We’re counting down to the #1 team in the preseason football Prep Zone Power Poll with a look today at No. 20.
The Prep Zone Power Poll ranks the top 20 high school football, basketball, baseball & softball teams (regardless of FHSAA classification) across 26 counties in North Florida (Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Duval, Flagler, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Hernando, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lake, Levy, Madison, Marion, Nassau, Putnam, Sumter, St. Johns, Suwannee, Taylor, Union & Volusia counties). It is voted on weekly by sportswriters and sportscasters.
Prep Zone Power Poll – 2014 Football Poll #1 – PRESEASON POLL
(School, followed by first-place votes, classification, 2013 final record and total voting points)
20. Warner Christian (South Daytona) (2A) (9-2) – 19
Head coach D.J. Mayo, a standout player for Warner’s first varsity team in 1997, is back as the head coach. Warner Christian has been a perennial power in the Daytona area with a total of six district titles, five region championships and three state runner-up finishes in the past six years.
Mayo installed a hurry-up offense for this year’s team, which is young but skilled. Senior running back Demaris Tillmon totaled 1,782 offensive yards as a junior. Sophomore basketball player Anthony Butler came out in the spring and showed some promise as a quarterback.
“I think we’ve got an assortment of guys that are capable,” Mayo told *FNF. “They just haven’t done it under the lights yet.”
Warner went into the regime change needing added depth and expecting to see some new players arrive during the offseason.
Also receiving votes: University Christian (Jacksonville) (2A) (9-3) – 18; Sandalwood (Jacksonville) (8A) (8-3) – 16; Union County (Lake Butler) (1A) (10-2) – 14; Gainesville (6A) (9-3) – 9; Lafayette (Mayo) (1A) (7-3) – 6; Leesburg (6A) (8-4) – 5; Seabreeze (Daytona Beach) (6A) (7-3) – 4; Suwannee (Live Oak) (5A) (7-3) – 4; Menendez (St. Augustine) (5A) (8-3) – 4; Fort White (4A) (7-2) – 3; Citrus (Inverness) (6A) (9-2) – 2; Baker County (Glen St. Mary) (5A) (8-3) – 1.
Info on Warner Christian gathered from Friday Night Football magazine.
