At 7-1, St. Petersburg is tied with two other teams for the best record in the county. But the Green Devils are not celebrating yet. Despite its record, St. Petersburg is not a cinch to make the playoffs and will be finished when the postseason begins if it doesn't win tonight. Meanwhile, Palm Harbor University (3-5) and Dunedin (1-7) are not out of the playoff race, even though many would say they have no business being in it.
Pigs do fly in Pinellas County these days. Which teams have a shot at making the playoffs? Not many in this wacky season in which teams need to remember they're only a week away from turning things around.
The district schedule winds down tonight, and if every crazy chip falls, the county could be looking at shootouts in three districts come Monday.
Here is a breakdown of games and playoff possibilities for each district.
Class 5A, District 9
Game: St. Petersburg at Pinellas Park
Champion: Gibbs
Runnerup: St. Petersburg-Pinellas Park winner
Shootout: Not possible
Class 5A, District 8
Games: Clearwater at Palm Harbor University, East Lake at Dunedin
Champion: Countryside
Runnerup: East Lake (must win); or Dunedin (victory coupled with Clearwater win)
Shootout: With East Lake, Dunedin and Palm Harbor U. to determine district runnerup only if Dunedin and PHU win tonight
Class 4A, District 10
Champion: Largo
Runnerup: Sickles
Class 4A, District 6
Game: Hudson at Wiregrass Ranch
Champion: Tarpon Springs
Runnerup: Hudson-Wiregrass winner
Shootout: Not possible
Class 3A, District 8
Game: Lakewood at Spoto
Champion: Jefferson
Runnerup: Lakewood-Spoto winner
Shootout: Not possible
Class 2A, District 5
Games: St. Petersburg Catholic at Jesuit
Champion: Robinson
Runnerup: Jesuit with win
Shootout: With Jesuit, Middleton and SPC to determine district runnerup if SPC wins tonight
Class A, District 6
Games: Fort Meade at Clearwater Central Catholic, Indian Rocks Chr. at Berkeley Prep
Champion: Fort Meade
Runnerup: Berkeley Prep with win, or CCC (victory coupled with IRC win)
Shootout: With Berkeley Prep, CCC and IRC to determine district runnerup, only if Fort Meade and IRC win tonight
Class B, District 5
Champion: Lakeland Victory Christian
Runnerup: Admiral Farragut
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Come on Dung Dung. Step it up tonight.
Want another shot at PHU? Beat East Lake. Don't want another shot--afraid to get spanked again? Then fold like you have in every other game this season.
The ball's in your court now. Do something with it, or turn your equipment in.
Back up your chippy talk and get a win on the field.
Fishy, wheelchair, wah-wah: What do you say? How bout you twits direct your misguided anger and ignorant vitriol away from me for a few moments and get your boys to actually perform tonight.
Can it be done? Doubtful. Would it be nice? Absolutely.
lookin in you are pathetic!!! You know your begging for a Dunedin win so that you might have a chance if you beat Clearwater tonight. I don't see a last second field goal by you guys at PHU for the win over Dunedin last week as you spanking them. I hope you do win tonight, then I hope it comes down to a last second field goal for Dunedin & they miss destroying any hope you thought you might have had. Regardless the runner up in the district will be bounced in the first round.
Cschmuck, you sound so bitter.
You've got your store-bought district championship this year, so why are you so angry and wishing ill upon Dung Dung?
Enjoy your 09 dominance and leave those of us less fortunates be. You've got a good team, but likely a one-and-doner.
Heck, you've probably got a heck of a challenge with Largo ahead of you tonight. Save your strength for smack talking some Largo folk.
Lookin in, store bought? We beat every team in our district by an average of 30 points to include you smucks by 36. Heck we were up 30 to zip before you even had a chance to score. Store bought, I think not...we dominated your butts this season. As for next season, I will deal with that when it comes. It's all about the now!! I see us getting to the 2nd round & we will see from there. For today I'm going to go enjoy a great game between "the go" & the cougars. Smack talk about this game to come later. :)