Florida (The State of) Football

The largest class in the state from 2011 to 2021. Class 8A 2011: Plant (c), Fletcher, Miramar, Columbus  2012: Apopka (c), Dr. Phillips, Cypress Bay, Columbus (2) 2013: Apopka (2), Plant (2), South Dade (c), Palm Beach Gardens 2014: Apopka (c) (3), Manatee, Columbus (3), Flanagan 2015: Osceola, West Orange, Flanagan (c) (2), Columbus (4) 2016: Dr. Phillips (2), Sanford Seminole, Miami Southridge (c), Deerfield Beach 2017: Dr. Phillips (c) (3), Wekiva, Atlantic, Miami High 2018: Mandarin (c), Sarasota Riverview, Columbus (5), Deerfield Beach (2) 2019: Apopka (4), Steinbrenner, Columbus (c) (6), Deerfield Beach (3) 2020: Sanford Seminole (c) (2), Apopka (5), Osceola (2), Miami Palmetto 2021: Venice (c), Columbus (7) Apopka (6), Treasure Coast  10 different champions in 11 seasons with Apopka being the only team that repeated. I think 5A is still a deeper classification FWIW because the 8A class was basically a Jacksonville/Tampa/Orlando/Broward/Dade dominant class with a Venice ...

Again from the time period of 2011-2021 Class 7A 2011: First Coast, Lakeland, Manatee (c), Dwyer 2012: Lincoln, Osceola, St. Thomas Aquinas (c), Manatee (2) 2013: Niceville, Osceola (2), Dwyer (c) (2), East Lake 2014: Osceola (3), Niceville (2), St. Thomas Aquinas (c) (2), East Lake (2) 2015: Viera, Columbia, St. Thomas Aquinas (c) (3), Braden River 2016: Plant, Robert E. Lee, St. Thomas Aquinas (c) (4), Venice 2017: Bartram Trail, Plant (2), Venice (c) (2), St. Thomas Aquinas (5) 2018: Lakeland (c) (2), Edgewater, St. Thomas Aquinas (6), Venice (3) 2019: Edgewater (2), Armwood, St. Thomas Aquinas (c) (7), Venice (4) 2020: Edgewater (3), Niceville (3), St. Thomas Aquinas (c) (8), Bloomingdale 2021: Tampa Bay Tech, Lake Gibson, St. Thomas Aquinas (c) (9), Buchholz  Yep. This classification has belonged to St. Thomas Aquinas for a while. Seven titles in 11 years and not much room for anyone else to breathe. Lakeland had a good squad in 2018 and Venice fought their way past Aquinas in...

This time period covers the FHSAA classification alignment from 2011-2021. Class 6A 2011: Armwood (c*), Bartram Trail, Miami Central, Mainland 2012: Gainesville, Navarre, Miami Central (c) (2), Naples 2013: Armwood (2), Bartram Trail (2), Miami Central (c) (3), Mainland (2) 2014: Armwood (3), Choctawhatchee, Miami Central (c) (4), Mainland (3) 2015: Armwood (4), Tate, Miami Central (c) (5), Naples (2) 2016: Lake Gibson, Navarre (2), Miami Carol City (c), Charlotte 2017: Armwood (5), St. Augustine, Miami Northwestern (c), Naples (3) 2018: Armwood (6), Crestview, Miami Northwestern (c) (2), Naples (4) 2019: Escambia, Gaither, Miami Central (c) (6), Palmetto 2020: Lake Minneola, St. Augustine, Miami Central (c) (7), Palmetto (2) 2021: Jesuit (c), Miami Northwestern (3), Pine Forest, Orlando Jones Well now we see where the lack of drama comes from. Outside of Armwood and Jesuit bookends, the 6A title stayed in Dade County with Central winning six times, Northwestern winning twice and Carol...

