Football state playoff pairings are already known, which casts a different light on Florida’s final five weeks of a 2020 high school regular season haunted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
That means regular season play is all a warmup for the postseason. It doesn’t mean games don’t mean anything.
Friday night’s big games included Apopka (3-0), the top-ranked team in the Sentinel Super 16 area rankings, playing at home against No. 3 Jones (2-0) and hoping to gain some revenge for its 2019 loss to the Tigers.
Other Super 16 showdowns included No. 7 Kissimmee Osceola (2-0) at No.