The 1981 Palatka High School football season opened up with a win over a state champion team.
The season ended with a Palatka win for a state championship on the same field.
A state championship will put any team on a pedestal.
But the 1982 Palakta High School football team wanted to maintain that standing.
So it ultimately happened, three days after it should have happened in the first place.
The Melrose 12-and-under Babe Ruth Baseball All-Star team picked the wrong time to stop hitting.
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Midday: 2-1. Evening: 2-0.
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Midday: 9-6-2. Evening: 1-5-8.
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The 1983 Palatka High School football season was already three games in and already the Panthers had lost more games than they had in the previous two seasons combined.
Three days after going full speed ahead with the fall sports season as scheduled, the Florida High School Athletic Association pumped the brakes on going forward with that plan on Thursday.
Palatka Daily News
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Midday: 8-0. Evening: 4-4.
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Midday: 4-3-7. Evening: 7-4-7.
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The game was a spotlight in the 1994 season for Palatka High School, going against highly touted quarterback Daunte Culpepper and Ocala Vanguard at Veterans Stadium.