The Conquerors spotted the host Christians a 12-point lead and fired back. Temp cornerback Terrell Pinkney picked off two passes in the fourth quarter, one in the end zone to halt a drive and another one run back for a region championship-icing touchdown on the way to a 27-12 victory over its crosstown private-school rival in the Varsity 4 Game of the Week.

It’s the 11th week of the high school football season with games split across Thursday and Friday night. Teams in the Sunshine State Athletic Association are in the state playoffs, while teams in the Florida High School Athletic Association are trying to nail down the final remaining berths for the postseason.

The seventh week of the high school football season is Friday night. Here are four games to watch followed by the next four best options. All games begin at 7 p.m. unless indicated.

Aaron Watson and the Trinity Christian baseball team is one win away from a storybook ending.

Trinity Christian's Aaron Watson and St. Johns Country Day's Brayden Harris were electric in leading their teams to wins on Monday night in the baseball playoffs.

From a local perspective, this year's Trinity Christian baseball team may be the best collection of high school talent by volume in area history.

News4JAX sports editor Justin Barney reveals his predictions for the first round of the high school football playoffs. All game times are Friday at 7 p.m. unless indicated.

Verlon Dorminey emphasized to his Trinity Christian football team that they had to finish off games against good opponents, with no second-half lapses. It was very, very late in Friday’s game when his message was taken to heart.

Verlon Dorminey has been the head coach of the Trinity Christian Conquerors for 34 seasons and he as no plan of retiring anytime soon.

The high school football regular season cranks up in full this week and News4JAX/Varsity 4 have you covered every step of the way. We’ll have four games to watch, the next four best and the full schedule in our Thursday coverage. All game times are 7 p.m. unless indicated.

One disastrous inning for the Trinity Christian baseball team spoiled the Conquerors’ return to the state semifinals.

Trinity Christian and St. Johns Country Day are headed to the high school baseball state semifinals.

The News4JAX Super 6 high school baseball rankings will be published each Friday during the regular season. Records are through April 4 games.

The News4JAX Super 6 high school baseball rankings will be published each Friday during the regular season. Records are through March 14 games.

The News4JAX Super 10 football rankings will be published Tuesday’s during the regular season. All games at 7 p.m. unless indicated.

We’re through seven weeks of the high school football season. Here’s a glance at Friday night’s games and a look ahead to Week 8.

The News4JAX Super 10 football rankings will be published Tuesday’s during the regular season. All games at 7 p.m. unless indicated.

The News4JAX Super 10 football rankings will be published Tuesday’s during the regular season.

The second night of the high school baseball state playoffs was a tough one for area teams.

The News4JAX Super 6 high school baseball rankings will be published each Friday during the regular season. Records are through March 30 games.

Willie Green, a well-known assistant coach for the Trinity Christian football team and a positive presence in the community for years, died unexpectedly on Sunday. Green was 56 years old.

The News4JAX high school football Super 10 will be published on Tuesdays throughout the high school football regular season.

District volleyball champions have been decided and the state playoffs await.

The News4JAX high school football Super 10 will be published on Tuesdays throughout the high school football regular season.

The News4JAX high school football Super 10 will be published on Tuesdays throughout the high school football regular season.

University Christian, Trinity Christian and Bradford are among the state’s top 10 teams in the initial release of Florida High School football power rankings.

It’s Week 5 of the high school football season. We take a look at the top four games, the next four options and the full schedule for teams in north Florida and south Georgia.

Trinity Christian knocked off Bolles 27-14 in the News4JAX Football Friday Game of the Week. Take a look at photographer Kevin Nguyen's photo gallery from the game.

Trinity Christian rolled up the state titles and established itself as a powerhouse across the state and even the country, with recruits getting calls from colleges from across the nation.

It's Football Friday, and the Game of the Week features a pair of legendary programs: Trinity Christian is hosting Bolles.

They are the horsepower that makes the two-time defending state champions go. Trinity Christian’s dynamic duo of running backs just keep chewing up the yardage—and the wins. Treyaun Webb and Darnell Rogers have been making defenders' heads spin for years. And this year, the seniors are off to a hot start for the No. 1 team in our area.

