The December rain had ceased and the fireworks faded when Raines coach Donovan Masline reached down by the Graveyard sign of the Vikings' feared home field. One more football tombstone to plant.

His shout: "305, here we come, baby!"

The area code for Miami. Raines will return there, with another chance at a different ending.

Stomping past Booker from the start, Raines romped 28-8 in a repeat battle of Jacksonville and Sarasota in the Florida High School Athletic Association Class 3A football semifinal on Dec. 5 at the Graveyard. Watch Florida high school football on NFHS Network

Still alive are the Vikings' hopes of a fourth FHSAA championship to join past trophies from 1997, 2017 and 2018, and still going is what Raines players and coaches call the revenge tour. One more step, the big

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