Week 3 high school football report: No. 1 Seminole falls while ranked Apopka, Edgewater, Jones and Lake Mary win | UCF braces for unique experience on Boise State’s Smurf turf | Gators, Seminoles and Hurricanes play at home today

UCF braces for unique experience on Boise State’s Smurf turf • Gators host overmatched McNeese St. looking to end 4-game skid

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Sentinel Sports Final Saturday, September 9, 2023

Week 3 high school football report: No. 1 Seminole falls while ranked Apopka, Edgewater, Jones and Lake Mary win | UCF braces for unique experience on Boise State's Smurf turf | Gators, Seminoles and Hurricanes play at home today Week 3 football report: No. 1 Seminole falls while Apopka, Edgewater, Jones and Lake Mary win A stormy afternoon soaked most, if not all, football fields in the area. But the sky cleared and the sun re-emerged before the start of Week 3 of the high school football season. Read more → UCF braces for unique experience on Boise State's Smurf turf The blue turf at Albertsons Stadium has been an oddity in college football for nearly four decades. Boise State became the first school in the country to install non-green turf in 1986. Since then, a handful of schools have followed suit. Read more → Gators host overmatched McNeese St. looking to end 4-game skid The Gators were undone at Utah by nine penalties, five sacks, an interception to set up a score and a defensive breakdown on the game's opening play leading to a 70-yard touchdown. They have a lot to figure out before opening SEC play Sept. 16 against Tennessee. Read more → 'It's big-boy ball': Hurricanes defense ready to face Bobby Petrino and Aggies' new-look offense Perhaps the biggest task in front of the Hurricanes this week will be slowing down Texas A&M's new-look offense under first-year offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino. Read more → Preview: No. 4 FSU, Jordan Travis can fine-tune for ACC schedule with Southern Miss As QB Jordan Travis goes into the home opener against Southern Miss, he has 49 career TD passes and is just three away from No. 5 on FSU's all-time list. His 75 total touchdowns are second only to Chris Weinke. Read more → Rays put on late-inning power show to push past Mariners, even series Behind 7th-inning homers from Rene Pinto and Harold Ramirez plus Isaac Paredes' 8th-inning blast, Tampa Bay rallied from a 2-run deficit. Read more → Novak Djokovic reaches his 10th U.S. Open final by hanging up phone on UF alum Ben Shelton After finishing off a 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (4) victory to reach his record-tying 10th U.S. Open final and 36th at all major tournaments, Djokovic added a touch of insult to injury by mimicking the kid's "Hang up the phone!" celebration gesture. Read more → Magic's Franz Wagner helps Germany bounce USA from Basketball World Cup championship game Andreas Obst scored 24 points, Franz Wagner added 22 and Germany scored more points than any team ever has against a USA Basketball team featuring NBA players — earning a 113-111 win in the semifinals. Read more → For Dolphins, cracking Chargers defense could be as simple as running the ball An effective run game could be a decent counter for the Miami Dolphins to the Los Angeles Chargers' expected game plan Sunday to make things difficult in the passing game. Read more → Jaguars' Calvin Ridley insists he won't be rusty after nearly 2 years away from NFL One of the NFL's best receivers before he broke his foot in 2021 and then was banished for a year for gambling on games, Calvin Ridley has been even better than expected since being reinstated by the league and joining the Jaguars in March. Read more →

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