The News4JAX high school football Super 10 will be published on Tuesdays throughout the high school football regular season.

A few sights and sounds of the Jaguars Prep and Baker's Sports high school football media day morning at TIAA Bank Field.

The News4JAX Super 6 baseball rankings will be published each Tuesday through the end of the regular season. Results are through March 14 games.

High school football season in the area is down to its final week. News4JAX sports editor Justin Barney reveals his state championship game pick.

Only one area high school football team remains standing — Trinity Christian.

Treyaun Webb’s workload has been fairly light this season, and by the standards of many of the area’s backs, it remained light Friday night.

A glance at Friday's high school football second-round playoff matchups.

It’s never not been a big game. It always feels like a playoff atmosphere whenever Bolles and Trinity Christian get together.

Trinity Christian coach Verlon Dorminey is sitting on 299 career victories, with a shot at the milestone win on Friday night when Clearwater International Academy (3-0) visits the Conquerors (3-0).

Spring football is in full swing and the News4Jax sports team is making stops at high schools across the area in its annual Spring Swing tour. One of Thursday's stops: Trinity Christian.

Trinity Christian players celebrate after winning the Class 3A state title with a 25-22 win over Chaminade Madonna on Wednesday night. One of those moving down, however, is powerhouse Trinity Christian. That is a significant move because Trinity joins a region that includes another heavyweight in University Christian. 2021 area football classificationsArea teams in BOLD moved up in classification; area teams in italics moved down in classificationDistrict 1-8ABartram Trail, Creekside, Mandarin, Oakleaf, Sandalwood. AdRegion 1-2AAucilla Christian, FAMU, Munroe, North Florida Christian, North Florida Educational, Rocky Bayou Christian, St. Francis, St. John Paul II, St. Joseph, Trinity Christian, University Christian.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Tough to top the week the Trinity Christian football team just had. The state championship win over Chaminade was epic. “I knew it was going to Burke,” Barber said. “It’s been great, knowing that we can come out, all the work we did in the summer paid off and get a state championship, it feels great,” Jordan said. And it came out to get us one of these [state championship medal].

Trinity Christian found paydirt — and its first football state championship since 2016. The Conquerors, backs against the wall, stunned Hollywood Chaminade Madonna 25-22 in the Class 3A state championship game on a foggy night at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee. pic.twitter.com/rzHXiObTSM — Cole Pepper (@ColePepper) December 17, 2020For Trinity (12-1), it was the eighth state championship in program history, all of them under Dorminey. Trinity Christian coach Verlon Dorminey celebrates after winning the Class 3A state title with a 25-22 win over Chaminade Madonna on Wednesday night. Jordan found Burke, who signed with Florida earlier Wednesday, with the bomb, a 51-yard strike that put Trinity in front 17-16.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – High school football season has entered the final week and so have our predictions. News4Jax sports editor Justin Barney reveals his weekly high school football picks for the championship week. N4J pick: UC 27, Champagnat 26. N4J pick: Trinity 13, Chaminade-Madonna 10. Homer picks, going all local this week?

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Three high school football teams from the area reached this week’s state championship games, Bolles, Trinity Christian and University Christian. Class 3A state championship glanceTrinity Christian (11-1) vs. Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna (8-1)When: Wednesday, 7 p.m.Where: Doak Campbell Stadium, TallahasseeTickets: $15 in advance; $18 on gameday. The playoff roadTrinity Christian d. Baldwin, 20-3; d. Episcopal, 35-0; d. Tallahassee Florida High, 45-14; d. Ocala Trinity Catholic, 56-33; Chaminade-Madonna d. Somerset Academy, 52-0; d. Calvary Christian, 38-6; d. Edison, 28-0; d. Berkeley Prep, 23-21. Glance at the gameA rematch of the 2016 state championship game, won 24-13 by the Conquerors. Trinity Catholic’s 33 points in the state semifinals were more than the Conquerors had allowed in their previous 7 games combined (29).

