Take a look at where South Florida football teams landed in FHSAA’s new districts
Following its recent decision to realign its football districts, the Florida High School Athletic Association released its proposed districts for the 2024 and 2025 seasons this week.
The state is returning to an eight classification format (used prior to the 2022 season) that will divide its member schools into seven classifications (7A-1A) and a Rural classification. This does away with the Metro-Suburban format era it implemented the past two seasons. Schools can still file appeals to the FHSAA to move from their current classification until Jan. 12.
The new alignment creates the opportunity for Miami-Dade and Broward teams to win more state championships as it has done in recent years.
Before the state’s Metro-Suburban realignment, at least five Dade and Broward teams advanced to the finals in the three previous seasons with that number peaking with seven state champions from the area in 2019. Since 2010, at least four teams from Dade or Broward have advanced to the state finals each year.
Miami-Dade and Broward teams have dominated the state football finals for several years, winning multiple state championships as they did again this season, bringing home three of the possible four state titles in the Metro classes. However, in Class 3M, Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas and Homestead faced each other for the championship.
Last season, two finals were contested between Dade and Broward teams when Aquinas beat Homestead in Class 3M and Miami Central beat Plantation American Heritage in 2M.
The FHSAA could still vote on the proposed “Open Division” playoff format in February, which would have an undetermined amount of the state’s top-ranked teams - regardless of classification - taken from their respective classifications and placed into an overall state championship tournament.
The Open Division playoffs could prompt more matchups between Dade and Broward schools should South Florida teams end up among the top teams qualifying for an overall championship.
Here’s a look at which districts Dade and Broward teams are in for the next two seasons.
CLASS 7A
District 14: Boca Raton, Coral Glades, Parkland Douglas, Boca Raton Spanish River.
District 15: Weston Cypress Bay, Hialeah Goleman, Coral Springs Taravella, Davie Western.
District 16: Miami Columbus, Coral Gables, Miami High, Miami Palmetto, Homestead South Dade.
CLASS 6A
District 13: Coral Springs, Fort Lauderdale, Coconut Creek Monarch, Sunrise Piper.
District 14: Cooper City, Davie Nova, Hollywood South Broward, South Plantation.
District 15: Miami Dr. Krop, Pembroke Pines Flanagan, Miami Beach, Pembroke Pines West Broward.
District 16: Doral Academy, Miami Southridge, Homestead, Southwest Miami.
CLASS 5A
District 14: Delray Beach Atlantic, Pompano Beach Blanche Ely, Coconut Creek, Deerfield Beach, West Palm Beach Forest Hill.
District 15: Lauderdale Lakes Boyd Anderson, Hollywood Hills, Hollywood McArthur, Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas.
District 16: Miramar Everglades, Hialeah Gardens Mater Academy, Miramar, North Miami, Pembroke Pines Charter.
CLASS 4A
District 14: Boynton Beach, Fort Lauderdale Dillard, Lake Worth Garcia, Oakland Park Northeast, Riviera Beach Suncoast.
District 15: Plantation American Heritage, Southwest Ranches Archbishop McCarthy, Miami Norland, Plantation.
District 16: Hialeah American, Miami Belen Jesuit, Hialeah, South Miami.
CLASS 3A
DIstrict 15: Miami Central, Pompano Beach, Pembroke Pines Somerset Academy, Fort Lauderdale Stranahan.
District 16: Miami Northwestern, Miami Jackson, Key West, Miami St. Brendan.
CLASS 2A
District 12: Delray American Heritage, Fort Lauderdale Calvary Christian, Coconut Creek North Broward Prep.
District 13: Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons, Hallandale, Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest.
District 14: Miami Carol City, Miami Monsignor Pace, North Miami Beach, Westland Hialeah.
District 15: Miami La Salle, Miami Springs, Miami Booker T. Washington, Miami Ransom Everglades.
District 16: Miami Gulliver Prep, Somerset Silver Palms, Miami Killian.
CLASS 1A
District 13: Deerfield Beach Somerset Key, North Lauderdale Somerset Prep, Boca St. Andrews, Boca St. John Paul II.
District 14: Hollywood Avant Garde, Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna, Miami Edison, Miami Florida Christian.
District 15: Miami Archbishop Carroll, Miami BridgePrep Village Green, Miami True North, Miami Westminster Christian.
District 16: Homestead Everglades Prep, Miami Palm Glades Prep, Miami Palmer Trinity, Somerset Charter Homestead.
INDEPENDENTS
Miami Braddock, Miami Coral Reef, Tavernier Coral Shores, Coral Springs Charter, Miami Dade Christian, Miami Ferguson, Hialeah Gardens, Hialeah-Miami Lakes, Miami Coral Park, Miami Country Day, Miami Sunset, Miami Mourning, Fort Lauderdale NSU University School, Reagan Doral, Miami Varela, Fort Lauderdale Westminster Academy.
