- April 24, 2024
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Here is a game-by-game preview of Week Two action scheduled for Sept. 2:
SCOUTING REPORT: The Windermere Prep Lakers will be taking a road trip with mileage reminiscent of NFL and Division I college programs this week, The team will travel nearly 1,000 miles west to Texas to take on Houston’s The Village School — another school in the Nord Anglia Education family.
“We are really excited,” head coach Jacob Doss. “We’re playing our sister school. … The boys have been working for that, and that’s been highlighted on our calendar for a long time.”
Both teams are coming off a win in Week One, with The Village School fresh off of a 19-6 victory against Legacy Prep Christian Academy, of Magnolia, Texas. Windermere Prep will hope to replicate its defensive success of the past two weeks, having allowed just nine points — combined — between its Kickoff Classic against Cornerstone Charter and Week One victory over Boca Raton Christian.
SCOUTING REPORT: The Panthers will welcome to the Rams to Southwest Orlando for a rematch of last year’s game, which Dr. Phillips won 28-17. This time, the Panthers figure to be even stronger favorites than a year ago, with Lake Mary coming off of a sound 62-24 defeat at the hand of Jacksonville Bolles.
Where the Panthers started the 2015 season with three consecutive road games — at Wekiva, Lake Mary and West Orange — the opposite is true in 2016. Head coach Rodney Wells said it is nice to have his program setting the tone on its home field at Bill Spoone Stadium in the first few weeks.
“We love playing here — this is our comfort zone,” Wells said.
SCOUTING REPORT: Two years ago, in 2014, the Eagles scored one of the biggest upsets in recent memory when they topped the Blue Darters, 46-42. That doesn't seem likely to repeat itself in 2016. Apopka won 46-25 in 2015 and is fresh off of an absolute thumping of Ocoee last week — a one-sided affair that saw the Blue Darters with 50 points to their credit by halftime.
SCOUTING REPORT: Both of these programs are coming off of sound defeats by programs that are expected to be major players this fall (Dr. Phillips and Lake Brantley, respectively). That said, one of these two will be able to offset that by scoring a win in Week Two. Wekiva won the matchup in 2015, 23-10, and figures to be feeling good about itself after a deceptively strong second half showing against the Panthers in Week One.
SCOUTING REPORT: After two unimpressive outings against teams from Seminole County, the Titans hope to rebound at home against a Metro opponent. East River comes to town coached by a familiar face, as first-year head coach Collin Drafts — a former offensive coordinator at Olympia — brings his program fresh off of a Week One victory over University.
Of particular importance is for the Titans’ offense, which has scored just 19 points through the Kickoff Classic and Week One, to develop a rhythm.
SCOUTING REPORT: Considering its tradition and history, The First Academy is a program that — in many ways — Foundation Academy would do well to emulate. On Friday, though, the Lions will try and make the statement that they’re the better team this fall after a 28-14 loss to the Royals in 2015.
After facing a pass-heavy attack from West Orange in Week One, Foundation will instead have to contend with the ground-heavy attack of The First Academy’s Chance Bush and Greg Fields.
“We are going to be ready for TFA,” Lions coach Brad Lord said.
SCOUTING REPORT: Although the Warriors soundly defeated the Wildcats in 2015, 42-14, no one on the West Orange sideline will be taking Winter Park lightly this time around. The Wildcats are expected to be one of the area’s better teams and just narrowly was defeated by an improved Lake Nona team in Week One, 27-26.
This will be an important early-season test for an inexperienced West Orange defense against a quality Class 8A-opponent.
This game was originally supposed to be played at Showalter Field in Winter Park, but the ongoing installation of a turf field forced it to be relocated to Winter Garden.
QUICK HIT: Here’s hoping the Knights can have short memories after a sound defeat in Week One.
Ocoee defeated Lake Nona 20-7 in 2015 — the first of six wins for the Knights in coach Ben Bullock’s debut season — but no one is taking Friday’s game for granted. After a down year in 2015, the Lions are expected to be a much-improved team this fall and hinted at as much in an exciting 27-26 win over Winter Park to open the season.
Coming out of last week’s beating, Ocoee will have to focus on not giving up big plays early against Lake Nona, as the Knights were down big to Apopka before some fans had made it to their seats.
QUICK HIT: Although the Eagles scored a victory in their opener last week, the offensive output for Legacy wasn’t exactly something to write home about. Luckily, the Eagles’ opponent this week had a similar issue — Lake Mary Prep was shutout in a 38-0 loss to Jacksonville’s North Florida Educational Institute.
Look for the Eagles, who have scored just one touchdown apiece in their Kickoff Classic and Week One victory, to try to get going earlier on offense this week.
SCOUTING REPORT: University won this matchup in 2015, but coming into Week Two this fall the momentum seems to favor the Trojans, who won their Week One matchup against Taravella. University, meanwhile, has struggled to score dating back to the spring, creating an opportunity for the Evans defense to build some confidence.
SCOUTING REPORT: After a crushing, double-overtime defeat to open the season at Winter Springs, the Patriots will look to bounce back against a South Sumter team that handedly defeated them in 2015, 52-0. Freedom's performance in Week One suggests this game should be a little more evenly-matched.
SCOUTING REPORT: The Eagles (0-1) were defeated by rival Orlando Christian Prep in their opener and will get an opportunity for improvement before they return to the field Sept. 9 at home against TFA.
