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Super 16 High School matchups in Orlando
District champions could be crowned and career records broken Friday night in Week 9 of the high school football regular season.
Tavares hosts Eustis in a Class 5A battle of Lake County rivals who have gone nearly two decades without a district title. The Bulldogs can claim the trophy outright for the first time since 2004 with a win.
Eustis, district champs in 2005, likely needs a win Friday and another next week vs. Mount Dora to end its drought. The Eagles won four in a row against Tavares from 2015-18 before the Bulldogs scored a 22-20 win in 2019.
Four district matchups between Sentinel Super 16 teams will help paint the postseason picture moving forward.
Continue readingOhio State Buckeyes QB Quinn Ewers has NIL deal for $1.4 million
Ohio State quarterback Quinn Ewers has signed a name, image and likeness deal with GT Sports Marketing for $1.4 million, a source told ESPN on Tuesday.
The contract with GT Sports Marketing is for three years and is in exchange for autographs. The deal, according to a source, was negotiated by Ewers’ agents at Sportstars and Rubicon, and is Ewers’ third NIL deal overall.
Continue readingEdgewater RB Baxter ‘shocked’ by Alabama offer
Junior adds prized offer after monster 249-yard, 4-TD OT performance
Orlando Edgewater junior running back Cedric “C.J.” Baxter already was a hot commodity among college football recruiters, but his popularity has grown exponentially in the past two weeks.
When Alabama comes to town, something must be going right.
The Crimson Tide’s interest in Baxter, a 6-foot-2, 220-pound prospect, took off after his performance in a four-overtime 52-49 victory over rival Jones High.
Continue readingEdgewater High School climbs ranks after win in 4 overtimes
An epic showdown last week between Orange County rivals led to a shakeup near the top of the Sentinel Super 16 rankings entering Week 4 of the regular season.
Edgewater (2-1) moves up three spots from No. 7 to No. 4 after prevailing 52-49 in four overtimes against visiting Jones (2-1). The loss drops the Tigers from No. 2 to No. 5 entering the Tigers’ Friday trip to Bradenton to face undefeated national power IMG Academy.
Most area teams in Class 8A, 7A, 6A and 5A will open district play this week. The schedule is headlined by an undefeated large-class District 3 matchup between No. 2 Apopka (3-0) and No. 13 Ocoee (3-0).
The Blue Darters are up one spot to No. 2, followed by Lake Mary (3-0) at No. 3. Ocoee, which made easy work of Olympia (1-1) on Friday in a 34-13 win, is 3-0 for just the third time since the school opened in 2005.
Unbeaten Oviedo (3-0) is ranked No. 10 entering its first matchup vs. DeLand (0-1) since losing 28-23 in 2004. Winter Park (2-1) is up three spots from No. 14 to No. 11 after holding off host Boone (1-1) for a 26-21 win.
The Sentinel Super 16 rankings, made up of teams from Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Lake and southwest Volusia counties, include current records and last week’s ranking in parentheses if different.
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Coach Prime Time? Deion Sanders reportedly set to take over college football program
Deion Sanders is reportedly getting into the coaching game.
The NFL Hall of Famer has experience coaching in the Under Armour All-American Game and was reportedly a candidate for the open head coaching positions at Arkansas and Florida State this offseason but now it appears the former college and NFL superstar is set to take over his first college football program.
According to Kenn Rashad of HBCU Sports, Sanders will be named the new head coach HBCU program, Jackson State.
You may recall, during an appearance on “The Dan Patrick Show” during Super Bowl week, Sanders expressed his desire to become a head coach.
“I’m going to be a head coach in college football next year,” Sanders said back in February. “I’m that definite. I’m that assured that I am. This is something that is my calling. I’m going to coach college football. Head coach, not coach. Head coach.”
It appears Sanders wasn’t bluffing.
Seminole Makes History as First Football Player to Wear FSU Jersey
Justin Motlow says that he’s just happy to be playing football, but the 5-foot-11, 182-pound freshman wide receiver’s humility makes his accomplishment that much sweeter.
This season, Motlow, who is from Tampa, will suit up as a Florida State University Seminole. An interesting acquisition for the team, because he will be the first tribal member to carry the team’s namesake on his uniform.
“It feels surreal,” Motlow told The Seminole Tribune.“I never imagined I’d be able to play here. I’m going to make the most of my opportunity and keep working.”
FSU head coach Jimbo Fisher said Motlow’s Native heritage is truly meaningful for the team and the school. “We just want to represent the Seminole family for all they have done for us,” Fisher said. “It’s a great honor to have a family member wear that helmet.”
Motlow’s grandmother is 100-percent Seminole and Motlow is one-fourth Seminole. “I’ve always loved FSU and they are a great program,” he told Yahoo News. “But to be able to have a chance to represent the Nation, that’s an extreme honor.”
At Tampa Catholic High School, Motlow was the Crusader’s 2013 offensive player of the year and had 1,000 yards receiving as a senior. Now at FSU, Motlow said that he has to train twice as hard to keep up with his teammates, but his coaches are taking notice.
“I like what I see,” said Lawrence Dawsey, FSU’s co-offensive coordinator coach. “Justin has good ball skills. He can run good routes and can catch the ball. He will be a good football player, but his head is spinning with the new offense and the tempo. But he’s eager to learn, and not backing down.”
Motlow came to FSU as a walk-on, so he won’t travel with the team, but he will suit up at home games. “I just want to play football and get a great education,” Motlow said to FlaVarsity.com. “I feel very blessed to have the chance to do bott – if it works out.”