Orlando Fl- Ryan Smenda rushed for two touchdowns, including a dagger in the final quarter lift the Fleming Island Golden Eagles to victory Friday night. The visiting stands at Edgewater High School were a sea of green as the bus loads of Golden Eagle students and fans packed the house for the playoff game. The (11-2)...Read More

STARKE- After being on the end of back-to-back season ending playoff losses to Dunnellon; Zion Barber made sure it didn’t happen a third time. 371 days ago on the same field, Dunnellon left David Hurse Stadium with a 49-21 win over Bradford knocking the Tornadoes out of the playoffs in the first round for the...Read More

JULINGTON CREEK – There was no pregame speech needed really, the message was clear lets finish what we started. After back-to-back semifinal losses to Switzerland Point the last two years, there was nothing that head coach Matt Potak or defensive coordinator Ron Evans needed to say Wednesday night at Plantation Park. Clinging to a 21-20...Read More

Englewood High School- It was the worst three minutes of football Dupont had played all year, and unfortunately for them, it happened against their best opponent all year. The Jeff Davis Chargers scored 20 points in three minutes en route to a 32-0 drubbing of the Dupont Dragons Tuesday night in the semifinals of the Duval...Read More

In our final playoff rankings of the year heading into the playoffs, we see a lot of movement that indicates teams getting better toward the end of the season. With only four teams being able to make the post-season, most of the team’s goals in football should be to show improvement from game one to...Read More

Raines High School-The slight chill of a November night was proof that Florida high school playoff time was here. For visiting North Bay Haven Academy, it was a cold night, and a memorable visit to the “graveyard”.Looking extremely methodical in their opening drive, the Buccaneers started their first drive in exactly that manner, with several...Read More

CALLAHAN – Playing its first home playoff game in 39 years, West Nassau erased two lengthy playoff streaks in a 35-7 win over Marianna in the first round of the Class 4A playoffs. Behind a lethal rushing game and the area’s fifth best defense, West Nassau won its first playoff game since 1978 and its first ever...Read More

 Jacksonville FL- “Wide Right!” yelled the Conqueror faithful behind the North end zone at Trinity Christian Friday night, after Bolles kicker Santi Leon pulled his potential game winning field goal just right of the uprights. Reminiscent of the epic Florida State versus Miami college football thrillers, Bolles versus Trinity II certainly lived up to the avidity to...Read More

GAINESVILLE – The road to Orlando officially begins this week for several playoff teams, we begin by breaking down each classification. First round games kick of this weekend all over the state, including around town as teams start their conquest of getting to Camping World Stadium. When the season started we knew we would have...Read More

DuvalSports.com highlights all the local Northeast Florida playoff teams selected by the FHSAA selection committee. With the new system, only district winners from Class 5A through Class 8A receive automatic bids for the playoffs. A point system will be used to determine team seeds and the overall selection of teams in Class 4A and below who...Read More