Week 1 of the 2016 football season kicks off two days from now, and a pair of games featuring Palm Beach County teams are among the best on the schedule.
Oxbridge Academy plays Pembroke Pines-Flanagan Friday in one of the state’s top Week 1 games. (Post file photo)
FloridaHSFootball.com via USA Today ranked its top 10 games for Week 1, with Oxbridge Academy vs. Pembroke Pines-Flanagan and American Heritage vs. Naples making the list.
The ThunderWolves, ranked No. 7 in the Post Top 10, travel to Pembroke Pines to face the defending Class 8A state champion Falcons.
Flanagan, which returns standout defensive back Stanford Samuels – an FSU commit – is ranked No. 2 in the AP state poll. The Falcons did not play a Kickoff Classic game last week.
The ThunderWolves routed Seminole-Osceola in their Kickoff Classic game on Friday.
American Heritage, ranked No. 2 by the Post and No. 2 in the Class 3A state poll, will play Naples on the road.
The Golden Eagles lost in the Class 6A state semifinals last season and finished 11-2. Last week they earned a 40-0 Kickoff Classic win against St. Peterburg-Lakewood.
Naples is ranked No. 6 in Class 6A.
The state’s No. 1 game this week is Fort Lauderdale-St. Thomas Aquinas at Miami-Booker T. Washington. Both are defending state champions.
