Miami Herald’s staff predictions of who will win state championships in 2023
The Miami Herald’s sportswriters make their state championship predictions in each of the nine classifications for the 2023 season:
Deputy Sports Editor Andre Fernandez
4M: Columbus over Apopka
3M: St. Thomas Aquinas over Homestead
2M: Miami Central over Cardinal Gibbons
1M: Chaminade-Madonna over Jacksonville Trinity Christian
4S: Lakeland over Venice
3S: Lake Wales over Fort Myers Dunbar
2S: Tallahassee Florida High over Cocoa
1S: Ocala Trinity Catholic over Naples First Baptist
1R: Hawthorne over Blountstown
Sportswriter Jordan McPherson
4M: Columbus over Apopka
3M: St. Thomas Aquinas over Homestead
2M: Miami Central over Cardinal Gibbons
1M: Chaminade-Madonna over Jacksonville Trinity Christian
4S: Lakeland over Venice
3S: Lake Wales over Fort Myers Dunbar
2S: Tallahassee Florida High over Cocoa
1S: Ocala Trinity Catholic over Naples First Baptist
1R: Hawthorne over Blountstown
Miami Herald writer David Wilson
4M: Columbus over Jacksonville Mandarin
3M: St. Thomas Aquinas over Tampa Bay Tech
2M: Miami Central over Plantation American Heritage
1M: Chaminade-Madonna over Tampa Carrollwood Day
4S: Lakeland over Venice
3S: Rockledge over Naples
2S: Cocoa over Tallahassee Florida State University
1S: Sarasota Cardinal Mooney over Quincy Munroe
1R: Blountstown over Pahokee
