Chaminade-Madonna hosts Norland, Cocoa travels to Venice and American Heritage faces Central in loaded weekend of games.
This week's high school football schedule in Florida is loaded with marquee matchups, headlined by six games between teams ranked in the top 25 of the
MaxPreps computer rankings.
Senior
Preston Wright has been stellar since taking over under center for Chaminade-Madonna,
throwing for 690 yards and eight touchdowns in two starts. He has
led the Lions to back-to-back wins and threw for 487 yards and four touchdowns in a signature 48-45 win over American
Heritage.
Norland has been good on both sides of the ball as the unbeaten squad faces another stiff
test following a 21-17 victory against
Northwestern (Miami).
Central has won three in a row since a season-opening loss against No. 4
Lakeland, outscoring its last three opponents 176-32. American Heritage bounced back with a 23-3 win over
Naples last week
after a loss to Chaminade-Madonna. Top 25 Texas commit
Dia Bell
enters Friday's matchup with 1,075 yards passing and 13 touchdowns. His
favorite target has been four-star Miami commit
Malachi Toney, who has 25 catches for 417 yards and
seven scores. This is the fourth meeting between the South
Florida powers since 2013 and Central has won all three of the
previous matchups.
Cocoa's only loss came at No. 1
IMG Academy (Bradenton) and the Tigers bounced back last week with a 39-13 win over
Heritage (Palm Bay). Four-star Michigan pledge
Brady Hart has thrown for 1,197 yards and 11 touchdowns, hooking up with his favorite target four-star UCF commit
Jayvan Boggs for 28 receptions for 595 yards and seven scores. Venice has one of the most explosive offenses in the country, averaging 57.7 points
per game.
Read on for a complete look at this week's top 25 scoreboard.
