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Armwood Football: Hawks Face Chargers at Strawberry Crest in Dover
Game time Oct. 12 is 7:30 p.m. for the Armwood High School Hawks. They travel to Dover to face their crosstown rivals, the Strawberry Crest Chargers.
The Armwood Hawks, following last week's fourth-quarter win against Sickes (20-16), travel to Dover tonight, Oct. 12, to face the Strawberry Crest High School Chargers. (Meanwhile, the Brandon Eagles travel to Plant and the undefeated Durant Cougars celebrate homecoming, with a game against the Chamberlain Chiefs.)
Armwood faces the Chargers (0-2 in league play, 2-3 overall), ranked nationally and in the state at 4,973 and 275, respectively, according to MaxPreps.com.
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Strawberry Crest this season beat Plant City (21-7) and Steinbrenner (21-14). The Chargers lost to Bloomingdale (27-28), Hillsborough (24-32) and King (16-28).
Meanwhile, the Hawks (5-1 overall, 3-0 in league play) are ranked 201 in the nation and 13 in the state, according to MaxPreps.com. The Hawks this season beat Brandon, Tampa Bay Tech, Leto, Jefferson and Sickles; they lost to the American Heritage (Plantation) Stallions (see chart below).
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The Oct. 12 contest kicks off 7:30 p.m. in Dover, at 4691 Gallagher Road.
Going into tonight's game, the Hawks in 2012 have amassed 252 points, including 28 in its Sept. 7 loss to the Stallions (28-36). The Hawks shut out the Leto Falcons (49-0), the Tampa Bay Tech Titans (30-0) and the Brandon Eagles (55-0). The Hawks scored a two-quarter preseason victory (35-0) against Gibbs.
The Leto win for Sean Callahan marked his 200th victory as head coach of the Armwood High School football team. As noted in a Tampa Bay Times report, the "milestone victory comes on technical terms rather than official." The Florida High School Athletic Association in June held the program accountable for using ineligible players and then stripped the team of its 2011 Class 6A state championship. The Hawks' 2010 state runner-up status was negated as well.
According to a Forbes sports & leisure report, the school had to "send back the trophies associated with those appearances" and the FHSAA "also fine the school $12,743, and made it forfeit 26 wins."
The Hillsborough County School Board on Sept. 11 officially adopted a new policy affecting student-athletes who transfer to new schools. (See, Armwood Sanctions Lead to New Hillsborough Student-Athlete Policy.)
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ARMWOOD HAWKS 2012 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE / SCORES
Date Opponent Field Score / Time Sept. 1 Brandon Armwood Win (55-0) Sept. 7 American Heritage Armwood Loss (36-28) Sept. 14 Tampa Bay Tech TBT Win (30-0) Sept. 21 Leto Leto Win (49-0) Sept. 28 Jefferson Armwood Win (35-21) Oct. 5 Sickles Armwood Win (20-16) Oct. 12 Strawberry Crest S. Crest 7:30 p.m. Oct. 19 Hillsborough Hillsborough 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26 Plant Plant 7:30 p.m. Armwood in two-quarter preseason play beat Gibbs (35-0)Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
