{"id":382929,"date":"2026-08-27T21:24:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T21:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/382929\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T21:24:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T21:24:15","slug":"orlando-area-high-school-football-live-report-starts-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/382929\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando area high school football LIVE report starts Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Week 2 of high school football starts tonight, with Bishop Moore<\/a> playing an underdog role as the visitor making a coast to coast trip to play a strong California team.<\/p>\n

Play continues Friday with eight Sentinel Super 16 teams playing at home, including No. 1 DeLand, which takes on the No. 2 team in the nation from Maryland. No. 2 Edgewater hosts No. 4 TFA.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll be posting live updates from selected games right here once games kick off. Check back often.<\/p>\n

CHECK HERE FOR SCOREBOARD UPDATES ON ALL GAMES<\/a><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s links to all of the Sentinel\u2019s 2026 football preview<\/a> stories:<\/p>\n

Go to the Sentinel Varsity home page for news on all high school sports.<\/p>\n

Games listed are scheduled for 7 p.m. kickoffs unless noted otherwise. Rankings in bold are from this week\u2019s preseason Sentinel Super 16 coaches poll.<\/p>\n

Thursday
\nNo. 7 Bishop Moore (0-1) at Palos Verdes (Calif.) (1-0), 6:30<\/p>\n

The Sea Kings were an 11-5 California Interscholastic Federation state champion in 2024 and are 32-10 since 2023. Bishop Moore lost an overtime heartbreaker, 28-25, against Hawthorne last week.<\/p>\n

Friday\u2019s Super 16 Games
\nSt. Frances (Md.) (0-0) at No. 1 DeLand (1-0)*<\/p>\n

PRE-GAME NOTES:<\/p>\n

St. Francis, which plays a national schedule outside the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association, is No. 2 behind IMG Academy of Bradenton in a composite On3 national ranking that includes four outlets \u2014 ESPN, MaxPreps, Massey, and Sports Illustrated. The Panthers were 9-1 last season with lopsided wins against two of Florida\u2019s top teams in The First Academy, 37-0; and Chaminade-Madonna of Broward County, 42-13.<\/p>\n

No. 4 The First Academy (1-0) at No. 2 Edgewater (1-0)<\/p>\n

Coverage by Chris Hays\u00a0<\/p>\n

PRE-GAME NOTES:<\/p>\n

TFA rallied to beat Edgewater in a 2024 game<\/a> that was later forfeited due to FHSAA findings that the Royals violated rules. That was the first and only previous meeting. TFA is ranked ahead of the Eagles by MaxPreps as the No. 10 team in the state.<\/p>\n

No. 11 Oviedo (0-1, 0-0) at No. 5 Lake Mary (0-0, 0-0)<\/p>\n

Coverage by Chris Martucci<\/p>\n

PRE-GAME NOTES:<\/p>\n

Reigning state champ Lake Mary opens its season against a Seminole Athletic Conference rival. The Rams are 6-0 against Oviedo since the Lions blocked a field goal to win 22-21 in 2018. That included a playoff win in 2020.<\/p>\n

Horizon (1-0) at No. 6 West Orange (1-0)<\/p>\n

Coverage by Jean Racine<\/p>\n

PRE-GAME NOTES:<\/p>\n

Horizon opened in 2021 to relieve overcrowding at West Orange and Windermere. This is the first varsity football clash between the Hawks and Warriors.<\/p>\n

No. 8 Seminole (1-0) at No. 16 Lake Howell (1-0)<\/p>\n

PRE-GAME NOTES:<\/p>\n

This is the first meeting of these Seminole County teams since 2018. The Seminoles have won the past eight games vs. the SilverHawks (2008-18) but this Lake Howell squad<\/a> may be its best in years.<\/p>\n

Other big games<\/p>\n

No. 9 Lake Nona (1-0) at East River (0-1)<\/p>\n

This is the first meeting of these East Orange County teams since Lake Nona won 35-0 in 2021. The Lions lead the series 9-4.<\/p>\n

Boone (1-0) at No. 10 Evans (0-1)<\/p>\n

Evans scored two fourth quarter touchdowns to beat the Braves 19-17 in 2023 \u2014 the last time they met. Boone was 4-0 against the Trojans in sparse meetings from 2002 through 2022. Before that Evans won 19 in a row in the Metro Conference series.<\/p>\n

No. 12 Windermere (1-0) at Innovation (1-0)<\/p>\n

Windermere kept its 21-game win streak intact with a 29-26 Week 1 win vs. Winter Park. Innovation went 8-2 in its second year of football last season. Windermere topped the Bulls\u00a0 40-6 in 2024 and 21-7 last year. These are two of the top-rated teams in the new FHSAA Independent League.<\/p>\n

Leesburg (0-1) at No. 13 East Ridge (1-0)<\/p>\n

This is the first meeting of teams on the opposite ends of Lake County since East Ridge outscored the Yellow Jackets 63-34 in 2017. The Knights are 7-0 against Leesburg \u2014 including a 49-48 win in 2012.<\/p>\n

Lyman (1-0) at No. 14 Lake Brantley (1-0)<\/p>\n

The Patriots routed Lyman 75-0 last year and are 38-4 in the Seminole County rivalry since 1982.<\/p>\n

No. 15 St. Cloud (1-0) at Marietta (Ga.) (0-1)<\/p>\n

St. Cloud football, which dates to the 1920\u2019s, ventures outside Florida for the first time. Marietta is coached by Cam Duke, who compiled an 84-16 record at Edgewater before landing the lucrative Georgia job last season.<\/p>\n

Varsity content editor Buddy Collings can be contacted by email at bcollings@orlandosentinel.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Week 2 of high school football starts tonight, with Bishop Moore playing an underdog role as the visitor…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[3745,139,141,140,76046,76642,110],"class_list":["post-382929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-high-school-sports","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-social-sports","tag-social-varsity-sports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}