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The five South Shore high school football squads play their final games of the season this Friday evening, Nov. 4. East Bay High is expected to win its District 6, with an 8-1 regular season and 3-0 district worksheet now, and advance to the Nov.

In the past 22 years, Tampa Catholic had won district titles, sent players to storied college football programs and even made a state championship game appearance. But during that time, the one thing the Crusaders couldn’t do was beat a team 3 miles down the road. In each of the last 22 meetings between rivals Tampa Catholic and Jesuit, the Tigers found a way to win.

The Mainland Buccaneers football team hosted the Seabreeze Sandcrabs on Friday, October 28 and won the game by a score of 51-22. The game started out evenly, with both teams scoring one touchdown in the first quarter. Mainland took off in the second quarter, scoring double digits for each remaining quarter.

The DeLand Bulldogs football team traveled to New Smyrna Beach on Thursday, October 27 and won by a score of 35-28. DeLand started the game strong, leading 21-7 at the half. The New Smyrna Beach Cudas fought back in the second half, scoring three touchdowns to DeLand’s two, but it wasn’t enough to take the win from DeLand.

Flagler Palm Coast’s football coaches and administrators knew a penalty was coming after they reported to the Florida High School Athletic Association that they had mistakenly allowed an ineligible player to appear in the team’s first four games of the season. They reported the error on Sept. 21 after a miscalculation in the student’s GPA was discovered.

For the first time since he injured his knee in the season opener, Mainland offensive lineman Malcolm Curry played for four quarters. His knee was sore at the end, but that didn’t stop him from toting the Mainland-Seabreeze game trophy up and down the sideline after the Bucs defeated the rival Sandcrabs for the 12th straight time.