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High school football playoff predictions for Orlando area games

December 4, 2020 - by [email protected]_84

Four of seven FHSAA football playoff games will be played locally Friday night, including an Orange vs. Seminole County matchup featuring teams ranked in the Sentinel Super 16.

a man playing a game of baseball: Seminole High's Demari Henderson strides into the end zone for a touchdown on a punt return at Lake Minneola during a 25-13 win on Oct. 2.

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Seminole High’s Demari Henderson strides into the end zone for a touchdown on a punt return at Lake Minneola during a 25-13 win on Oct. 2.

No. 8 Apopka hosts No. 11 Lake Mary in that Class 8A region championship game. The Rams are one game away from the state semifinals for the first time since reaching the second round in four week state tournament in 1985.

A live radio broadcast of the game in Apopka can be heard at 94.9 FM and AM 950 The Answer.

No. 2 Seminole plays at home for the first time this postseason. No. 3 Edgewater and No. 6 Lake Minneola host undefeated teams.

The Eagles face Mitchell High out of

SPORTS NEWS

Three Michigan high school seniors crack Sports Illustrated’s top 99 prospect list

December 4, 2020 - by [email protected]_84

Jaden Akins, Pierre Brooks and Kobe Bufkin rank among the nation’s top basketball players for the Class of 2021.

That’s according to Sports Illustrated, which has released its SI99. The list consists of the top 99 senior basketball prospects from across the United States, and it included the three Michigan players mentioned above.

All 99 seniors have earned the distinction of being named a Sports Illustrated All-American candidate. Please click here to see all 99 players.

Here’s a closer look at the three Michigan players:

Ypsi Prep Academy vs. Team Sizzle — Ypsi Prep Academy’s Jaden Akins (right) guards a Team Sizzle player during a high school basketball game on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, at Concordia University in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Photo used with permission from Who’s Next HS, @whosnexths)

*Akins, a 6-foot-3, 160-pound point guard, is a four-star prospect from Farmington who has committed to Michigan State. Akins averaged 23 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists

BOXING

Anthony Yarde vows to learn lessons from Sergey Kovalev defeat to school Lyndon Arthur in Commonwealth title fight

ANTHONY YARDE has vowed to learn learn the lessons from his defeat to Sergey Kovalev in the hopes of schooling Lyndon Arthur.

The British light-heavyweight challenges Arthur for the Commonwealth title this Saturday.

Anthony Yarde vowed to learn learn the lessons from defeat to Sergey Kovalev to school Lyndon ArthurCredit: Getty Images – Getty

Kovalev knocked Yarde out in RussiaCredit: AP:Associated Press

It comes a year on from his first loss, when he travelled back from Russia having been just a punch away in round eight of beating Kovalev.

But the exhausted Londoner was stopped three rounds later but finds himself two wins to the good since.

Now, having comes just whisker away from winning the world title, Yarde is armed with the confidence that he did wilt under the pressure of the brightest lights in his career.

Yarde, 29, told SunSport: “You can only learn

Most memorable Jackson-area high school football state finals games since 1990

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MHSAA Division 6: Jackson Lumen Christi vs. Ithaca - November 24, 2017 — Jackson Lumen Christiâ€™s Sebastian Toland (3) runs up the field before scoring a touchdown during their MHSAA Division 6 football state championship game against Ithaca at Ford Field in Detroit, on Friday, November 24, 2017. Jackson Lumen Christi won the game, 40-34. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com) Mike Mulholland | MLive.comMike Mulholland | MLive.com

JACKSON – Few high school football programs in Michigan have enjoyed as many trips to the state championship game as Jackson Lumen Christi.

Whether it was at the Pontiac Silverdome or Ford Field in Detroit, the Titans running out of the tunnel on Thanksgiving weekend seemed to be as big of a staple to the annual proceedings as mashed potatoes and gravy on a dinner plate.

The state championship games weren’t played this past weekend for the first time since 1975 due to the ever-changing landscape brought on by the COVID-19

Texas high school football experts predict winners of top DFW games for Week 15/Week 11

The top high school football minds in the state of Texas are teaming up with the Star-Telegram to offer up their predictions for some of the best games in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex each week of the 2020 season.

