St. Thomas Aquinas 3-peat in Florida Class 7A

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Twitter photo by @FlaHSFootball

Posted By: Jeff Fisher December 18, 2021

St. Thomas Aquinas roared to its third straight Florida 7A high school football championship Friday night with a 42-14 win over previously unbeaten Tampa Bay Tech. It was a battle of teams ranked in the High School Football America 100 national rankings, powered by NFL Play Football.

STA entered the contest ranked No. 11 in America, while TBT, playing in its first-ever state title game, was No. 70.

Anthony Hankerson, who has 26 college scholarship offers, ran the ball 11 times for 117 yards with 3 touchdowns.

TOUCHDOWN AQUINAS!

Anthony Hankerson doing what he does best… breaking free on a 30 yard run for the score! #flhsfb pic.twitter.com/AcuFYE3pmh
— FloridaHSFootball.com (@FlaHSFootball) December 18, 2021

Quarterback Zion Turner became the first STA QB to win three straight state championships. Turner finished 10-of-13 passing for 102 yards and two touchdowns, plus added 65 yards on the ground.

TOUCHDOWN AQUINAS!

Aquinas says ok we will go get it on 4th & 3 with a 21 yard TD from Zion Turner to Camden Brown. #flhsfb pic.twitter.com/CWt979kzCY
— FloridaHSFootball.com (@FlaHSFootball) December 18, 2021

St. Thomas Aquinas now owns 13 Florida high school football championships.

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Jeff Fisher

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.