A CENTRAL FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL BLOWOUT

I had almost forgotten that the Lakeland High School Dreadnaughts got to shine on the national television stage last evening. They hosted the Kowboys of Kissimmee Osceola on Fox Sports Net's Nike High School Game of the Week, and they were by no means good hosts. Between the 'Naughts powerful running game and the visitors' ineffectiveness --- especially on special teams --- it turned into an old fashioned blowout.

Lakeland led 49-0 at halftime, and scored seven more points during the second half as I'm almost certain everyone on the Dreadnaught roster got to play. During the fourth quarter, Florida high school rules mandate a running clock when a team is leading by 35 or more points, so Osceola's pain was somewhat shorter. Not that a 56-0 whuppin' on national TV is not painful enough.

The Dreadnaughts have been the number one high school team in the nation all season, according to USA Today's weekly poll, and everyone got to see why.