These are from 2011-2021 before the FHSAA went to a Suburban/Metro alignment Class 5A 2011: Wakulla, Pasco, Miami Norland (c), Palmetto 2012: Tallahassee Godby (c), Tampa Robinson, Immokalee, Miami Jackson 2013: Clay, Lakewood, Plantation American Heritage (c), Lake Wales 2014: Godby (2), Suwannee, American Heritage (c) (2), Bishop Moore 2015: Wakulla (2), Clay (2), Bishop Moore (c) (2), Jesuit 2016: Ponte Vedra, Clay (3), American Heritage (c) (3), Jesuit (2) 2017: Baker County, West Florida, American Heritage (c) (4), Immokalee (2) 2018: North Marion, Jacksonville Trinity Christian, Cardinal Gibbons (c), Jesuit (3) 2019: Orlando Jones, Wakulla (3), Miami Northwestern (c), Jesuit (4) 2020: Tallassee Rickards, Dunnellon, American Heritage (c) (5), Jesuit (5) 2021: Merritt Island, Sebring, Miami Central (c), Baker County (2) I came into this project thinking that the 5A region was going to be the most diverse. The school population cut-off numbers meant that this classification covered ...

 This is from 2011 until 2021, before the recent FHSAA suburban/metro alignment. Class 4A 2011: Bolles (c), East Gadsden, Booker T. Washington, Cocoa 2012: Bolles (2), Yulee, Booker T. Washington (c) (2), Cocoa (2) 2013: Bolles (3), Florida High, Booker T. Washington (c) (3), Cocoa (3) 2014: Bolles (4), Madison County, Booker T. Washington (c) (4), Cocoa (4) 2015: Raines, Santa Fe, Booker T. Washington (c) (5), Cocoa (5) 2016: Bolles (5), South Sumter, Booker T. Washington (6), Cocoa (c) (6) 2017: Raines (c) (2), Bradford, Cocoa (7), University School  2018: Raines (c) (3), Dunnellon, Cocoa (8). Univeristy School (2) 2019: Bolles (6), Cocoa (9), Booker T. Washington (c) (7), Lakewood 2020: Bolles (7), Gadsden County, Cardinal Gibbons (c), Cocoa (10) 2021: Cocoa (11), Bolles (8), Cardinal Gibbons (c) (2). Lakewood (2) Cocoa is the first team in this project to make the Final Four in its class all 11 seasons. Unfortunately for head coaches Johnny Wilkinson and Ryan Schneider, th...

Class 3A Final Fours (from 2011-2021) 2011: Madison County, Trinity Catholic, Delray American Heritage (c), Berkeley Prep 2012: Madison County (2), First Academy, University School (c), Clearwater Central Catholic 2013: Trinity Christian (c), Tampa Catholic, Clearwater Central Catholic (2), Westminster Christian 2014: Trinity Chrstian (2) (c), Lakeland Christian, American Heritage (2), Clearwater Central Catholic (3) 2015: Trinity Christian (3) (c), Tampa Catholic (2), American Heritage (2), Clearwater Central Catholic (4) 2016: Trinity Christian (4) (c), Berkeley Prep (2), Chaminade-Madonna, Melbourne Central Catholic 2017: Oxbridge Academy, Florida High, Chaminade-Madonna (2) (c), Oxbridge Academy 2018: King's Academy, Florida High (2), Chaminade-Madonna (3) (c), Clearwater Central Catholic (5) 2019: Florida High (3), Lakeland Christian (2), Chaminade-Madonna (4) (c), Clearwater Central Catholic (6) 2020: Trinity Christian (5) (c), Trinity Catholic (2), Chaminade-Madonna (5), Ber...

 Keeping up with the Final Fours. Class 2A (from 2011-2021) 2011: North Florida Christian (c), Warner Christian, Admiral Farrague, Glades Day 2012: University Christian (c), Warner Christian (2), Dade Christian, First Baptist  2013: Victory Christian, North Florida Christian (2), Champagnat (c), Indian Rocks Christian 2014: Victory Christian (c) (2), North Florida Christian (3), Indian Rocks Christian (2), Glades Day 19 (2) 2015: University Christian (c) (2), Victory Christian (3), Cambridge, First Baptist (2) 2016: University Christian (c) (3), Victory Christian (4), Champagnat (2), Northside Christian 2017: University Christian (4), Victory Christian (5); Champagnat (c) (3), Cambridge (2) 2018: North Florida Christian (c) (4), Victory Christian (6), Champagnat (4), Admiral Farragut (2) 2019: Victory Christian (7), University Christian (5), Champagnat (c) (5), Seffner Christian 2020: University Christian (6), Foundation Academy 14, Champagnat (c) (6) Seffner Christian (2) 202...