{"id":416831,"date":"2026-10-02T15:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T15:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/416831\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T15:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T15:12:08","slug":"live-reports-on-week-6-orlando-area-high-school-football-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/416831\/","title":{"rendered":"Live reports on Week 6 Orlando area high school football games"},"content":{"rendered":"

The area\u2019s first district champion of the year will be crowned Friday night. Cocoa (1-3) comes to Orlando to play The First Academy (4-1) with the Class 2A District 5 title on the line<\/a>. Those are the only teams in that district.<\/p>\n

TFA is ranked No. 3 n the FHSAA 2A rankings behind nine-time state champ Chaminade-Madonna of Hollywood and Cardinal Newman of West Palm Beach, which upset Chaminade in last year\u2019s 1A title game.<\/p>\n

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

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

Go to the Sentinel Varsity home page<\/a> for news on all high school sports. Games listed are scheduled for 7 p.m. unless noted otherwise.<\/p>\n

Rankings in bold are from this week\u2019s Sentinel Super 16 coaches poll. Teams are listed with win-loss records in parentheses. Asterisks denote district games. District records are included for teams that have played previous district games:<\/p>\n

Marquee matchups
\nCocoa (1-3, 0-0) at No. 2 The First Academy (4-1, 0-0)<\/p>\n

Coverage by Chris Martucci<\/p>\n

TFA, which was banned from the FHSAA playoffs the past two years, is back in the hunt for a state championship \u2014 and a candidate for the new eight-team Open Division. Cocoa, a seven-time state champ, has slipped this year, but its strength of schedule is a factor in that. The Tigers losses are to 3A No. 4 Merritt Island (6-0), 3A No. 6 Eau Gallie (4-2) and 2A No. 19 Newberry (3-3).<\/p>\n

No. 3 Jones (3-1) at No. 12 Ocoee (3-2)<\/p>\n

Coverage by Jean Racine<\/p>\n

Jones, No. 4 in 4A, is 5-2 against the Knights and has scored shutouts in the past three meetings: 28-0 last year, 14-0 in 2024 and 18-0 in 2021. Ocoee is also in the playoff hunt at No. 24 in 6A.<\/p>\n

St. Cloud (3-2, 0-1) at No. 16 Gateway (5-0, 1-0)<\/p>\n

Coverage by Chris Hays<\/p>\n

Gateway is in a three-way tie for first with Lake Nona (5-1, 1-0) and Tohopekaliga (4-1, 1-0) in 6A District 5. The Panthers have never won a district title and haven\u2019t made the playoffs since 2018.<\/p>\n

St. Cloud is 27-10 against the Panthers \u2014- including seven wins in a row.<\/p>\n

More big games<\/p>\n

Centennial (1-4) at No. 1 DeLand (4-1)\u00a0<\/p>\n

DeLand, ranked No. 3 in 6A behind Miami Columbus and Venice, is averaging 37.6 points per game. Centennial has allowed 34.6 ppg. The Spec Martin Stadium scoreboard will get a workout.<\/p>\n

New Smyrna Beach (4-1) at Tohopekaliga (4-1)<\/p>\n

The Barracudas are averaging 38.8 points. Toho averages 32.<\/p>\n

Wiregrass Ranch (2-3) at No. 11 East Ridge (4-2)<\/p>\n

The Knights play Wiregrass for the first time.<\/p>\n

No. 14 Hagerty (3-1) at Seabreeze (3-2)<\/p>\n

Hagerty is coming off a crucial district win against Winter Park. This game is at Daytona Stadium.<\/p>\n

University-Orlando (4-1) at Wekiva (2-4)<\/p>\n

University is on track to finish above .500 for the first time since 2013 (8-3). First time they\u2019ve played the Mustangs since a 2018 loss.<\/p>\n

Varsity content editor Buddy Collings can be contacted by email at bcollings@orlandosentinel.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The area\u2019s first district champion of the year will be crowned Friday night. Cocoa (1-3) comes to Orlando…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1745,3745,139,141,140,76046,76642,110],"class_list":["post-416831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-high-school-football","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\/416831","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=416831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}