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Three area high school football teams are playing for spots in state championship games this month in Tallahassee. On Friday night, Bolles and University Christian host state semifinal games, while Trinity Christian goes on the road in its Class 3A battle. Class 4A state semifinalGadsden County (6-1) at Bolles (9-2), 7:30 p.m.Road here: Gadsden County d. Santa Fe, 38-0; d. Rutherford by forfeit; d. Marianna, 32-9; Bolles d. Villages Charter, 44-14; d. Fernandina Beach, 35-7; d. South Sumter, 42-7. Class 3A state semifinalTrinity Christian (10-1) at Ocala Trinity Catholic (7-3), 7 p.m.Road here: Trinity Christian d. Baldwin, 20-3; d. Episcopal, 35-0; d. Tallahassee Florida High, 45-14; Trinity Catholic d. Melbourne Cental Catholic by forfeit; d. Taylor Pierson, 49-0; d. John Carroll Catholic, 48-0. In 5 games against 2A teams this season, UC has outscored those teams 179-43.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – It’s Week 7 of the high school football season and games are stretched across three days this week — Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Baker County has punished its opposition this season (Bradford, Orange Park, White, Westside and Parker) by a massive margin (206-26). QB Carson Crawford (408 rushing yards, 456 passing yards, 25 receiving yards, 12 total TDs) is creeping up on a 1,000 total yards season. He’s rushed for a team-best 352 yards (2 TDs) and has passed for 560 yards (7 TDs). GEORGIAFriday, Oct. 16Bradwell Institute (0-2-1) at Glynn Academy (2-3), 7:30*Brunswick (3-2) at South Effingham (0-4), 7:30 p.m.*Camden County (4-2) at Warner Robins, 7:30 p.m.Turner County (4-1) at Charlton County (3-2), 7:30 p.m.*Off: Pierce County, Ware County.

Wednesday, the FHSAA released the playoff matchups for the football season, more than a month before the games are scheduled to be played. “Because there’s been so much different, I think it’s just one more different thing,” Mandarin football coach Bobby Ramsay said. Two weeks ago, they had several players test positive, but they were able to conduct contact tracing in time to play the game against Lee. This week, Mandarin faces Trinity Christian in our Football Friday Game of the Week. “So it was an opportunity for us to get on their schedule and they’re always looking for games.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A glance at five games to watch in Week 9 of the high school football season. District games indicated by an * and district records shown where applicable. ThursdayLee (5-2) at Trinity Christian (3-5), 7 p.m.: One of nine Thursday night games and one the area's best in Week 9. FridayBaldwin (7-1) at University Christian (6-1), 7:30 p.m.: One of the best matchups in Week 9 comes in this game between smaller programs. The Saints aren't eliminated from the district race yet, but they need to end their three-game losing streak in a hurry.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Florida High School Athletic Association unveiled the first glance of its new-look RPI playoff system on Tuesday. In good position for playoff berths at this point: Bolles, Bartram Trail and University Christian, and non-traditional playoff programs like Baldwin and Westside. The top six teams in each region in Classes 1A-4A make the playoffs, and the top eight in Classes 5A-8A make the playoffs. If anything, this was a glimpse of how the new strength of schedule factors in to the playoff rankings. RPI, or Ratings Percentage Index, uses a team's winning percentage (.35), an opponent's winning percentage (.35) and an opponents' opponent's winning percentage (.30) to determine the RPI.

He knew that his Trinity Christian football team was going to endure some losses. Entering their Week 5 game against state power Miami Carol City, the Conquerors, at 1-3, were reeling in the win-loss column. Trinity then promptly went out and eviscerated Carol City 42-21 in a running clock game that wasn't remotely that close. The unbeatens, we've got nine of them: Bartram Trail (5-0), Camden County (5-0), Christ's Church (4-0), Columbia (4-0), Flagler Palm Coast (4-0), Fleming Island (4-0), Keystone Heights (3-0), Pierce County, Ga. (4-0), Ponte Vedra (4-0). Trinity Christian, 2.