Our esteemed cast of prognosticators

Brian Gosset – The Star-Telegram’s Prep Sports Editor

Erin Hartigan – Host/reporter on Fox Sports Southwest covering high school football, New Orleans Pelicans, Texas Rangers, Big 12

Ric Renner – Anchor/reporter on Fox Sports Southwest covering high school football, San Antonio Spurs, Texas Rangers, Big 12

Greg Tepper – Managing editor at Dave Campbell’s Texas Football and Fox Sports Southwest high school football analyst

Matt Diggs – High school football Analyst, Writer for The Old Coach

Ashley Pickle – Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Video Producer

Jason Howell – Senior Recruiting Analyst for TexAgs.com

Kenny Matthews – Friday Night Glory Analyst

Tarrance Johnson – Friday Night Glory

FOOTBALL

When the high school football season of a lifetime comes during a pandemic

When they tell you the team from Henry County is like a family, buddy, they literally mean just about everyone is related through either blood or tears.

The Abbeville High School football team is bringing 30 players to Tuscaloosa this week for its state championship football game, and there are five sets of brothers on the roster. What a year. What a story to tell. This is the first season for Abbeville coach LaBrian Stewart, and he was hired less than a month before fall camp during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. Abbeville has lost one game.

The success has nothing to do with Stewart, he says. It’s the kids. They’ve all grown up together down there in the shadows of Jimmy Rane’s pine trees and Great Southern Wood. This is the season they’ve been waiting to play their entire lives. They’re tough country boys who do things like play both

SPORTS NEWS

Four-star junior guard Arterio Morris is back at Kimball after brief transfer to California prep school

In recent years it’s become somewhat common for high-profile younger basketball players to leave the Dallas area for prep schools elsewhere.

Cade Cunningham, formerly the top recruit in the country, started at Arlington Bowie before transferring to Montverde Academy in Florida. Jahmi’us Ramsey, a second-round pick of the Sacramento Kings in last month’s draft, started at Mansfield Summit, transferred to IMG Academy in Florida, and then transferred again to Oak Hill Academy before finishing his high school career at Duncanville.

After last season, Kimball’s Arterio Morris — the 2020 Dallas Morning News Newcomer of the Year — did just that, transferring to Prolific Prep in Napa, California, but now he’s back.

Kimball coach Nick Smith confirmed to The News Wednesday that Morris — a junior committed to Memphis — is back playing at Kimball, adding that he’s been back at the school since early October.

Getting Morris back is a

FOOTBALL

Final 2020 N.J. high school football conference statistical leaders

December 2, 2020 - by [email protected]_84

The 2020 football season is in the books and it was a different one to say the least.

Some teams played a handful of games, other competed in as many as nine but there were several players who made the most of their opportunities this year.

Check below to see which players finished atop the statistical leaders in their respective conferences at the conclusion of the 2020 high school football season. Leaders are based on statistics reported to njschoolsports.com.

Big Central

North Jersey Interscholastic Conference

Super Football Conference

Shore Conference

West Jersey Football League

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Andrew Koob covers the Super Football Conference (Morris, Sussex, Warren). He can be

Top 10 Metro Detroit high school football championship games in the last 30 years

December 2, 2020 - by [email protected]_84

This was supposed to be state championship week for high school football in Michigan, but the state’s latest shutdown of fall sports has shelved any hopes for championship until at least the end of December.

To scratch the itch for championship football, here is a look back at the 10 best state championship games for Metro Detroit in the last 30 years. Admittedly, this list is supposed to be a bit biased to Metro Detroit teams, so games in which a Metro Detroit team won gets a nod over losses in a close call.

Still, win or lose, some games were just too classic to ignore.

RELATED: Top 10 Metro Detroit high school football championship performances in the last 30 years

10. Harrison wins a high-scoring affair against Creston

Score: Farmington Hills Harrison 42, Grand Rapids Creston 35

Year: 1999, Division 3

This was a battle of two schools that