Jackets #13 in Orlando Sentinel Super 16 Football Poll, September 20, 2011

Leesburg at Mount Dora (PHOTO BY ASHLEY BEYER/September 20, 2011)

Leesburg In Super 16 Football Poll For The First Time In The Randy Trivers Era

LEESBURG - The Leesburg Yellow Jackets are in the Orlando Sentinel Super 16 High School Football Poll at #13 for the first time under Head Coach Randy Trivers. The program is starting to become a force to be reckon with in the Central Florida area. The road will get no easier for the Jackets as they travel to Clermont East Ridge High School Friday Night. The Knights (2-1) are the number #16 team in the poll and will provide a stern test for the undefeated Yellow Jackets.

The Jackets just completed the first of three straight road games with a 35-14 win over Mount Dora Friday night. The road doesn't get easier for Trivers and his Jackets, three of the remaining opponents are on the Super 16 watch list. Two of those three games will be on the road. They will face Orlando Maynard Evans and Bushnell South Sumter on the road. South Lake will visit the Jackets on October 28, 2011 the district championship may be on the line on that date.

Leesburg at Mount Dora (PHOTO BY ASHLEY BEYER/September 16, 2011

The area's best football teams, as selected by the Sentinel Varsity staff:

1. Dr. Phillips (3-0) – Solid No. 1 and getting better every week.

Next game: Friday, Hollywood McArthur (2-0), home, 7:30.

2. DeLand (2-0) – Sign of parity: Our No. 2 wins in OT.

Next game: Thursday, at Port Orange Spruce Creek (2-1), 7.

  

3. Freedom (3-0) – Hoping open week won't cool jets.

Next game: Sept. 30, Winter Park (1-2), home, 7:30.

4. Lake Brantley (3-0) – Who says you need veterans on "D"?.

Next game: Friday, at Lyman (0-3), 7:30.

5. Mainland (2-1) – Speaking of defense, Bucs' is tough.

Next game: Sept. 30, Seminole (1-2), home, 7.

6. Osceola (2-1) – Loss at Palm Bay doesn't drop you much.

Next game: Friday, Celebration (0-3), home, 7:30.

7. Olympia (1-2) – First 6 games vs. current Super 16 teams.

Next game: Friday, No. 12 Apopka (0-2), home, 7:30.

8. Edgewater (1-2) – Facing fourth consecutive ranked foe Friday.

Next game: Friday, No. 10 Oak Ridge (2-1), home, 7:30.

9. East River (2-1) – Huge rebound win over Oak Ridge.

Next game: Friday, Colonial (2-1), home, 7:30.

10. Oak Ridge (2-1) – Key injuries slowed the roll.

Friday: at No. 8 Edgewater (1-2), 7:30.

11. Timber Creek (2-1) – 14-7 loss to Freedom looks impressive now.

Next game: Sept. 30, Olympia (1-2), home, 7:30.

12. Apopka (0-2) – Let's see if open week helped Blue Darters.

Next game: Friday, at Olympia (1-2), 7:30.

13. Leesburg (3-0) – Big test for emerging team this week.

Next game: Friday, at East Ridge (2-1), 7.

14. Oviedo (2-1) – Offense bogged down vs. Brantley.

Next game: Friday, Lake Howell (1-2), 7:30

15. Jones (1-2) – Tough slate continues with No. 3 team in 4A on Friday.

Next game: Friday, Miami Booker T. Washington (1-1), home, 7:30.

16. East Ridge (2-1) – Lake County supremacy challenged on Friday.

Next game: Friday, Leesburg (3-0), home, 7.

Watch list: Bishop Moore (2-1), Boone (1-2), Evans (3-0), Lake Highland Prep (1-2), Lake Mary (2-1), South Lake (2-1), South Sumter (2-1), Wekiva (1-2), West Orange (2-1), Winter Park (1-2).

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