High school football season has arrived on the Treasure Coast and there's sure to be plenty of excitement as teams chase district, region and state championships.
High school sports reporter Patrick Bernadeau will lead TC Palm's coverage of the best high school student-athletes from Martin, Indian River and St. Lucie counties.
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Central High School football is back amid growing enrollment
Kansas City Public schools combined two football teams last year due to low participation. With growing enrollment and a middle school feeder program, Central has its own team again this year.
Welcome to Texas Football Today, the first-ever daily live show dedicated to Texas high school football and Texas college football.
Every weekday at 12 p.m. CT, join the Dave Campbell’s Texas Football staff — Greg Tepper, Ashley Pickle, Matt Stepp, Ishmael Johnson, Mike Craven and Greg Powers — as they discuss the biggest football topics across Texas, and talk to those who play, coach and cover the sport across the Lone Star State.
In 2021, Southeast High School shut down its football team partway through a season for lack of players. Two years later, Central High School skipped an entire season for the same reason.
Now, a renewed focus in building up the team and a slight turnaround in enrollment have players putting on the royal blue and white uniforms of the Central Blue Eagles again.
That’s vital for senior Coltin Ferguson, who hadn’t played before but decided to seize his last chance to get involved before he graduates.
He could have played on Southeast’s revived team last year, but that didn’t interest him.
He was on the combined team with Southeast last year but wasn’t thrilled with the arrangement.
It was awkward to form a team with rival students, he said. As a senior, he’s especially glad he doesn’t have to finish out his high school career that way.
“It wasn’t the same as playing with Central,” he said.
Having sports teams can build a sense of school pride, instill positive values in athletes and motivate students to keep up good behavior and grades, Meyers said.
In Shawn’s case, it also inspired him to speak out after KCPS included Central on a list of schools that might close.
“At the meeting, I was talking for the school, hoping they didn’t close us down so we could still have our team,” he said.
The school started the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years with between 400 and 410 students, KCPS spokesperson Shain Bergan said in an email.
Central dodged closure when the plan was scaled back after community pushback.
During the most recent school year, as overall district enrollment saw a resurgence, Central’s student body grew by about 14% between September and April to 467 students.
High school football season has arrived on the Treasure Coast and there's sure to be plenty of excitement as teams chase district, region and state championships.
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High school sports reporter Patrick Bernadeau will lead TC Palm's coverage of the best high school student-athletes from Martin, Indian River and St. Lucie counties.
TC Palm has created a landing page for our premium coverage so bookmark this page to stay up to date on the latest local development.
Central High School football is back amid growing enrollment
Kansas City Public schools combined two football teams last year due to low participation. With growing enrollment and a middle school feeder program, Central has its own team again this year.
Welcome to Texas Football Today, the first-ever daily live show dedicated to Texas high school football and Texas college football.
Every weekday at 12 p.m. CT, join the Dave Campbell’s Texas Football staff — Greg Tepper, Ashley Pickle, Matt Stepp, Ishmael Johnson, Mike Craven and Greg Powers — as they discuss the biggest football topics across Texas, and talk to those who play, coach and cover the sport across the Lone Star State.
In 2021, Southeast High School shut down its football team partway through a season for lack of players. Two years later, Central High School skipped an entire season for the same reason.
Now, a renewed focus in building up the team and a slight turnaround in enrollment have players putting on the royal blue and white uniforms of the Central Blue Eagles again.
That’s vital for senior Coltin Ferguson, who hadn’t played before but decided to seize his last chance to get involved before he graduates.
He could have played on Southeast’s revived team last year, but that didn’t interest him.
He was on the combined team with Southeast last year but wasn’t thrilled with the arrangement.
It was awkward to form a team with rival students, he said. As a senior, he’s especially glad he doesn’t have to finish out his high school career that way.
“It wasn’t the same as playing with Central,” he said.
Having sports teams can build a sense of school pride, instill positive values in athletes and motivate students to keep up good behavior and grades, Meyers said.
In Shawn’s case, it also inspired him to speak out after KCPS included Central on a list of schools that might close.
“At the meeting, I was talking for the school, hoping they didn’t close us down so we could still have our team,” he said.
The school started the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years with between 400 and 410 students, KCPS spokesperson Shain Bergan said in an email.
Central dodged closure when the plan was scaled back after community pushback.
During the most recent school year, as overall district enrollment saw a resurgence, Central’s student body grew by about 14% between September and April to 467 students.
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