When the Suncoast High team enters the box Saturday night in opposition to the Village Academy in Jupiter, head coach Jimmy Clark will face many unknowns.
The Chargers graduated 24 seniors from last year’s 5-5 team and Clark will align with the most common subclasses, and lead cornerer William Wells will be asked to take on a leading leadership role. The loss of spring football due to coronavirus seriously hindered Clark’s ability to get ready for any fall season ahead.
“We filled the package basically with sophomores, some juniors and just a few seniors, but most young players,” Clark said. “So wasting spring and wasting summer on a young team is the worst thing that can happen but that didn’t turn out to be the case because our last few weeks have been good.
Clark now faces a short four-game program that is played in 3 designated spaces for the best schools: Jupiter High School, Wellington High School and Boca Raton High School. The 3 sites feature synthetic turf, providing greater flexibility in case of inclement weather.
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The fact that Chargers can’t play a genuine house game adds to the demanding situations facing training staff, as well as the revised playoff format in which Palm Beach County Public Schools is competing for a three-county championship with Broward and Miami. Dade Public Schools. This reduced schedule will also stand out more to the 6-foot-2- and 185-pound Wells, which are largely recruited through Division I’s elite programs.
“Your recruitment will increase in an obvious and massive way because once you start betting and we can send more movies, I think there are a lot more donations to come,” Clark said. “It’s a defensive half of Power Five, that’s all we have to do, and we play it on the receiver just because he’s a wonderful athlete, yet he’s our leader there. “
In addition to Wells, the senior defensive wing/closed wing Darius Runner is expected to attract a lot of attention for its height (6 feet and 7 inches, 220 pounds) and athletics. Malik Everett is a three-year-old starter in the middle who, according to Clark, is built as a sumo wrestler at 5-9, 275.
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Sophomore Joshua Ramos (5-10, 170) moves from elementary school to a central role for the Chargers and is also a Calibre I baseball player whose arm will be tested this season.
“He’s a doubly threatened kid and a real game maker who’s a special athlete,” Clark said. “We hope he’s our star quarterback, but he’s in grade time, so he’s still getting used to the way the coach trains the school. “My team and I have very high expectations for young people and we expect the parties to run at the highest level.
The fact that a place in the state playoffs is on the table this season has replaced Clark’s approach: he just needs his players to sew the benefits of attending a popular magnet school.
“My number one purpose is not to win a state title, my number one purpose is to take care of my children,” he said. “So whether we’re betting on a three-county championship or a state championship, my number one purpose will be to put my kids in a top-notch college. “
After the opening opposite Village Academy, Clark’s Suncoast will face Jupiter on November 6, then close the normal season with consecutive games at 10am against Spanish River at Boca Raton High and Dwyer in Wellington. The Chargers will have a break on Thanksgiving weekend, along with other schools in Palm Beach County. , before the playoffs begin in all 3 counties the week of November 30.