2013 Football Preview

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CARDINAL MOONEY
Mike Bello is constantly catching people off guard.

Standing outside the weight room before one of his summer workouts, the Cardinal Mooney senior fielded countless questions from former teammates who did a double take upon returning to their alma mater...

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SARASOTA
Shawn Bane Jr. is confident in his ability.

So much so that the Sarasota High senior wide receiver is hard pressed to find another player in the area who plays the position with the same level of consistency...

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RIVERVIEW
Karan Higdon wasn’t always the cool kid on the block.

There was a point when the Riverview High junior running back wasn’t leaving defenders in his wake and scoring touchdowns with ease...

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BOOKER
Najee White needed an outlet.

The then first-grader was getting into trouble more often than his mother would have liked, so it wasn’t long before she signed him up for football...

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ODA
Standing shoulder to shoulder with the likes of Tom Brady and Wes Welker, David Grain Jr. looked around in awe.

He had finally arrived...

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LAKEWOOD RANCH
Caleb Loppe took an unconventional route to the gridiron.

In fact, the Lakewood Ranch senior defensive end didn’t actually strap on a helmet until his sophomore year of high school.

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BRADEN RIVER
It didn’t hit him until 45 days ago.

As he and his teammates stood around the weight room counting down the days until the first football game of the season, Braden River senior linebacker Marcus Balliette took a step back.

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