Summer football stock report: Atlantic up, Glades Central down
This is a new feature I want to try this fall: a stock report each week detailing the rising, falling or maintaining of teams, players and other topics. With so much going on in the offseason, from...
View ArticleAtlantic alum Jayron Hosley to be featured on ESPN Sports Science
At Virginia Tech, former Atlantic standout Jayron Hosley has earned a reputation as one of the nation’s best cornerbacks. Now, ESPN wants to make an example of him. Hosley, who was recently named to...
View ArticleNew FAU stadium attracts Atlantic WR Chad Ward to Owls
Though he won’t be playing for legendary coach Howard Schnellenberger, Atlantic senior Chad Ward will be one of the first class of players to break in Florida Atlantic’s sparkling new stadium. Atlantic...
View ArticleFootball: Inside the Preseason Top 25
As you’ve probably noticed, we’re rolling out our Preseason Top 25 in the form of stories about each ranked team. This will be the spot where you can find each of those stories. Just follow the links...
View ArticleNo more Irene; time for Friday game predictions
We had a scuffle and an upset on Wednesday, parts of a hurricane on Thursday, and a jam-packed day of football on Friday. Talk about back-loading a week, right? But who cares about all that? You guys...
View ArticleSchool board to vote on settlement for former Atlantic football coach Andre...
The former Atlantic High School football coach once accused of groping and biting two girls but eventually cleared of all charges could be free to work and coach for the school district again if a...
View ArticleDay-after quick hits from Atlantic vs. American Heritage
Separated by less than five miles, the teams had never met – Atlantic, one of the oldest schools in Palm Beach County, the result of the post-integration merger of Seacrest and Carver High Schools;...
View ArticleFootball: Inside the Week 1 rankings
It’s been a long month for us here at the Post, staring down a Preseason Top 25 picked before any teams had even practiced. But after a long opening weekend, we’ve reshuffled our deck. There were a few...
View ArticleStatewide poll, Week 1: Dwyer drops, three area teams earn top spots
Statewide polls are a tough beast to tame, and never are they wilder than in the preseason. Teams are rarely ranked properly before they’ve played a game. Realistically, they’re not ranked properly...
View ArticleAtlantic, Boca Raton coaches frustrated by wild Friday night game
UPDATED Saturday at 3:30 p.m. BOCA RATON — It was supposed to be an early night for Atlantic and Boca Raton fans. (And writers, but who cares about writers?) It was a 5:30 p.m. kickoff at Boca between...
View ArticleFootball: Inside the Week 2 rankings
Realistically, only two teams in our top 10 have a firm grip on their spots. And what do you know? They play each other later this week. Just another crazy week in the area, with plenty of movement and...
View ArticleInside the Week 3 rankings
Glades Central and American Heritage firmly cemented their status as the top two teams in the area after Thursday night’s instant classic, which Central won in overtime. Beyond that, it’s pretty hard...
View ArticleInside the Week 4 top 10 rankings
Some teams have an easy road from here, some teams look ripe for the picking, and two new teams joined the rankings. Just another wild week in Palm Beach County and Treasure Coast high school football....
View ArticleInside the Week 5 football rankings
Friday night didn’t change the area football landscape very much. And there aren’t a ton of games this coming week that stick out as game-changers, either. Remember: Rankings are intended to be a...
View ArticleInside the Week 6 football rankings
Business as usual for teams in this week’s top 10, which stays the same as last week for the first time all season. That, coupled with the rash of non-district games, should make it a relatively quiet...
View ArticleAssociated Press Florida high school football rankings for Monday, Oct. 10, 2011
Here is the latest Associated Press Top 10 Florida high school football poll, as voted on by Florida preps writers. First-place votes in parentheses, records, rating points and previous rankings:...
View ArticleWill this be the best week of the football season?
Sure, there’s the excitement that comes with the opening weeks of the regular season and playoffs. And people love rivalry week, which is the last week of the season. But will the week of Oct. 21 be...
View ArticleInside the Week 7 rankings
Last week we called the Oct. 14 games the “calm before the storm” and we were right. Nothing really moved the meter, and our top 10 looks exactly like last week’s. But don’t expect it to stay that way....
View ArticleAssociated Press Florida high school football Week 7 rankings
A couple days late is better than never, right? No major changes in this week’s statewide AP poll. Park Vista is up to No. 6 in the 8A poll. Both Dwyer and Fort Pierce Central are ranked in 7A. Glades...
View ArticleBaseball: Early thoughts on the 2012 season
The high school baseball season doesn’t officially start until February, but baseball never really stops around here. Fall ball is in full swing, and most of the country’s top high school players (and...
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