There are no high expectations, no playoff aspirations and no talk of winning a state title.
That’s what happens when your school has never been to the playoffs and hasn’t been much of a program since switching to a magnet academic school.
What’s more important is winning the Brain Bowl, the annual competition between arch-rivals Paxon and Stanton.
After dropping three straight in the series, Paxon (2-8) has won the last four meetings and nine of the last 15 meetings in the all-time series.
There is no reason to think the Eagles won’t extend the streak to five this year, having outscored the Blue Devils 118-40 over the last four years.
A good part of that disparity is the play of fourth year starting senior tailback Akari Boss, who has rushed for over 1,000 yards all three seasons so far. Boss accounted for 1,368 yards and 14 touchdowns on 147 carries last season.
A major concern for head coach Steve Brown and the Eagles is fixing a defense that gave up at least 35 points in all eight losses, including 62 against Union County in the season finale.
The schedule isn’t easy, however, with non-district games against Englewood, Wolfson, Bishop Kenny, Atlantic Coast, Terry Parker and Union County.
Paxon must get through a gauntlet of District 3-5A games with Ribault, Suwannee and Yulee; but the annual game with Stanton Oct. 27 is the one the Eagles circle the calendar on.
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Written by Corey Davis
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