High school football playoff predictions on the Emerald Coast: FHSAA region quarterfinals
One of my favorite lines from sports cinema hails from the incomparable "Major League."
In that movie, after a brutal slog through the regular season and a mountain of adversity fought through for the Cleveland Indians, Jake Taylor tells his team in the locker room, "Well then, I guess there's only one thing left to do. Win the whole (expletive) thing."
That's the attitude at Choctaw and Niceville, where the two powerhouses are set up well in their respective regions. Choctaw is ranked No. 2 in Region 1-4A, while Niceville is ranked No. 1 in Region 1-5A. It feels like region title or bust for both programs.
With that in mind, let's make some predictions for the quarterfinals.
After finishing the regular season with a .802 winning percentage on my weekly pick 'ems, I'm going to expand the predictions to include all the games in the region for Choctaw, Niceville and Walton.
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Playoff quarterfinal predictions (6-1 last week, 65-16 on the year)
Region 1-2A
No. 1 Gadsden County 42, No. 8 Baldwin 0
No. 2 Pensacola Catholic 49, No. 7 Walton 21
No. 3 Bolles 49, No. 6 Taylor County 13
No. 4 FSU High 49, No. 5 Marianna 35
Region 1-4A
No. 1 St. Augustine 42, No. 8 Columbia 7
No. 2 Choctaw 35, No. 7 Arnold 0
No. 3 Escambia 21, No. 6 Riverside 20
No. 5 Pine Forest 21, No. 4 Ed White 14
Region 1-5A
No. 1 Niceville 45, No. 8 Middleburg 7
No. 2 Lincoln 28, Mainland 14
No. 3 Mosley 35, No. 6 Fleming Island 21
No. 4 Ponte Vedra 21, Beachside 17
This article originally appeared on Northwest Florida Daily News: High school football region quarterfinal predictions on Emerald Coast
