It's back! High school football has returned in full to Florida with the regular season off and running from Miami to Jacksonville, and Orlando to Tallahassee .

Technically, this is Week 2 for SSAA teams and a handful of teams who went straight to the regular season during last week's kickoff classic schedule . But the FHSAA season is fully underway now, giving us our first proper Football Friday of 2025.

And there were some great matchups on the docket, with defending national champion Mater Dei of California taking on St. Thomas Aquinas in the Broward County High School National Showcase. That's where Chaminade-Madonna vs. St. Frances (Maryland) and American Heritage vs. St. Joseph's Prep (Pennsylvania) took place, as well. Venice -Tampa Bay Tech and Miami Southridge-Columb

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