Icy Weekend in HS Action

Florida

Florida opened their season and defending champs Okapi are fielding two sides, with the White side being more experienced and the Okapi Pink side being a bit younger. Head Coach Juan Orfila has just under 50 players with which to work.

Both teams opened with wins, with the Okapi White 48-17 over Boca, and Okapi Pink 28-19 over Wellington.

South Carolina

We have a rundown of Greer vs Cape Fear and Wando here>>

Texas

Faith Family Academy came off a nice win over Plano last week to face Strake Jesuit. This was a decent showing for FFA but they are still developing, as they lost 46-22.

FFA Head Coach Jeffrey Robertson had several positives to take away from that game, not least of which was they they came back from a 22-0 deficit to make a game of it.

For Strake, they had split thier squad for Ruggapalooza last week so how they play together was a bit of a question.

"We are relatively young team compared to our rosters in the past, so we are trying to find what players fit in the best position groups," said Strake Head Coach Jason Kimball.

Snow in Houston curtailed training over the previous week so Kimball was a bit trepidacious about the game.

"We knew FFA has their strongest team that I have seen, and their fullback Isaiah 'Carl' Williams is one of the best playmakers in the state, so we had no idea what kind of performance we would get out of our boys," said Kimball. Both teams made early mistakes, but Strake scored on their chances, leading 22-0 at the break.

Strake got into a rhythm in the second half but FFA did come back as the game progressed.

Scrumhalf Jackson Hebert played the entire game and was excellent for Strake.Lock Bobby Barrett captained the side and was the anchor for the pack. Sophomore No. 8 Felipe Edbrooke scored two tries and added some defensive muscle.

In the backs, center Charlie Mohr was a playmaker on both attack and defense, flyhalf Fran Morretti set up some big plays, and wing Kolbe Stewart crossed the tryline twice.