High School Football

The second highest ranked high school football recruit in South Florida has decided which college will get his verbal commitment. Hykeem Williams, a five-star wide receiver from Fort Lauderdale’s Stranahan High School, announced Friday he is committing to Florida State The 6’3″, 200 pound prospect chose the ‘Noles over other programs like Miami, Texas A&M, Alabama, Pitt and Georiga....

A young high school football player in New Jersey has died, weeks after an apparent head injury he suffered in a game two weeks ago

Two weeks after upsetting one of the nation’s top high school football programs on the road, the Miami Central Rockets got all they could handle from another Miami-Dade County traditional powerhouse. Running back Johnathan Harris scored two touchdowns from the same distance and the Rockets were able to come back from a first half deficit Friday for the 36-19...

Friday night, the latest edition of a classic South Florida rivalry took place with the annual ‘Soul Bowl’ football game between Miami’s Northwestern Senior High School and Jackson Senior High School. In front of fans of both programs, the 52nd edition of the game that once packed over 46,000 fans into the Orange Bowl had a slightly smaller crowd at…

For much of the last decade and a half, the best high school football in the state of Florida has come from Miami-Dade County and Broward County. In the 2022 season, some of the area’s top programs have their sights set on a bigger prize. The FHSAA Football State Championships will take place in both Tallahassee and Fort Lauderdale for…

NBC 6 sports anchor Hailey Sutton has more on one of the state’s top programs who looks to bring home the national crown.

Gary Gaines, coach of the Texas high school football team made famous in the book and movie “Friday Night Lights,” has died. He was 73.

Monday, the Florida High School Athletic Association made a decision that could have ripple effects on high school football in the state for years to come. By a 9-7 vote of the Board of Directors, the governing body of high school sports in the Sunshine State voted to go from eight separate classifications to three – Metro, Suburban and Rural….

Two of the state of Florida’s big three power college football programs – the Miami Hurricanes and Florida Gators – added to their 2022 recruiting classes Saturday at the annual high school All-American Game. UM, which entered the day with the No. 49 ranked class, will see that rise after the commitment of four-star defensive end Cyrus Moss. Moss, a…

Across the state of Florida, the top programs are looking to bring in some of the state and nation’s top recruits during the early National Signing Day on Wednesday. NBC 6’s Jorge Andres reports

In what seems to be a yearly occurrence over the past decade, South Florida’s top high school football teams will look to bring more state championship trophies to the 305 and the 954 over the next two weeks. The FHSAA Football Finals start Thursday and continue through December 18th, with the Class 1A through 3A finals taking place at Tallahassee’s…

In the team’s unprecedented undefeated season, they’ve played against all hearing schools

For the first time in a decade and a half, some of Florida’s high school football champions will be crowned after games played in South Florida. The Florida High School Athletic Association announced the five of the eight title games, in Class 4A through 8A, will be played December 16th through the 18th inside Fort Lauderdale’s DRV PNK Stadium....

There will be an increased security presence and new safety protocols at all Broward County Public Schools varsity football games, district officials said Thursday. Under the new measures, spectators will be screened with handheld metal detectors by trained security personnel prior to entering stadiums, and backpacks and bags won’t be permitted, aside from diaper bags that will be searched...

A longtime high school football coach in Central Florida is stepping down instead of taking a year-long suspension after an altercation with a student on campus. NBC affiliate WFLA-TV reports Charlie Tate Jr., the football coach at Winter Haven High School in Polk County, announced his resignation after the family of a 15-year-old student at the school contacted the station…

A football player died after collapsing during practice this week at a high school north of Tampa. NBC affiliate WFLA-TV reported the Citrus County School District posted on Facebook the player at Citrus High School collapsed and was taken to an area hospital, where he later died. “We have been in contact with the student’s family and convey our...

NBC 6 sports anchor Ruthie Polinsky introduces Shemar Stewart, who is lighting up the defense for Miami’s Monsignor Pace and about to make one college very happy.

Duncanville High School is scheduled to play Ohio’s Bishop Sycamore, the school who fooled ESPN, on Sept. 10.

The Raiders held off a second half comeback attempt from Orlando Edgewater to win the Class 7A crown on Saturday.

In the final game of a wild 2020 high school football season, one of South Florida’s own set a historic mark with a closer than expected victory. Fort Lauderdale’s St. Thomas Aquinas jumped out to an early lead and fought off a comeback attempt from Orlando Edgewater to get the 31-21 victory in the Class 7A final inside Doak...