2 weeks Ago By Buddy Collings, Chris Hays, Staff Reports
Week 5 of high school football features a number of matchups between state-ranked teams looking to maintain or gain momentum in non-district games. That starts tonight with Class 4A power Jones going to Kissimmee to take on 6A Osceola. We have reporters providing live updates on key games as they unfold (below) and will be looking for happenings from other contests.
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kickoffs unless noted otherwise. Rankings in bold are from this week’s Sentinel Super 16 coaches poll. No.
1 Jones (3-0) at No. 8 Osceola (3-1) Coverage by Chris Hays Jones built a 21-0 fourth quarter lead in beating the Cowboys 28-20 last season. The Tigers are ranked No.
3 in 4A by MaxPreps. Osceola is 6A No. 6.
Jones QB Dereon Coleman, a Miami commit, has completed an astounding 80.7% of his passes (46 of 57). Jones scored a 31-21 win against 5A Edgewater at Camping World Stadium last Saturday.
The Eagles are scheduled to face their third Super 16 opponent in 10 days in a Tuesday 6 p.m. home game at Winter Park (2-0); and then play their fourth game in 15 days at Auburndale (2-1) on Friday, Sept.
27. Week 5 Orlando area high school football scoreboard (live updates) No. 2 Lake Mary (2-1) at No.
6 Dr. Phillips (3-0) Coverage by Chris Hays A year after quarterbacks Noah Grubbs of Lake Mary and Stanley Anderson Lofton of DP combined to set state passing records fell in a wild 76-60 Lake Mary victory they go at it again in a class of 7A powers sitting in different regions. The Rams are No.
2 in MaxPreps 7A rankings. DP is No. 11.
Week 5 Football Preview: Lake Mary-DP is records rematch; Apopka pitches zeroes Delray Beach Atlantic (4-0) at No. 3 The First Academy (4-0), 6:30 Coverage by Chris Matrucci The Royals were nowhere to be found in top 10 rankings entering the season but are now No. 4 in the FloridaHSfootball Class 1A media poll after reeling off wins against four teams that had top 10 status in the preseason.
Meanwhile, Atlantic has jumped up to No. 3 in the MaxPreps 5A rankings with four consecutive lopsided wins — including last week’s 42-13 dismantling of Pompano Beach Ely (3-1) — which two weeks earlier stunned 1A powerhouse Hollywood Chaminade, an eight-time state champ. Lake Wales (4-0) at No.
4 Seminole (3-0) Coverage by Nate Marrero Lake Wales is 31-1 in a three-season spree that began with a 2022 state championship. Seminole is No. 3 in the 7A media poll.
The Highlanders are No. 5 in 4A. No.
9 Apopka (3-1) at No. 5 Edgewater (2-2) Coverage by Philip Rossman-Reich State top 10 teams, Apopka in 7A, Edgewater in 5A. Apopka’s defense has allowed only six points.
But it was Edgewater that blanked the Blue Darters 28-0 last season. No. 10 Orange City University (4-0) at Eau Gallie (4-0) MaxPreps ranks the Titans No.
5 in 7A and Eau Gallie No. 2 in Class 3A. Deltona (1-2) at No.
12 DeLand (3-1), Spec Martin Stadium DeLand, MaxPreps’ No. 6 in 7A, crushed the Wolves 70-12 last season for its 11th consecutive win in the “Battle for the Bone” series. No.
14 West Orange (3-0) at Lake Buena Vista (2-1) West Orange is the highest-rated Metro Conference opponent the Vipers have faced since their doors opened in 2022. Horizon (0-4) at No. 16 Evans (1-2) After close losses to Apopka and Jones, Evans outscored a 3-0 Poinciana team 49-28 last week.
East River (2-2) vs. Windermere (4-0), at West Orange The Wolverines, in their eighth season, are 4-0 for the first time. But Windermere is 0-3 vs.
the Falcons and lost 42-6 in their last meeting in 2021. Windermere hoped to be playing on its new on-campus stadium last week and this week, but that construction has not yet been finalized and approved by Orange County Public Schools. Mount Dora Christian (5-0) at Oak Hall (2-2) First team these Sunshine State Athletic Association teams have played since Oak Hall outscored the Bulldogs 40-33 in 2006.
Week 5 Orlando area high school football scoreboard (live updates) Varsity content editor Buddy Collings can be contacted by email at [email protected]..
