After five weeks, we have ourselves a competition in the weekly media pick’em standings. Each week we pick 12 games from around the area from the biggest games of the week. Our weekly panel of pickers consists of Mike Ridaught (Prep Zone), Marty Pallman (Prep Zone), Josh Wilson (FloridaHSFootball), Andre Ellis (DuvalSports), Matt McCullough (DuvalSports)...Read More

JULINGTON CREEK – Inspired by seeing their teammate Jacob Shedlin back on the sideline, the Fruit Cove Flyers went out and easily handed Sebastian a 50-0 loss. After the win over Murray a few weeks ago, the Flyers signed a game ball and head coach JC Calhoun personally took to Shedlin that night. The Flyers also...Read More

Oceanway- You can’t start the 2017 Duval County middle school football season without getting on the bus with the champs first. With Hurricane Irma turning the schedule upside down, one would assume this would be the year for a team to sneak up on the Panthers in week one. Well, you know what they say about...Read More

Jackson H.S- The lights were shining bright at Tiger Stadium on main street, home of the Kirby Smith Comets. Yet it was the Ribault Colts who seemed ready for the lime light as they out-shined the Comets 44-12 on a Tuesday night in middle school football. The Colts dawned a new look, equipped with fancy...Read More

Mandarin– The Dupont Dragons and Mandarin Hawks opened their 2017 seasons in a southern divisional match up that could very well determine their entire seasons. It’s not common for a season to kickoff with such high stakes, but due to Hurricane Irma, two previous non divisional games on both team’s schedules were cancelled setting up...Read More

JACKSONVILLE- It’s Duval County’s turn. The 2017 Duval County Middle School football schedule (via the Duval County School Athletic Director Tammy Talley) is set to start today! The season was originally set to kick off Sept 12 with 12 games including a rematch of the 2016 county championship game between 2016 defending champion Matthew Gilbert and 2015...Read More

The top four virtually remained the same except Liberty Pines and Swiss Point switching places. Both Liberty Pines and Fruit Cove continually put up 50 points a game on some of the weaker teams and remain the top two offensive scoring teams. The good news is only one more week until the top four teams finally...Read More

After taking off a week due to Hurricane Irma, Clay County junior high football teams finally got back on the field last week. As Week 5 is here, teams face make or break games the following two weeks, which will decide the two divisions and the championship series. Green Cove enters the week as the...Read More

NORTHSIDE – Tempo or momentum can quickly decide the outcome of a football game. Raines decided to use both in their domination of visiting Mandarin, as three first quarter scores set the tempo for a 55-22 win in the Graveyard. Coming off of a win over Deland on Monday due to Hurricane Irma, it would be hard to...Read More

ST. AUGUSTINE – With eight seconds remaining on the clock, and the score tied at 28 all, St Augustine kicker Elijah Ryan trotted out on the field to attempt the game winning field goal. It was a moment frozen in time for Bartram Trail, as players coaches and fans looked on from the sideline with the...Read More