The St. Augustine Yellow Jackets get the top seed in Florida Region 1 – 6A playoffs:
The St. Augustine High School Yellow Jackets football team defeated the Palatka High School Panthers Friday night 42-7 to finish the 2017 regular season 9-0, the teams 9th undefeated regular season in school history. In addition to winning over the Panthers, the Jackets also defeated the Middleburg HS Broncos (38-0) and the Nease HS Panthers (35-23) to win the District 4 – 6A title. The Jackets outscored their opponents 384-93 on the season.
St. Augustine High School senior quarterback Austin Reed (#14) finished out the last three games of the regular season by throwing for a combined 728 yards and 11 TD’s and 1 rushing TD. Two of the games were running clock finishes where he played in only the first 2 quarters before the reserves took over. Regular season ending statistics for Austin are: 108-154 passing (70.1%), 2,115 yards, 28 TD’s/3 Int’s, 2 rushing TD’s. This gives Austin a final regular season quarterback rating (QBR) of 144.0, the highest among starting quarterbacks in Florida Class 6A high school football. To watch Austin’s highlights of each game, click on the school: Nease HS – Middleburg HS – Palatka HS
With a perfect 9-0 season record, the SAHS Yellow Jackets football team received the #1 seed in the Florida Region 1 – 6A playoffs and will host Tate HS (Pensacola) in the first round of the playoffs on Friday, November 10th at 7:30 p.m.