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Who Can Surprise In The Playoffs?

Who Can Surprise In The Playoffs?
If you’ve been around long enough, you already know that when the playoffs roll around, there are often some upsets – and that will happen again when things get going in two weeks.
Larry Blustein
Larry Blustein October 26, 2023 @ 06:00 AM
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<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Each and every Tuesday during the football season, we bring you the Top 25 teams in the state.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>While rankings are often subjective, they serve to give fans and those who follow the sport an idea of which teams figure to be the favorite.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>But if you've been around long enough, you already know that when the playoffs roll around, there are often some upsets – and that will happen again when things get going in two weeks.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here is a look at each class that is looking to get to Tallahassee in the second week of December. We will give you the favorites and a list of teams to keep an eye on.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>1M</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>THE FAVORITES:</strong> Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna (8-0), Clearwater Central Catholic (8-0) and West Palm Beach Cardinal Newman (7-1).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>KEEP AN EYE ON</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jacksonville Trinity Christian (5-3)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jacksonville University Christian (5-3)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Largo Indian Rocks Christian (5-3)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Miami True North Classical Academy (6-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Palm Beach Gardens Benjamin (6-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tampa Berkeley Prep ( 6-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tampa Carrollwood Day (5-1)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>2M</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>THE FAVORITES:</strong> Miami Norland (8-0), Miami Central (4-3), Plantation American Heritage (6-1) and Miami Booker T. Washington (7-2).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>KEEP AN EYE ON</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Clearwater Calvary Christian (6-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Fort Lauderdale Calvary Christian Academy (6-3)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons (6-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jacksonville Bolles (4-4)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jacksonville Raines (7-1)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jacksonville Riverside (7-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Miami Edison (4-3)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Miami Gardens Monsignor Pace (5-3)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Miami Northwestern (3-6)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tampa Catholic (3-4)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>3M</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>THE FAVORITES:</strong> Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas (8-1), Orlando Edgewater (9-0), Homestead (7-1), Tampa Bay Tech (8-1) and Seffner Armwood (7-1).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>KEEP AN EYE ON</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Apopka Wekiva (4-5)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Coconut Creek (7-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Delray Beach Atlantic (7-1)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Fort Lauderdale Dillard (5-3)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Fort Myers (6-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Hollywood South Broward (7-1)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Miami Dr. Krop (4-4)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Miami Southridge (6-3)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Miramar (4-3)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Miramar Everglades (6-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Orlando Jones (5-3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Plantation (6-3)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Pompano Beach Blanche (7-1)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tampa Jesuit (6-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>West Boca Raton (6-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>4M</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>THE FAVORITES: </strong>Miami Palmetto (7-1), Miami Christopher Columbus (7-2), Lake Mary (8-0) and Sanford Seminole (7-2).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>KEEP AN EYE ON</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Apopka (5-3)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Coconut Creek Monarch (6-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Davie Western (5-3)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jacksonville Mandarin (6-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lantana Santaluces (6-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ocoee (4-5)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Orange City University (7-1)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Orlando Olympia (4-4)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Palm Beach Gardens (5-3)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Palm Harbor University (6-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Plant City (4-4)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Plant City Durant (7-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Riverview Sumner (7-1)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tampa Plant (7-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Winter Garden West Orange (3-5)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Winter Park (7-0)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>1S</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>THE FAVORITE: </strong>Naples First Baptist (6-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>KEEP AN EYE ON</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lakeland Christian&nbsp;(5-3)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lakeland Victory Christian (5-4)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tallahassee North Florida Christian (6-3)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>2S</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>THE FAVORITES: </strong>Cocoa (7-1), Crawfordville Wakulla (9-0) and Starke Bradford County (8-0).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>KEEP AN EYE ON</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Bushnell South Sumter&nbsp;(8-1)<a></a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>DeFuniak Springs Walton (8-0)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Dunnellon (5-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Englewood Lemon Bay (7-1)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Estero (7-1)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Fort Meade (7-0)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Hudson (7-1)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Live Oak Suwannee (6-1)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Pensacola Catholic (6-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tallahassee FSU High (6-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>3S</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>THE FAVORITES: </strong>Daytona Beach Mainland (8-0) and Lake Wales (8-0).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>KEEP AN EYE ON</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Bartow (6-3)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Cape Coral Mariner (7-1)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Eau Gallie (6-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Fort Myers Dunbar (6-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Fort Walton Beach Choctawhatchee (6-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Hudson Fivay (5-3)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jensen Beach (7-1)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Leesburg (8-1)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Merritt Island (5-3)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Naples (7-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Naples Golden Gate (6-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>New Port Richey Gulf (5-4)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>New Smyrna Beach (6-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Niceville (7-1)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ocala Vanguard (6-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Parrish Community (6-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Pensacola Escambia (5-3)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Pensacola Pine Forest (5-4)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Port Charlotte (6-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Rockledge (5-3)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Sebring (5-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>South Fort Myers (5-3)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>St. Augustine (7-0)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tallahassee Lincoln (7-1)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Wesley Chapel Cypress Creek (8-0)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Zephyrhills (7-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>4S</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>THE FAVORITES: </strong>Venice (6-2) and Lakeland (6-3).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>KEEP AN EYE ON</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Bradenton Manatee&nbsp; 6-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>DeLand (6-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kissimmee Osceola&nbsp;(2-6)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lake Minneola (6-3)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Naples Gulf Coast (5-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>New Port Richey Mitchell (4-4)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Pace (6-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Palm Bay Heritage (7-1)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ponte Vedra (7-1)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Port Orange Spruce Creek (6-3)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Port St. Lucie Treasure Coast (6-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Sarasota Riverview (4-4)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Spring Hill Springstead (6-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>St. John's Bartram Trail (3-5)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>St. John's Creekside (4-4)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Stuart Martin County (4-3)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tallahassee Leon (5-3)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Wesley Chapel Wiregrass Ranch (7-1)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>1R</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>THE FAVORITES: </strong>Hawthorne (8-0) and Williston (8-0).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>KEEP AN EYE ON</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Blountstown (1R, 6-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Madison County (1R, 5-1)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Sneads (1R, 3-4)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>PROSPECT SHEET:</strong> Statewide Coverage Daily. <a>https://prepredzone.com/2023/03/statewide-daily-team-coverage/</a><strong></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>You Can Contact&nbsp;Larry Blustein&nbsp;with prospect or team information at: </em></strong><em>Floridakids1@aol.com<strong>.</strong></em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->

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