MANATEE COUNTY -- Manatee looked impressive in their pre-season debut Friday against East Lake, routing the Tarpon Springs school 38-7. Led by the top-ranked defensive line prospect in Florida, Demarcus Christmas and returning thousand-yard rusher Trevon Walters, the Hurricanes, who were ranked number-one in the nation last year before losing to St. Thomas Aquinas in the state semi-finals, will be a force to be reckoned with again in 2013. They kick off their regular season in a special Sunday ESPN game against Maryland powerhouse Gilman at the University of Maryland.
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DL Demarcus Christmas on the sack |
* all games start at 7:30 p.m. unless noted. The Manatee-Gilman game will be livestreamed at www.foxsportsflorida.com/prepzone.
09/01 |
@ Gilman (Baltimore, MD) 7:00 p.m. ESPN |
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11/01 |
Palm Harbor University (Palm Harbor, FL) |