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High school football ‘23: Week 2 scoreboard, highlights, next week’s schedule

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The second week of the high school football season is largely in the books.

There’s a big showdown Saturday with Bradford visiting Baldwin, then Atlantic Coast and Ribault meeting on Tuesday. Hurricane Idalia scrambled the schedule, but Friday went off without a hitch.

What were Friday night’s big takeaways? How about the surge of Mandarin. The Mustangs, ranked No. 4 in the News4JAX Super 6, roared back to top No. 8 Bolles 42-35 in an early candidate for game of the year.

The Bulldogs have been on the wrong end of two classics to start the season. Bolles (0-2) saw St. Augustine erase a 15-point deficit in the fourth quarter in Week 1 in a 43-36 loss. For Mandarin and coach Toby Bullock, the start has been about getting tested and delivering.

Tiant Wyche scored the game-winning touchdown with 2 minutes, 33 seconds left to deliver a signature win for the Mustangs. They visit unbeaten Riverside in the Football Friday Game of the Week in Week 3. The Generals (2-0) trounced Parker 33-0 and have yet to allow a point this year.

How the Super 10 fared

1. Trinity Christian (1-1), lost to Plantation American Heritage, 27-14

2. Bartram Trail (2-0), beat Daytona Beach Seabreeze, 55-0

3. St. Augustine (1-0), off, game canceled due to Hurricane Idalia

4. Mandarin (2-0), beat (8) Bolles, 42-35

5. Bradford (1-0), faces Baldwin (1-0) on Saturday

6. Raines (1-0), OFF

7. Bishop Kenny (1-0), off, game postponed due to Hurricane Idalia

8. Bolles (0-2), lost to (4) Mandarin, 42-35

9. Oakleaf (1-0), off, game canceled due to Hurricane Idalia

10. University Christian (1-1), beat Tallahassee North Florida Christian, 48-23

Picks

The first week of predictions was a good one. The second week, eh, not so much. Thus far, I’m 20-9 with a couple games still to be played and some missing scores on a couple others. The worst pick of the week was projecting Paxon for a 20-point win over Wolfson. The Wolfpack rolled 34-0.

Notables

You can’t get a second win without getting a first. And that first victory came in Week 2 for a handful of first-year head coaches. That Wolfson victory was the first for Jermaine Wilson. Jackson’s 35-7 romp over Westside was also a first for Darryl Bartley, an area coaching veteran. West Nassau’s Gunnar Cox also notched his first W with a big border clash victory over Charlton County (22-20).

Speaking of solid wins, how about a 2-0 start for Englewood and first-year coach Kevin Johnson. The former multisport star with the Rams went to Menendez and guided Englewood to a 7-0 win. Speaking of alums doing well at their alma mater, Hilliard’s Daniel Thomas and the Red Flashes went on the road and beat Tampa’s Cambridge Christian, 28-14.

And how about Ponte Vedra going on the road and stunning Florida High in Tallahassee, 23-22. That’s a marquee win for second-year coach Steve Price. The Seminoles were the Class 2A state runner-up a year ago.

Florida scoreboard, Week 2

Friday’s results

Saturday’s game

  • (5) Bradford (1-0) at Baldwin (1-0), 6:30 p.m.

Other games

  • Baker County (0-1) at Oakleaf (1-0), canceled
  • Branford (1-0) at Duval Charter (0-1), canceled
  • Christ’s Church (1-0) at Impact Christian (1-0), postponed to Oct. 6
  • (7) Bishop Kenny (1-0) at Middleburg (0-1), postponed to Oct. 20
  • Fort White (1-0) at Jefferson County (0-1), postponed
  • Hamilton County (1-0) at Suwannee (1-0), canceled
  • Ribault (1-0) at Atlantic Coast (1-0), postponed to Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.
  • ·St. Augustine (1-0) at St. Pete Gibbs (0-1), canceled
  • Stanton (0-1) at NFEI (1-0), canceled
  • Union County (1-0) at Columbia (0-1), postponed

OFF: Baker County, Bishop Kenny, Christ’s Church, Columbia, Duval Charter, Flagler Palm Coast, Impact Christian, Middleburg, Oakleaf, Raines, St. Augustine, Stanton, Suwannee, Union County.

