Matchups for the 2024 Broward County High School National Football Showcase were announced Monday with St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) vs. Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood, Fla.) and Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) at St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) set to headline the Aug. 22-24 event.
Coconut Creek, Cardinal Gibbons, Western and St. Thomas Aquinas high schools will all host games as part of what will likely be the biggest event of the 2024 season. Visit BrowardFoundation.org for ticketing and other information.
St. John Bosco is coming off an 11-2 season and No. 6 national ranking by MaxPreps. Head coach Jason Negro has to replace plenty of talent but expect the Braves to be back in the mix competing for a national championship in 2024. They are the only program in the country that has finished ranked in the MaxPreps Top 25 every season since 2014.
Chaminade-Madonna finished No. 2 after going 14-0 and welcomed marquee transfers Jabari Brady, Derrek Cooper, Koby Howard and Zac Katy.
Bishop Gorman – last year’s MaxPreps National Champion – faces St. Thomas Aquinas for the first time since its epic 25-24 triple overtime win in 2016. That win helped seal a national title for the Gaels. Gone are Micah Alejado, Audric Harris, Micah Kaapana, and Elija Lofton but the Las Vegas powerhouse is still loaded, especially on the offensive line with S.J. Alofaituli, Alai Kalaniuvalu and Douglas Utu.
St. Thomas Aquinas is fresh off its fifth consecutive state title and will be one of the best teams in the country in 2024.
Broward County National Football Showcase schedule
All times eastern
Aug. 22
5 p.m. – Peachtree Ridge (Suwanee, Ga.) vs. Monarch (Coconut Creek, Fla.)
8 p.m. – Northwestern (Miami, Fla.) at Coconut Creek (Fla.)
Aug. 23
7 p.m. – Lake Mary (Fla.) at Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
7 p.m. – Bishop Gorman at St. Thomas Aquinas
Aug. 24
7 p.m. – Hoover (Ala.) at Western (Davie, Fla.)
TBA – St. John Bosco vs. Chaminade-Madonna
TBA – Milton (Ga.) vs. American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.)
Defending Georgia AAAAAAA state champion Milton faces a talented American Heritage squad headlined by Dia Bell, Brandon Bennett, Byron Louis and Malachi Toney. Caleb Bell, Ryan Ghea, Ma’khi Jones, Dylan Lewis, Luke Nickel, Ty Redmond and C.J. Wiley are some of the notable returners for the Eagles.
Teddy Bridgewater will be making his head coaching debut for Northwestern, his alma mater, after retiring from the NFL in January. He threw for over 5,000 yards and 54 touchdowns his final two years as the starting quarterback for the perennial Miami power.
