Gators seek rare road win under Billy Napier at South Carolina • With top 35 defenses ahead, will FSU’s offense continue to be explosive?
 Sentinel Sports Final Saturday, October 14, 2023 | | |
| | | | No. 1 Edgewater, No. 2 Lake Mary and No. 3 Seminole all prevail | UF and FSU look to add victories | Magic see improvement through 2 preseason games | | | | Week 8 of high school football has crucial district games, intense rivalries and matchups that will reverberate in the FHSAA power rankings that determine state playoff pairings. This will be a live report on top games, including area No. 1 Edgewater vs. Ocoee, DeLand-Seminole, Evans-Lake Mary. | | | | | Florida's only SEC win in five games away from the Swamp came against last November against flu-ridden, flagging Texas A&M. Otherwise, UF has lost by an average of 13.3 points. | | | | | While FSU has put up some big numbers, it comes with an asterisk: The Seminoles have faced just one scoring defense (Clemson) that is ranked among the top 35 in the FBS. Syracuse, which uses an aggressive, blitzing 3-3-5 defensive alignment to rack up tackles for loss. | | | | | Malzahn's new contract that he signed July 1 runs through June 30, 2028. It also gave the 57-year-old coach a raise, going from $2.3 million annually to $4 million for 2023-24. That figure increases to $5 million in 2025 and $5.5 million in 2026 and 2027. | | | | | The Hurricanes lost their first game of the year in devastating fashion. They will try to recover against Drake Maye and the No. 12 Tar Heels on the road. | | | | | Because the AAC is diverse and only a decade old, it lacks longstanding rivalries like Florida-Georgia or Florida State-Miami. Commish Mike Aresco wants to create them wherever he can. | | | | | Castell isn't the only Gators freshman defensive back impressing his coaches. Kissimmee Osceola cornerback Ja'Keem Jackson also has plenty of live game reps, and he could be close to starting in his near future. | | | | | Orlando area No. 1 Winter Park is joined by Hagerty and Timber Creek as top 10 7A teams in the strongest district in FHSAA girls volleyball. Oviedo, Bishop Moore, Lake Highland Prep, Orangewood and Kissimmee Osceola are other highly-ranked teams heading into next week's district tournaments. | | | | | The top local team after Day 1 of the renamed Classic in the Palm Beaches High School Invitational at PGA National (formerly the Honda Classic) is The First Academy (girls and boys) with the top individual girl from TFA. Lake Mary girls are close behind. | | | | | Magic forward Franz Wagner pointed out a visible difference in how Orlando played from the preseason opener to Thursday's win in Cleveland. "Sometimes the shot doesn't come from the paint but normally when we get there, good things happen for us," said Wagner who led the team with a balanced 18 points. | | | |
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