It’s been 20 years since Mainland (11-3) has been to a Florida high school football championship game. On Friday afternoon in Fort Lauderdale, the Buccaneers, ranked No. 147 in the High School Football America 300 national rankings, powered by NFL Play Football, will play Lake Wales (14-0) for the 3S state championship.
Mainland played in its first and only state title game in 2003. The Bucs won the state title that year.
The last time Lake Wales played for a title was in 1994. The Highlanders are 0-2 in state championship games.
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.
