The nation's No. 1 football team
IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) will finish its season for all the country to see. The Ascenders will be a part of the two-game GEICO High School Bowl Series to be broadcast Friday on ESPNU.
How to watch
Date: Friday, Nov. 20 | Time: 7 p.m., 10 p.m. ET
Location: Bradenton, Fla., Chandler, Ariz.
TV: ESPNU |
Live Stream: WatchESPNLed by Michigan-bound quarterback
J.J. McCarthy and a pair of Alabama commits in receiver
Jacorey Brooks and offensive tackle
J.C. Latham, IMG Academy played its last game Oct. 30 — an impressive
49-14 home win over nationally-ranked Northwestern (Miami).
J.J. McCarthy, IMG Academy
Photo by Mike Janes
Neither school competes in the Florida High School Athletic Association playoffs.
TRU Prep (5-1), a first-year program, was strengthened by the transfers of top players from University (Fort Lauderdale), which had its season canceled due to COVID-19. Among the team's standouts are Clemson-bound offensive tackle
Marcus Tate, linebacker
Emile Amie and wide receiver
Brandon Inniss, one of the country's top sophomores. TRU Prep's lone defeat was to perennial national power St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale).
The Hamilton-Chandler matchup is the regular season finale for both programs and could be a preview of the state's Open Division championship. Chandler, which is riding a 32-game win streak, claimed that title last season. Both teams are 6-0.
Chandler has at least five players who have committed to FBS programs, including quarterback
Mikey Keene (UCF), running back
Eli Sanders (Boise State) and linebacker
Brandon Buckner (Oregon).
Hamilton, which lost 42-38 to Chandler last season, is led by top junior quarterback
Nicco Marchiol.
