Oakleaf (5-2) travels to Lake Asbury (7-0) Tuesday at 5 in the championship game.
The two met Oct. 11 in Oakleaf with the Tigers coming from behind to win 13-12 in the final minute of the game.
Tied at 6-6 with under a minute left, Oakleaf scored but missed the two point conversion. On the ensuing Lake Asbury play, the Tigers surprised the Yellow Jackets with a Hail Mary as Devon Grimes got behind the secondary and easily scored the game winner with 45 seconds left in the 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
Lake Asbury 41, Keystone 0
Oakleaf 18, Green Cove 0
Orange Park 28, Lakeside 22
Bradford 34, Wilkinson 0
Oct. 11, Week 7
Lake Asbury 13, Oakleaf 12
Lakeside 38, Keystone 0
Bradford 14, Green Cove 7
Orange Park at Wilkinson, 5
Oct. 18, Week 8
Lake Asbury 36, Lakeside 0
Oakleaf 22, Keystone 0
Bradford 34, Orange Park 30
Green Cove at Wilkinson, 5
Oct. 25, Week 9
Championship game: Oakleaf (5-2) at Lake Asbury (7-0), 5
Third place game: Green Cove (3-4) at Bradford (5-2), 6
Fifth place game: Orange Park (1-5) at Wilkinson (1-4), 5
Seventh place game: Lakeside (3-4) at Keystone Heights (1-5), 6
Northeast Florida Athletic Conference
North Division
Oakleaf (5-2) (3-0)
Green Cove (3-4) (2-1)
Orange Park (1-5) (1-2)
Lakeside (3-4) (0-3)
South Division
Lake Asbury (7-0) (3-0)
Bradford (5-2) (2-1)
Wilkinson (1-4) (1-2)
Keystone (1-5) (0-3)