Palm Beach Gardens will honor the Gators squad that won the 2005 state championship during Friday night’s showdown with unbeaten Dwyer.
Gardens defeated Deerfield Beach 49-29 on Dec. 10, 2005, to win the school’s first state football title. Under coach Kevin Fleury, those Gators finished 13-1 behind tailback Emanuel Cook, who rushed for 1,919 yards and 23 touchdowns his senior season before going on to play at South Carolina.
In the postseason, Gardens defeated Lake Worth (14-7) in the opener, then Orlando Boone (21-7), Palm Beach Lakes (28-10) and Winter Park (10-7 in its run to the final.
Friday’s ceremony will take place between the first and second quarters.
South Bend visit set
The scholarship offers continue to roll in for Palm Beach Gardens senior defensive back Devin Studstill. The University of Pittsburgh offered Studstill this week.
“He’s a big recruit,” Gators coach Rob Freeman said. “I think his top three are Notre Dame, Miami and West Virginia.
Freeman added Studstill plans to visit Notre Dame on Oct. 17, when the Irish play Southern Cal.
Two key factors that could play into his recruitment: Former Gardens standout linebacker Te’von Coney signed with Notre Dame just a year ago, while Devin’s father, Darren Studstill, was a quarterback at West Virginia during his playing days.
Studstill, who is hoping to enroll in college early, has helped the Gators get out to a 2-1 start with the lone loss a one-point verdict to Boca Raton (3-0).
“He’s a very physical player,” Freeman said. “He’s 6-1, probably 190 pounds now. He looks like they look on Saturdays.”
Two Gardens juniors that are high-FBS prospects are defensive end/linebacker Vandarius Cowan and safety Amari Carter. The 6-4, 225-pound Cowan has already verballed to Florida State and Freeman calls him “maybe the most physical player I have ever been around.” The 6-2, 190-pound Carter has about 15 offers, according to Freeman, including WVU, NC State, Syracuse and Florida Atlantic.
Freeman said junior right tackle Antawn Lewis (6-4, 275) and junior left tackle J.D. Drake (6-7, 295) could also end up on FBS rosters.
Eight is enough
Not just anyone gets jersey No. 8 at Spanish River.
Coach Bill Ceasar donned the No. 8 during his playing days and ever since the jersey number has stayed in the family whenever possible.
“I was the first one to wear No. 8 here. It was in ’87,” Ceasar said. “And then my brother [Chris] played here and he wore No. 8. And my cousin, Desmond, he wore No. 8. Then my son, Nigel Ceasar, when he played here he wore No. 8. Now, my first cousin Dimitrius Hirsch, he’s No. 8.
“So, 8 is a family number. We try to keep it in the family.”
Dimitrius Hirsch is a speedy junior defensive back, receiver and kick returner. He is the son of Larry Green, who was a two-year starter at cornerback and a dangerous punt returner at Virginia Tech in the mid-1990s.
Around the county
Palm Beach Central senior safety/quarterback SaVion Harris will be out three weeks with a broken wrist, says coach Tino Ierulli. Harris is being recruited by the University at Albany, Columbia and Northwest Missouri State. … Notre Dame is showing major interest in American Heritage-Delray defensive tackle/ linebacker Lamonte McDougle. The junior currently has six offers: WVU, Kentucky, Syracuse, Memphis, Purdue and Cincinnati. “I plan to take visits in the postseason,” McDougle said.
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