JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The end of the regular season is closing in and Week 8 went a long way in determining a few playoff spots.
Bartram Trail took a big step in winning District 1-8A, edging Creekside 16-13 in the News4Jax game of the week. Fletcher stayed hot and knocked off Nease in a major District 3-7A game, 14-13. Raines beat Yulee 25-6 to clinch the District 3-5A crown.
Columbia routed Orange Park, 42-14, to wrap up the District 3-6A crown. Among Super 10 upsets, No. 2 Trinity Christian couldn’t follow up its big win over Plantation American Heritage last week, losing to Tallahassee’s Florida High, 31-17.
Week 8 Florida scores
Friday’s games
Atlantic Coast 34, Ponte Vedra 13
Baldwin 38, Bradford 21
Bartram Trail 16, Creekside 13*
Clay 21, Menendez 16*
Columbia 42, Orange Park 14*
Crescent City 47, Taylor 21
Eagle’s View 50, Snyder 42
Englewood 46, Stanton 0
Fleming Island 41, First Coast 28*
Fletcher 14, Nease 13*
Florida High 31, Trinity Christian 17
Fort White 22, Dixie County 10
Gainesville Oak Hall 14, Cedar Creek Christian 6
Gainesville 36, Middleburg 27*
Harvest 22, Aucilla Christian 20
Hilliard 40, Branford 22
Interlachen 40, Christ’s Church 21
Lake Mary 34, FPC 14*
Matanzas 32, Ridgeview 8*
North Marion 42, Palatka 15*
Mandarin 47, Oakleaf 34*
Parker 32, Ribault 21*
Raines 25, Yulee 6*
Suwannee 51, Paxon 12*
St. Joseph 42, St. Francis 12
Union County 42, TDH Academy 0
University Christian 42, Foundation Academy 13
West Nassau 37, Fernandina 0
White 28, Kenny 22*
Zephyrhills Christian 52, North Florida Educational 12
Off: Baker County, Bolles, Keystone Heights, Providence, Riverside, St. Augustine, Sandalwood, Tocoi Creek, Westside, Wolfson.
Week 9 Georgia
Friday, Oct. 15
Brunswick 42, Richmond Hill 7*
Charlton County (5-1, 1-1) at Brooks County (3-2, 1-1)*
Colquitt County 34, Camden County 31, OT*
Effingham County 20, Glynn Academy 14*
Ware County 29, Warner Robins 21*
Off: Pierce County.
TV highlights
Game of the week: Bartram Trail-Creekside
All star of the night: Bartram Trail QB Riley Trujillo
Super 10 shakeup again: More big losses in our top 10
Highlights, Part 1: Nease-Fletcher, First Coast-Fleming Island, Mandarin-Oakleaf
Highlights, Part 2: Englewood-Stanton, Columbia-Orange Park, University Christian-Foundation Academy
Highlights, Part 3: Jackson-Episcopal, Ribault-Parker, Raines-Yulee
Florida Week 9 schedule
Friday, Oct. 22, all games 7 p.m. unless indicated; district games indicated by an *
Atlantic Coast (4-3, 1-2) at Fleming Island (4-3, 2-1), 7:30 p.m.*
Baldwin (4-2) at Paxon (1-6), 6:30 p.m.
Bartram Trail (6-1, 2-0) at Oakleaf (4-3, 1-1)*
Bolles (6-0) at Gainesville Buchholz (6-1)
Bradford (3-4) at Yulee (3-4)
Cedar Creek Christian (0-7) at Branford (3-4), 7:30 p.m.
Columbia (6-2) at Madison County (4-3), 7:30 p.m.
Eagle’s View (6-1) at Faith Christian (2-4)
Fernandina Beach (2-6) at Englewood (3-4), 6:30 p.m.
First Coast (0-7, 0-3) at Fletcher (4-3, 3-0), 6:30 p.m.*
Flagler Palm Coast (2-4, 0-3) at DeLand (3-2, 0-2)*
Interlachen (3-4) at Chiefland (6-0)
Gainesville P.K. Yonge (3-3) at Fort White (4-2), 7:30 p.m.
Keystone Heights (7-0) at Taylor Pierson (2-3)
Mandarin (4-4, 1-2) at Sandalwood (2-5, 0-2), 6:30 p.m.*
Matanzas (3-5, 1-2) at St. Augustine (4-2, 2-0)*
Menendez (3-4, 1-1) at North Marion (4-3, 2-0)*
Middleburg (4-3) at Clay (5-2)
North Florida Educational (3-4) at Harvest (2-4)
Orange Park (2-5, 0-2) at Westside (1-6, 0-2), 6:30 p.m.*
Palatka (1-5, 0-2) at Gainesville Eastside (0-7, 0-3)*
Providence (3-4) at Episcopal (5-2)
Ridgeview (1-6, 0-2) at Gainesville (5-2, 2-0)*
Riverside (6-1) at Trinity Christian (6-2), 7:30 p.m.
Seffner Christian (3-3) at St. Joseph (1-5)
Stanton (0-7) at Mayo Lafayette (5-1)
Suwannee (4-4, 1-1) at Bishop Kenny (4-2, 0-2)*
Tocoi Creek (1-4) at Umatilla (4-3)
Trenton (3-4) at Hilliard (7-0)
Union County (7-0) at Santa Fe (0-7)
University Christian (5-2) at Parker (5-3), 6:30 p.m.
West Nassau (3-3) at Titusville Astronaut (1-5)
White (5-1, 3-0) at Baker County (5-2, 2-0)*
Wolfson (2-5) at Crescent City (4-3)
Young Kids in Motion (2-5) at Orangewood Christian (4-3), 6 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 23
Raines (5-2, 2-0) at Ribault (1-7, 0-2), 2 p.m.*
Off: Bishop Snyder, Christ’s Church, Creekside, Jackson, Nease, Ponte Vedra, Zarephath Academy.
Georgia Week 10 schedule
Friday, Oct. 22, all games at 7:30 p.m., region games indicated by an *
Camden County (4-4, 0-1) at Tift County (5-3, 0-2)*
Glynn Academy (3-4, 2-2) at Richmond Hill (2-5, 2-2)*
Irwin County (5-2, 3-0) at Charlton County (5-2, 1-2)*
Pierce County (5-2, 1-0) at Long County (4-4, 1-1)*
Off: Brunswick, Ware County.