Listen Now! Breaking down all nine of Florida high school football state title games
While more than 480 high school football teams in the state of Florida are home this weekend watching “Die Hard” or “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” 18 teams will be vying for one of nine FHSAA state titles at Bragg Memorial Stadium in Tallahassee.
Champions will be crowned in four Metro classifications, four Suburban classifications and one Rural classification. Games take place Thursday through Saturday with three games each day.
On this week’s “The *State* of Florida Sports Podcast,” the USA Today Network state of Florida recruiting reporter, Jon Santucci, will join us to break down each game.
Jon has been covering games all season, ranking teams by classification each week and talking to players, coaches and experts to be the most informed high school football mind in the state.
The games are as follow:
Rural
No. 1 Hawthorne (12-0) vs. No. 2 Madison County (10-1), Thursday, 8 p.m.
Suburban
1S: No. 2 Cardinal Mooney (11-2) vs. No. 4 Trinity Catholic (6-7), Friday, 10 a.m.
2S: No. 1 Cocoa (13-1) vs. No. 2 Bradford (14-0), Friday, 8 p.m.
3S: No. 1 St. Augustine (13-0) vs. No. 2 Mainland (13-1), Thursday, 3 p.m.
4S: No. 2 Venice (12-2) vs. No. 4 Lakeland (11-3), Saturday, 8 p.m.
Metro
1M: No. 1 Chaminade-Madonna (13-0) vs. No. 2 Clearwater Central Catholic (13-0), Thursday, 10 a.m.
2M: No. 1 Norland (14-0) vs. No. 3 Berkeley Prep (12-2), Saturday, 10 a.m.
3M: No. 1 St. Thomas Aquinas (13-1) vs. No. 2 Homestead (12-1), Saturday, 3 p.m.
4M: No. 1 Columbus (12-2) vs. No. 3 Mandarin (11-3), Friday, 3 p.m.
We’ll also discuss potential changes the FHSAA may make before the 2024 football season.
All that and more.
If you love high school football and want to know who is likely to win state titles, then this is the podcast for you.
Find out why tens of thousands of fans have checked us out and why our journalists give you the best sports breakdowns in the state.
We can be downloaded wherever you listen to podcasts, or simply type in “The *State* of Florida Sports Podcast” into your favorite search engine. We also can be found on any of the 17 USA TODAY-Network Florida websites.
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