Week 5 Football: Edgewater, Apopka among 9 undefeated Orlando area teams • Can Gators retain laser focus with Charlotte and build off upsetting Tennessee? | Analysis
 Sentinel Sports Final Friday, September 22, 2023 | | |
| | | | | Rob Mercer is easily one of the five worst people walking the planet. Who is Rob Mercer? A low life masquerading as a poker player who lied about having late-stage cancer to get donations to pay for his $10K buy-in to the World Series of Poker. I'm not sure who are the other four people worse than Rob Mercer right now but there's a good chance a few are on death row and a few coaching college football ... After months of buildup about Lionel Messi coming to Exploria Stadium, the sounds of "Womp womp" should be used during introductions. Better luck in 2024. ... Nine state championship high school football games over three days. One location. And instead of a few days before Christmas, it'll be wrapped up in the first week of December. How can you not like that? | | | | The extent of Messi's injury — or even if there is an actual injury — has not been announced. It sounds like "muscle fatigue" could be the MLS version of NBA-style "load management" in which the 37-year-old just needs some rest after playing 15 matches in the last two months. | | | | | Orlando area Week 5 high school football games include No. 1 Edgewater at No. 2 Apopka in a battle of unbeatens. Lake Mary, Winter Park, Tohopekaliga, Pine Ridge, East Ridge, Orlando Christian Prep and Orange City University also enter the week with unblemished win-loss records. | | | | | FIU transfer Lyndell Hudson, who started 25 games at the Miami-based school, will replace suspended Damieon George while promising true freshman Knijeah Harris will step in for suspended Mazzccua in tthe first half Saturday. | | | | | A big Week 5 of high school football schedule, including Orlando area No. 1 Edgewater at No. 2 Apopka, is overshadowed — at least temporarily — by Thursday's Florida High School Athletic Association announcement that all 9 state finals will be played at FAMU in Tallahassee. | | | | | Billy Napier has not seen the level of focus and intensity he'd hoped following UF's upset of Tennessee, though he's not entirely surprised. AAC foe Charlotte is almost a 30-point underdog. | | | | | Among girls volleyball winners on Thursday were Lake Brantley, Hagerty, Bishop Moore, Lake Brantley and Kissimmee Osceola, while The First Academy and Timber Creek had boys golf wins. Circle Christian and Lake Nona notched girls golf wins. | | | | | The Rays raced onto the field to celebrate what was their 10th walkoff win of the season, matching the most in the majors, and arguably — at least through Thursday — their most important. | | | | | Dolphins wide receiver Jaylen Waddle, who is in concussion protocol, wasn't seen at the portion of Thursday's practice that the media is allowed to watch. | | | | | Lake Mary is ranked No. 1 in FHSAA Class 3A and four Orlando area private schools, Lake Mary Prep, The First Academy, Windermere Prep and Circle Christian, are 4 of the top 5 teams in 1A. They've all had success in the 2023 season as they prepare for the November state tournaments at Mission Inn. | | | | | GoFundMe says it has also banned Rob Mercer from the platform and removed the poker player's fundraising campaign from its website. Mercer told the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Wednesday he wouldn't refund anyone because he believes he has undiagnosed breast cancer. His fundraiser received donations worth between $30,000 and $50,000, including a stay at the Bellagio. | | | | | Dolphins outside linebacker may be starting to play his best football with his new team. He gets his first chance at the Denver Broncos, who traded him last season. | | | |
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