Titletown South Florida: Spotlight on defending state champs as spring football begins
At last, football is back.
Although it’s just practice and it’s still just May, teams all across South Florida were out on the fields on Monday as the roughly four-week season of spring football began.
Titletown South Florida is back with its latest episode where Deputy Sports Editor Andre Fernandez and Sportswriter David Wilson talk about it and spotlight two of the reigning state champions in Miami Columbus and Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna.
We interview players and coaches from both schools as they look to repeat as champs this season.
For Chaminade, winning consecutive state crowns is nothing new as the Lions are aiming for three in a row and what would be six in the past seven seasons.
But last season left a bitter taste in their mouths after a lopsided loss at Las Vegas Bishop Gorman a week after they won that state crown. Chaminade figures to be among the nation’s best again this fall and ready to make another run at a national title.
Meanwhile at Columbus, COVID prevented the Explorers from playing for a state title the last time it entered a season as the defending champs. This year, the Explorers hope to put together back-to-back titles for the first time in school history and just might have the ingredients to make it happen.
We also salute this week’s Player of the Week nominees from both Dade and Broward Counties ranging from baseball to tennis to volleyball as the spring sports season moves into its final month.
NOTE: Remember in addition to watching this show on YouTube and on our site at miamiherald.com, it is now available as a podcast on our Titletown page. It is available on Spotify, ITunes and most other platforms where you listen to your pods. Thank you for watching and listening as always, and enjoy!
This story was originally published May 2, 2023 at 12:38 PM.
