The first week of the high school football season kicks off Friday night. Here are four games to watch followed by the next four best options. All games begin 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.

After Trinity Christian’s defense stifled University Christian for a 14-0 victory in District 1M action, it was a most un-Christian-like handshake line. A scuffle broke out between both sides, with some players pushing and shoving at a minimum and staff from both sides mixed up the middle.

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

High school players had their say. How about their head coaches? We surveyed area coaches before the season began. This is what they had to say.

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.

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

Right now, there are fewer than 10 starting Black quarterbacks in the NFL. But we are seeing more diversity in the next generation of athletes. One local quarterback is changing the game right here in the River City.

Trinity Christian ran away from Hialeah Champagnat Catholic 41-23 in the Class 2A state championship game on Thursday night, inching up the history books with a thorough and convincing win over the Lions.

When Trinity Christian and Hialeah Champagnat Catholic collide at 7 p.m. on Thursday night in Tallahassee for the Class 2A state championship, it’s the best of the best from two classifications squeezed into one.

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.

It’s the midway point of the high school football season. News4Jax picks its top four games of Friday night, followed by its next four.

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

We’ve heard what high school football players had to say. So, what about the coaches? We asked them the following questions at Baker’s Sports high school football media day early last month. Answers were anonymous. A total of 38 coaches responded to the questionnaire.

The high school football season is in full swing and News4Jax has you covered. The Super 10 rankings will be a fixture on Tuesday’s during the regular season. All games are Friday at 7 p.m. unless indicated.

District play began for many teams in the area on Friday night, and Trinity Christian’s Verlon Dorminey reached a coaching milestone in one of the wild games of the season.

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).

The high school football season is in full swing and News4Jax has you covered. The Super 10 rankings will be a fixture on Tuesday’s during the regular season. All games are Friday at 7 p.m. unless indicated.

The high school football season is in full swing and News4Jax has you covered. The Super 10 rankings will be a fixture on Tuesday’s during the regular season. All games are Friday at 7 p.m. unless indicated.

A school year that began late and amidst the cloud of the coronavirus pandemic has reached its end for area teams. Last August, that didn’t seem realistic. But it happened.

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.

Spring is in the air and high school football is back.

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. – 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).

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.

University Christian coach David Penland III (left) has three state titles and an 88-27 record in nine seasons. That must mean high school football season, pandemic style, is right around the corner. The Bakers Sports high school football media day typically serves as the launching point of the season. Basically, were just trying to find out are we going to play, are we not going to play, said Trinity Christian coach Verlon Dorminey. A lot of questions that no one can answer.St. Augustine High School football coach Brian Braddock said that pandemic has forced a hard reset of priorities across the board.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Corky Rogers had more victories and more state championships than just about anyone who ever coached high school football. RIP Bolles football coach, Corky Rogers! And COACH ROGERS WAS MY “HERO” RIP COACH!! "Coach Rogers, indirectly, has been the most influential person in my success. Corky Rogers RIP coach https://t.co/aUx7Xau601 — Chris Bono (@ChrisBono) February 27, 2020Trinity Christian coach Verlon Dorminey, the area’s longest-tenured coach who is entering his 30th season, said that Rogers’ impact on him began before Rogers even knew it.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The latest in a long, long line of stellar Trinity Christian defensive backs took his place among the best of them on Tuesday. Davis is the most recent in what has evolved into Defensive Back Academy off of Hammond Boulevard. Davis knows that pipeline well and said“They taught me a lot,” he said of former Trinity defensive backs who have returned to the school during his time there. Davis was a freshman during Wade’s senior season in 2016, a year that culminated in just about every honor imaginable for Wade, also an Army All-American. Davis finished his season with 26 tackles, an interception and 10 passes defensed.