Week 2 of Friday night high school football has 2024 state runner-ups Lake Mary and Kissimmee Osceola colliding and one of Alabama’s top-ranked teams playing at The First Academy.
But the unique twist is seeing a NFL Academy team with a roster of high-school-aged players from 17 different countries playing in Orlando. The academy’s Europe-Africa team plays a rematch game against state-ranked Edgewater, which traveled to England last year.
Every Sentinel Super 16 team plays tonight.
Check back often to get “live” news from that game and others.
Orlando area Week 2 high school football scoreboard
Play began Thursday with East Ridge going to 2-0 with a 28-25 revenge win against Mount Dora.
All games are scheduled for 7 p.m. kickoffs unless noted otherwise. Rankings in bold are from this week’s Sentinel Super 16 coaches poll.
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No. 1 Jones (1-0) at Timber Creek (1-0)
Coverage by Chris Martucci
PRE-GAME NOTES:
The Tigers, Class 4A state runners-up last season, have tamed Timber Creek four times in a row, 48-3 last year.
NFL Academy (1-0) at No. 2 Edgewater (1-0)
Coverage by Jordon Lawrenz
PRE-GAME NOTES:
A year ago Edgewater traveled to England and scored a wild 51-45 game against the NFL Academy Europe-Africa squad.
The Academy roster has players from Austria, Canada, Belgium, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, Siria, Spain, and Sweden.
This game does not count for Florida High School Athletic Association rankings that impact the state playoffs.
The NFL squad scored a 34-21 win against The Hun School of Princeton — a boarding school that was ranked as America’s No. 1 prep school last season.
No. 4 Lake Mary (1-0) at No. 6 Kissimmee Osceola (1-0)
Coverage by J. Daniel Pearson
Two 2024 state runner-ups. Class 7A Lake Mary beat the 6A Kowboys 24-7 a year ago.
Orlando Christian Prep (1-0) at No. 7 Bishop Moore (1-0)
Coverage by Philip Rossman-Reich
Hornets are 3-0 vs. OCP with two fairly close games before last year’s 41-6 verdict.
No. 10 Ocoee (1-0) at Olympia (0-1)
Coverage by Jean Racine
Titans lead series 9-6 by Knights have won five of the past six.
Week 2 Football Preview: No. 4 Lake Mary, No. 6 Osceola highlight Friday games
Other Super 16 games
No. 3 West Orange (1-0) at Wekiva (0-1)
Warriors won at home in 2024 to even the all-time series at 8-8.
Phenix City (Ala.) Central (1-0) at No. 5 The First Academy (0-1), 8 p.m.
The visiting Red Devils are ranked No 2 in Alabama’s largest class (7A). Phenix City coach Patrick Nix, a former Auburn quarterback, has a 55-12 record — including a 2023 state championship.
Orlando University (0-1) at No. 8 Dr. Phillips (0-1)
Cougars haven’t scored against DP since 2013. But they’ve met only twice in that span.
New Smyrna Beach (0-0) at No. 9 DeLand (1-0)
Bulldogs outscored Barracudas 56-21 last year.
No. 11 Winter Park (0-1) at Berkeley (1-0), South Carolina, 7:30 p.m.
Berkeley, coached by former Seminole state title coach Eric Lodge, topped the Wildcats 19-14 last season in Winter Park. Both made their state playoffs.
No. 12 Lake Brantley (1-0) at East River (0-1)
The Patriots edged East River 23-21 last year. But Brantley is looking like a different team with new coaches and an influx of transfers.
Sickles (0-1) at No. 13 Oviedo (0-1)
The Lions overwhelmed Sickles 58-0 last year in Tampa.
Apopka (0-1) at No. 14 Evans (0-1)
Favored Trojans are 0-18 vs. Apopka since a 2003 win.
Tavares (1-0) at No. 15 South Lake (1-0)
South Lake’s 17-12 road win last year was first meeting since 2016.
No 16 Seminole (0-1) at Palm Bay Heritage (1-0)
Seminoles look to rebound against a team they handled last year (34-14).
Varsity content editor Buddy Collings can be contacted by email at bcollings@orlandosentinel.com.
