Week 9 Gainesville area Florida high school football schedule, MaxPreps rankings
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Week 9 of the Florida high school football season in the Gainesville area is officially here.
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Here’s your latest MaxPreps FHSAA rankings, what it means, and the full schedule for the week.
Note: Due to Hurricane Isaias, not every team in the Gainesville area has played. South Marion at Bell, Trenton at Branford and Gainesville High at Lake Weir will transpire on Monday, October 12. That will impact the MaxPreps rankings released Sunday, October 11, that are reflected here. The next update will be released Thursday, October 15.
Gainesville-area FHSAA HS Football MaxPreps rankings for Sunday, October 11
- 1A-R1
- No. 5 Fort White (198 overall, 17 in 1A)
- 1A-R2
- No. 2 Hawthorne (35 overall, 4 in 1A)
- No. 5 Williston (242 overall, 24 in 1A)
- No. 7 Chiefland (328 overall, 29 in 1A)
- 2A-R2
- No. 4 Bradford (8 in 2A, 55 overall)
- No. 9 Newberry (19 in 2A, 177 overall)
- 3A-R1
- No. 10 Suwannee (28 in 3A, 245 overall)
- No. 8 Palatka (34 in 3A, 280 overall)
- 3A-R2
- No. 4 Santa Fe (16 in 3A, 122 overall)
- 4A-R1
- No. 1 Columbia (1 in 4A, 9 overall)
- 4A-R2
- No. 11 Gainesville High (50 in 4A, 275 overall)
- 5A-R1
- No. 2 Buchholz (8 in 5A, 36 overall)
What to know about October 11 FHSAA MaxPreps rankings in Gainesville area
Columbia football sits just on the precipice of the open division as it ranks No. 11 in Florida, but IMG Academy is not a part of the FHSAA and Miami-Carol City was deemed ineligible for the postseason last week. The Tigers are still No. 1 in Class 4A.
The latest rankings proved bad news for Buchholz and Hawthorne. The Hornets pummeled Chiefland but saw their strength of schedule score drop. This pushed HHS from No. 1 in Class 1A to No. 4 and more importantly, behind Trinity Christian in Region 2. Buchholz is in a similar spot. The Bobcats fell 12 spots from Thursday and remained well behind Mandarin for the top seed in Class 5A-Region 1.
Bradford won the Class 2A-District 5 title Friday over Newberry and remain in position for a top four seed in Region 2. Santa Fe looks to enter the same position with a win over Dunnellon Thursday.
In Class 1A, Chiefland, Williston and Fort White are all in playoff position but will likely have to begin the postseason on the road.
Complete Week 9 Gainesville area HS Football Schedule
Thursday, October 15
7:30 p.m.Dunnellon (6-0, 2-0) at Santa Fe (6-1, 2-0) – Class 3A-District 5
Friday, October 16
6:30 p.m.Columbia (7-0, 2-0) at Jacksonville-Ed White (6-1, 3-0) – Class 4A-District 3
7 p.m.St. Francis Catholic (5-2) at West Melbourne-Calvary Chapel Academy (6-1)
St. Augustine-St. Joseph Academy (4-4) at Oak Hall (4-2)
Countryside Christian (4-1) at Cornerstone Academy (2-3)
Mount Dora (3-4, 1-2) at Gainesville High (2-4, 1-1) – Class 4A-District 5; at Citizens Field
Palatka (3-4) at Newberry (3-4)
7:30 p.m.Hardee (8-0) at Hawthorne (8-0)
Fort White (5-2) at Glen St. Mary-Baker County (5-2)
Moore Haven (2-4) at Chiefland (3-5)
Jacksonville-University Christian (6-2) at Bradford (8-0)
P.K. Yonge (1-6) at Bell (6-2)
Trenton (5-1, 1-1) at Lafayette (2-6, 1-1) – SSAA Atlantic North Region
Hilliard (7-0) at Dixie County (5-2)
Daytona Beach-Father Lopez (3-4) at Union County (4-4)
Williston (2-5) at Jasper-Hamilton County (3-4)
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