{"id":27225,"date":"2016-11-25T16:24:45","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T21:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.duvalsports.com\/?p=27225"},"modified":"2016-11-25T16:26:52","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T21:26:52","slug":"week-14-expert-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duvalsports.com\/?p=27225","title":{"rendered":"Week 14 expert picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"message458007261\" class=\"messagebody undoreset clearfix\">\n<div id=\"yiv0545498862\">\n<div>Eight teams will punch tickets to the state championship tonight with wins, while others will move on to the state semi-finals with wins.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Will Trinity, Bolles and UC all move\u00a0on to the state finals? We will soon find out tonight.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Will Lee, Bartram\u00a0Trail, St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra,\u00a0Clay\u00a0move on to the state semi-finals ?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We will soon find out.\u00a0\u00a0Here is our expert\u00a0picks<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>7A: Bartram Trail\u00a0(8-4) at\u00a0Lee (9-1) <\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Outlook: Bartram Trail is use to being here so it&#8217;s extremely difficult to pick against them but this Lee team is on one of those historic runs\u00a0that may never be duplicated.<\/div>\n<div>Andre: Lee<\/div>\n<div>Corey: Lee<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>6A: Navarre\u00a0(11-1) at\u00a0St. Augustine (11-1)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Outlook:\u00a0St. Augustine can make a huge\u00a0statement by eliminating a Panhandle team three\u00a0straight weeks. Playing at home is a huge advantage for the Jackets, who have gone 25-7\u00a0since 2000 at home in the playoffs.<\/div>\n<div>Andre: St. Augustine<\/div>\n<div>Corey: St. Augustine<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv0545498862\">\n<div><strong>6A: Carol City (8-3) at\u00a0Mainland (11-0)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Outlook: Toughest test Mainland will face in the playoffs by far and if they can get past the<\/div>\n<div>Chiefs look for the Bucs to be holding up the state title trophy finally.<\/div>\n<div>Andre: Carol City<\/div>\n<div>Corey: Mainland<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv0545498862\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>5A: Rickards\u00a0(10-1) at Ponte Vedra (11-0)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Outlook: Three weeks\u00a0ago, I picked Rickards to play for a state title I&#8217;m still sticking with it. The Sharks have surprised many by being here but can they hang with a very athletic\u00a0Rickards team.<\/div>\n<div>Andre: Ponte Vedra<\/div>\n<div>Corey: Rickards<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>5A: Clay\u00a0(9-3) at River Ridge (9-2)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Outlook: This is the farthest River Ridge has ever\u00a0been in the state playoffs; while this is the fourth time in the last five years\u00a0Clay has\u00a0played in this game.<\/div>\n<div>Andre: Clay<\/div>\n<div>Corey: Clay<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv0545498862\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>4A: South Sumter\u00a0(10-1) at Bolles (11-0)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Outlook: Bolles has won 26 consecutive games at home in the playoffs, make that 27 in a row.<\/div>\n<div>Andre: Bolles<\/div>\n<div>Corey: Bolles<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>4A: Booker T Washington (9-3) at Cocoa (10-1)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Outlook: These two teams are quite familiar with each other having played each other in this round for five straight years. Don&#8217;t county out the\u00a0four straight defending state champs who have played a demanding\u00a0schedule.<\/div>\n<div>Andre: Booker T<\/div>\n<div>Corey: Booker T<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>3A: Berkeley Prep\u00a0(9-2) at\u00a0Trinity (9-3)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Outlook: Berkeley is the surprise of the 3A playoffs as the district runner-up but its season will quickly come to an\u00a0end\u00a0tonight.<\/div>\n<div>Andre: Trinity<\/div>\n<div>Corey: Trinity<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>2A: UC\u00a0(9-2) at Victory Christian (10-1)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Outlook: Defending state champs make their first road trip of the playoffs tonight and will have their hands full with a\u00a0solid Victory team in\u00a0Lakeland.<\/div>\n<div>Andre: UC<\/div>\n<div>Corey: UC<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>1A: Madison County (11-0) at\u00a0Pahokee (12-0)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Outlook: It&#8217;s good to see\u00a0Pahokee finally back\u00a0in the\u00a0playoffs\u00a0and in the state title mix. However, it won&#8217;t be easy tonight with top ranked Madison County coming to town. The balanced Cowboys should prevail here.<\/div>\n<div>Andre: Pahokee<\/div>\n<div>Corey: Madison<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eight teams will punch tickets to the state championship tonight with wins, while others will move on to the state semi-finals with wins. Will Trinity, Bolles and UC all move\u00a0on to the state finals? We will soon find out tonight. Will Lee, Bartram\u00a0Trail, St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra,\u00a0Clay\u00a0move on to the state semi-finals ? 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