Georgia scoreboard, Week 3

Thursday, Aug. 31

  • Winter Park (1-0) at Brunswick (1-0), canceled

Friday, Sept. 1

  • Camden County 46, Glynn Academy 13
  • Pierce County 47, Metter 10
  • Ware County 48, Baldwin 20
  • West Nassau 22, Charlton County 10

TV coverage

Florida schedule, Week 3

Thursday, Sept. 7

  • Baker County (0-1) at Glynn Academy (2-1), 7:30 p.m.
  • University Christian (1-1) vs. Charlton County (0-3), 4 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 8

  • Atlantic Coast (1-0) at Westside (0-2), 6:30 p.m.
  • Beachside (1-1) at Menendez (1-1)
  • Bishop Snyder (1-1) at Cedar Creek Christian (0-2)
  • Bolles (0-2) vs. Coffee (2-0), at Glynn County Stadium, 8 p.m.
  • Bradford (2-0) at Middleburg (0-1)
  • Clay (1-1) at Orange Park (1-1)
  • Columbia (0-1) at DeLand (1-1)
  • Crescent City (1-1) at Interlachen (0-2)
  • Daytona Beach Mainland (2-0) at Bartram Trail (2-0)
  • Englewood (2-0) at White (1-1), 6:30 p.m.
  • Fernandina Beach (1-1) at Baldwin (1-0), 6:30 p.m.
  • Fletcher (0-2) at Jackson (1-1), 6:30 p.m.
  • Fort White (1-0) at Keystone Heights (0-1), 7:30 p.m.
  • Harvest Community (0-2) at Christ’s Church Academy (1-0)
  • Hollis Christian at St. John Paul II (0-1)
  • Impact Christian (1-0) at Eagle’s View (2-0)
  • Joshua Christian (0-1) at Warner Christian (0-1)
  • Mandarin (2-0) at Riverside (2-0), 6:30 p.m.
  • Matanzas (2-0) at Deltona (0-1)
  • Nease (1-1) at Ridge Community (1-1)
  • NFEI (1-1) at Trinity Christian (1-1)
  • Orlando Bishop Moore (0-2) at Flagler Palm Coast (0-1)
  • Palatka (2-0) at Santa Fe (0-2)
  • Parker (0-2) at Hawthorne (2-0)
  • Paxon (0-2) at Hilliard (1-0)
  • Ribault (1-0) at Stanton (0-1), 6:30 p.m.
  • St. Joseph (0-2) at Halifax Academy (0-0)
  • Sandalwood (0-2) at Raines (1-0)
  • Suwannee (1-0) at Chiefland (0-1), 7:30 p.m.
  • Tocoi Creek (1-1) at Bishop Kenny (1-0)
  • Union County (0-1) at DeFuniak Springs Walton (2-0), 8:30 p.m.
  • Wolfson (1-1) at Providence (1-1)
  • Young Kids in Motion at Cambridge Christian (1-1)
  • Zarephath Academy at Yulee (1-1)

Saturday, Sept. 9

  • St. Augustine (1-0) at Brunswick (1-0), 7:30 p.m.

Georgia schedule, Week 4

Thursday, Sept. 7

  • Charlton County (0-3)vs. University Christian (1-1), 4 p.m.
  • Baker County (0-1) at Glynn Academy (2-1), 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 8

  • New Hampstead (2-0) at Camden County (2-1), 7:30 p.m.
  • Pierce County (2-0) at Liberty Country (0-2), 7:30 p.m.
  • Ware County (3-0) at Benedictine (3-0), 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 9

  • St. Augustine (1-0) at Brunswick (1-0), 7:30 p.m.

About the Author
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Justin Barney joined News4Jax in February 2019, but he’s been covering sports on the First Coast for more than 20 years.

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