Morning Coffee with FLN on Substack 05062024
Welcome to today’s post! Some musings today and we’ll start the previews tomorrow!
First, here’s the Final Four schedules:
Thursday, May 9th – Boys Semifinals
Noon: 1A Benjamin vs Bolles
2:30pm: 1A Saint Andrew’s vs Community School
5:00pm: 2A Plant vs Winter Park
7:30pm: 2A Lake Mary vs St Thomas
Friday, May 10th – Girls Semifinals
Noon: 1A Lake Highland vs St Stephen’s
2:30pm: 1A AH-Delray vs Episcopal School
5:00pm: 2A Vero Beach vs Bartram Trail
7:30pm: 2A Plant vs Stoneman Douglas
Saturday, May 11th – State Championships
Noon: Girls 1A
2:30pm: Girls 2A
5:00pm: Boys 1A
7:30pm: Boys 2A
Some Notes:
We have two first-time participants in Community School Boys and Stoneman Douglas Girls.
This year, the quick turnaround is for the Girls, as they go Friday-Saturday. Girls 2A will be the shortest turnaround and Boys 1A the biggest gap.
NFHS broadcasts will still be available for all 12 games, assuming a) the sole announcer makes it through 12 games without losing his voice or b) technical difficulties rears it’s had again this year after last year’s Boys 2A title kerfuffle.
Weather forecast for Naples is for three days hitting the high 80’s, which will feel like 100 on the field. Minimal chance of rain Thursday and Friday, about 20% on Saturday according to Weather.com (of course, it is Florida, so take this with a grain of salt . . .).
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College brackets are out, except for the D2 Women, who don’t pick the teams until Sunday, the 12th. That one will be the most impactful of our state, as so many of our schools are under consideration.