Monday, March 15, 2021

FHSAA Football Classifications Large Schools

     The Florida High School Athletic Association released the high school football classifications and districts for the upcoming 2021 season. Several local large high schools did switch classifications in South Florida. 
     Palm Beach County high schools consist of two districts in Class 8A for Region 4. District 7 saw the promotion of Palm Beach Lakes and Royal Palm Beach from Class 7A. They will clash in the same district with Palm Beach Gardens, Palm Beach Central, Wellington and Jupiter. District 8 has Park Vista, Santaluces, Lake Worth, John I. Leonard and Forest Hill. 
     All districts in Region 4 for Class 8A are in the South Florida area. District 13 is a mix of Palm Beach County and north Broward County with Deerfield Beach, Coral Springs, Stoneman Douglas, Monarch, Boca Raton and West Boca Raton, who switched from Class 7A. District 14 has Broward County schools that includes Taravella, Coral Glades, Cypress Bay, Western and Flanagan. 
     District 15 brings in Miami Beach from Class 7A and Dr. Krop from independent status. They will challenge Coral Gables, Miami and West Broward. Dade County teams represent District 16 with Columbus, Miami Palmetto, South Dade, Coral Reef and Southwest Miami. 
     Two different regions in Class 7A have South Florida local schools. District 8 in Region 2 will consist of Dwyer, Seminole Ridge and Martin County. Two teams from up the coast were elevated from Class 6A which were Fort Pierce Westwood and Sebastian River.
     Region 4 in Class 7A has all four districts from the tri-county area. District 13 will have Atlantic, Olympic Heights, Blanche Ely and Fort Lauderdale. Piper drops down from Class 8A. The defending FHSAA Class 7A state champion St. Thomas Aquinas has a new slate of District 14 opponents for 2021. It includes South Plantation and Cooper City while Dillard was promoted from Class 6A and Nova from an independent school. 
     Broward County teams make up most of District 15 with Everglades, McArthur, Miramar, South Broward and North Miami. District 16 has Dade County schools that consists of Doral Academy, Mater Academy, Homestead, Hialeah and recently promoted Miami Southridge from Class 6A. 
     Class 6A saw several changes in two districts. Plantation shifts from Class 7A and Coconut Creek shows up from Class 5A in District 15. The other schools are Boyd Anderson, Hollywood Hills and Northeast.
     District 16 has Miami Northwestern come in from Class 5A while American appears from Class 7A. They will compete with Miami Norland, South Miami and Belen Jesuit. 
     Class 5A had South Florida high schools in three districts. District 14 has the defending state champion American Heritage along with Hallandale, Boynton Beach, Stranahan and Jensen Beach. 
     District 15 has Miami Central drop from Class 6A while also having North Miami Beach and Miami Springs. Hialeah Miami Lakes entered from independent status and Somerset Academy Pembroke Pines comes from Class 4A. District 16 has Miami Jackson, Miami Killian, Key West and St. Brendan, who moved from independent circuit. 

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