Week 4 of high school football is in the books and we look back in this week's Snaps. I mentioned before in Snaps about the Braves' growth in games that I'd seen them in and Friday was when it all came together. The Conquerors have been solid in three of those games, the only struggle a Week 1 blowout loss to Columbia (38-7). And Week 4 was Bartram's most convincing win of the season, and no doubt the most gratifying for the Bears. Package that with RB Jeremiah Huntley, who is putting up numbers week after week, and this has quickly become a very diverse offense.

(2) Mandarin (2-0), Class 8ALast week: Off (Game against DeLand was canceled due to Hurricane Dorian)This week: at Bartram Trail (3-0)Glance: The district opener for both teams and one of the best matchups of the season. (6) Sandalwood (2-0), Class 8ALast week: Off (game against Ocala Vanguard canceled)This week: at Nease (0-2)Glance: The District 1-8A opener for both teams. (8) Fleming Island (2-0), Class 7ALast week: Off (game against Palatka was canceled)This week: vs. Fletcher (1-1), 7:30 p.m.Glance: The District 2-7A opener for both teams. (9) Ponte Vedra (2-0), Class 6ALast week: Off (game against Gainesville Buchholz was canceled)This week: at Palatka (0-2)Glance: So far, so good for the Sharks. Others: Bolles (1-1, Class 4A), Creekside (2-1, Class 7A), Flagler Palm Coast (2-0, Class 8A), Fletcher (1-1, Class 7A), St. Augustine (2-0, 6A), University Christian (1-1, Class 2A), West Nassau (2-1, Class 4A), White (2-0, Class 6A).

(5) Bartram Trail (2-0), Class 8ALast week: d. Brunswick, 24-7This week: vs. Creekside (2-0)Glance: The Bears went 2-0 against Brunswick over the last two seasons. (8) Sandalwood (2-0), Class 8ALast week: d. Fletcher, 34-10This week: Off (Game against 2-0 Ocala Vanguard was canceled)Glance: The Saints got things moving against previously ranked Fletcher and rolled over the Senators. (NR) Ponte Vedra (2-0), Class 6ALast week: d. Zephyrhills, 40-7This week: Off (Game against 1-1 Gainesville Buchholz canceled)Glance: A strong start for the Sharks. Dropped out: Fletcher (1-1, Class 7A), lost to Sandalwood, 34-10; University Christian (1-1, Class 2A), lost to Christ School, 35-20. Others: Bolles (0-1, Class 4A), Creekside (2-0, Class 7A), Flagler Palm Coast (2-0, Class 8A), Fletcher (1-1, Class 7A), St. Augustine (2-0, Class 6A), University Christian (1-1, Class 2A), West Nassau (1-1, Class 4A), White (2-0, Class 5A).

N4J pick: Parker 21, First Coast 20Fort White (0-1) at Hamilton County (0-1), 7:30: Indians bounce back after an L to Suwannee. N4J pick: Keystone Heights 22, Bell 14Lake Minneola (1-0) at Fleming Island (1-0), 7:30: A Lake and an Island. N4J pick: Mandarin 28, Ribault 14Orange Park (0-1) at Middleburg (0-1): Good efforts by both in Week 1 losses. N4J pick: Union County 27, Williston 20University Christian (1-0) at Christ School, NC (0-0): Very impressed with UC in Week 1. N4J pick: UC 42, Christ School 14Westside (1-0) at Englewood (1-0), 6 p.m.: Both of these teams won big games last week.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - High school football season begins this week and News4Jax takes a look at the 10 best matchups of the season, as well as the top games by county. Sept. 13, Plantation American Heritage at Trinity Christian, 7:30: Both teams are nationally ranked and have state championship aspirations, Trinity in 3A and Heritage in 5A. Sept. 20, Miami Carol City at Trinity Christian, 7:30: The five-time champion and nationally ranked Chiefs meet the seven-time champion and nationally ranked Conquerors. Oct. 11, Trinity Christian at Colquitt County, Ga., 8 p.m.: The Conquerors pay a visit to Moultrie to face a three-time state champ, and the program that was recognized by High School Football America as the national champ in 2015. Oct. 25, Trinity Christian at Raines, 6 p.m.: Two-time defending state champ Vikings, who move up to Class 5A, host the presumptive 3A title favorite Conquerors.