Week Four
Thurs., Oct. 1

Clay (1-9, district 5-5A) at Eastside (Citizen's Field) (2-8, district 5-5A)
Note: No game due to COVID until October 8

Always a good district level rivalry, Clay and new coach Kyle Kennard will have their game down by this week and Griner and Ray will start piling up numbers. Wideout Reed Waugh will establish himself as a legit break threat with Tristan Keith now understanding offense.

Clay explodes in G-ville 38-0
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October 2

Oakleaf (7-3, 8A) vs. Camden County (8-3, lost in 7A playoffs round one to state champion Marietta 41-13)
Game One: Beat Buchholz, University Christian lost to Clay
Game Two: Lost to Lowndes Co. (GA), University Christian beats Bradford
Game Three: Beat University Christian 45-28, Camden County beat defending GA 7A champion Marietta High 24-21. Marietta beat Camden in state semifinal in 2019.

Camden County coach Bob Sphire has turned a 3-7 2017 season into seasons of 7-4 and 8-3 in past two years off a offensive plan of lots of passes. Unfortunately, Oakleaf houses one of the best secondaries in the area and will be read. Key will be the pass rush for the Knights.

Oakleaf 27-12
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Middleburg (3-7, district 2-6A) vs. Robert E. Lee (9-4, district 2-6A)
Game One: Lost to St. Augustine 49-0, Englewood lost to Andrew Jackson
Game Two: Lost to Ridgeview 35-0, Englewood lost to Episcopal
Game Three: Lost to Englewood 34-20, Lee (2-0) beat Ribault 26-18; beat Mandarin 25-20, BYE last week.

Generals had a gauntlet schedule last year; losses to Bartram Trail, Ribault and Trinity Christian, but still found the playoffs with a region final loss to Pensacola Escambia. Middleburg should have established by now that Luke Padgett can get the ball downfield. Getting it in the end zone against Lee is the question. Lee lost a bunch of talent to Oakleaf; a DB and LB, but has a hallway that creates athletes.

Lee in Padgett's best game 27-25
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Ridgeview (1-9, district 5-5A at Orange Park (5-5, district 5-5A)
RHS
Game One: Ridgeview beats Wolfson, Fleming Island beats Palatka
Game Two: Ridgeview beats Middleburg, Fleming Island beats Fletcher
Game Three: Ridgeview loses to Fleming Island 33-10; Orange Park lost to Raines 56-0

OPHS
Game One: Lost to Baker County 49-0, Raines lost to 7A runnerup Venice
Game Two: Lost to Clay, Raines lost to GA 7A region semifinalist Camden County
Game Three: Lost 56-0 to Raines

Now is the time for Knauss to put his foot down on the gas and make the Panthers rev. Coach Mac has a new set of faces on his lineup and that spells hesitation. Max Monroe, Ed Whipple take over the Panther attack via the air. Miika Tuisano is becoming a legit bad (butt) at linebacker. Raiders' quarterback Tavien Wilkerson may just be tired of hearing about Max Monroe. Mac is a wily veteran and doesn't like young upstarts

Orange Park in a surprising upset 24-10
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Fleming Island (10-1, lost in 7A region semifinal) vs. Creekside (5-5, district 2-7A)
Game One: Beat Palatka
Game Two: Beat Fletcher
Game Three: Beat Ridgeview 33-10, Creekside (2-1) lost to Bartram Trail, beat First Coast 35-0, beat Bolles 31-24

Creekside lost a big time quarterback Quinn Sieger (1759 Yds/17TDs). The Knights were turning their season around in the second half, but Fleming Island will be rolling at this time. Grant Travis to Domenick is lethal. Thomas and Singleton are unstoppable and the secondary; Darius Harris and Devin Grind, is locked down.

Fleming Island 48-7
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Keystone Heights (7-3, Region 2-4, lost in region playoff opener) vs. St. Joseph Academy (5-6, Region 1-2A, lost handily in second round playoffs, 38-2 to Maclay, lost to Keystone Heights 21-0 game four)
Game One: Lost to Bradford County, Umatilla no game
Game Two: Beat Providence 26-0, Umatilla no game
Game Three: Beat Umatilla 35-0, St. Joseph (1-3) lost to Hilliard 47-6

Keystone Heights' small but tough roster versus St. Joseph's smaller and tough roster comes down to endurance. Former Oakleaf High defensive coach Kyle Bradburn now St. Joseph coach and brings 8A football thinking to 2A.

Keystone Heights 14-13