2024 Broward County Classic: Chaminade-Madonna takes on St. John Bosco

Fort Lauderdale, Florida – The annual Broward County High School Football National Showcase seems to be getting bigger and better. Looking ahead to 2024, organizers may outdo themselves with the latest match content.

The series of games, scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 24, will be broadcast nationally on ESPN and will feature four traditional Florida powerhouses competing against some of the nation's best high school football schools.

Perhaps the biggest game is between Chaminade-Madonna (14-0), Florida's top-ranked team from last season and the No. 3 team in the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 finals, and California's St. John's Bosco ( It will probably be a matchup against the U.S. (11 wins, 0 losses). 2), the CIF Southern Section Division 1 champion and his No. 12 team in the final Power 25.

Also playing in South Florida in late August are Florida's perennial powerhouse American Heritage Plantation and Milton, the current Georgia Class 7A state champion and the team ranked 21st in the final national poll. become. St. Thomas Aquinas, who won their fifth consecutive state championship in Florida, won 12-0 against Bishop Gorman of Nevada, finishing in fourth place in the final rankings. And then there's Western, an upstart program from South Florida, and Hoover, an iconic Alabama powerhouse looking to bounce back from a rare losing season. This year also marks the 20th anniversary of the once-popular MTV series “Two-A-Days,” starring the Hoover Buccaneers.

The event begins with two games on Thursday, Aug. 22, and one game on Aug. 23 with an all-Florida matchup (see detailed schedule below). Stay tuned to SBLive in the coming weeks for schedule and game time updates for Saturday's four games. The specific games will be televised on ESPN. It's also possible that one of Saturday's games could be moved to Friday night's prime-time game.

Broward County Classic High School Football National Showcase 2024

Thursday, August 22nd

Peachtree Ridge Lions (Ga.) vs. Monarch Knights, 5 p.m.

Coconut Creek Cougars vs. Miami Northwestern Bulls, 8 p.m.

Friday, August 23rd

Lake Mary Rams vs. Cardinal Gibbons Chiefs, 7 p.m., at Cardinal Gibbons High School.

Saturday, August 24th

St. John Bosco Braves (California) vs. Chaminade Madonna Lions, TBA

Bishop Gorman Gaels (Nevada) vs. St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders, TBA

Milton Panthers (Georgia) vs. Plantation American Heritage Patriots, TBA

Hoover Buccaneers (Alabama) vs. Western Wildcats, TBA

(It has not yet been determined which games will be shown on ESPN)

Chaminade - Madonna — Chaminade – Madonna

Broward County Classic co-founder Kevin Perry is a Virginia native and has extensive experience organizing these types of bowl game events during his time in the Michigan area, when the game was played at the University of Michigan. Perry played high school ball at Allegany High School (West Virginia) and then played collegiately at Emory & Henry College and Bridgewater College.

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Photo credit: Heston Quan

In addition to the generous help of the Broward Education Foundation, James Knapp, Kyle Barfield, co-founder Shawn Cerra, Prep Gridiron Logistics' Joe Maimone, and Prep Redzone's Larry Blustein, Perry believes it would be impossible to hold this event every year. I feel that it is.

For more information about the Broward Education Foundation, please visit www.browardedfoundation.org.